China's fiscal revenue slipped 2.7% in the first four months of 2024 from a year earlier, after a 2.3% slide in the January-March period, in a further sign of an uneven economic recovery.
Fiscal expenditure rose 3.5% in the first four months, versus a 2.9% gain in the first quarter,...
China said Monday it would sanction three US defence companies over their sales of arms to Taiwan, as the self-ruled island inaugurated a new president.
US firms General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems, and Boeing Defense, Space & Security will be added to Beijing's list of "unreliable entities",...
In what is seen as a clear gesture of support for Tibetan government in exile by Taiwan, officials from the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and lawmakers of the Tibetan parliament in exile attended the swearing in ceremony of President-elect of Taiwan Lai Ching-te on Monday in Taipei.
CTA’s Minister of...
Authorities in China investigate Tang Renjian, minister for agriculture and rural affairs, for "serious violations of discipline and law," the latest in a string of high-ranking officials to be targeted by Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, according to the ruling Communist Party's disciplinary arm.
Tang is “under investigation by the Central...
Two Baloch ‘pro-independence’ armed groups, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), have claimed responsibility for separate attacks targeting a Pakistani military post and a construction site associated with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Balochistan.
BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement that BLA...
Residents of Buleda in the Kech district of Balochistan protested against what they describe as indiscriminate and unwarranted firing by Pakistani forces late at night.
According to local sources, the Frontier Corps (FC) has been carrying out a continuous series of unjustified nightly shootings in the Gilli area of Buleda...
Three Indian Navy ships are in the Philippines with an aim to further strengthen maritime cooperation with that country, an official said on Monday. Their visit is part of an "operational deployment" of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet to the South China Sea.
Indian Navy ships -- INS Delhi, INS...
QUETTA: The Balochistan Union of Journalists and Quetta Press Club (QPC) on Sunday decided to launch a country-wide protest campaign against the locking of press club by the district administration and police.
Police and local administration locked the gates of QPC on Saturday to stop Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) members...
China is accelerating the forced urbanization of Tibetan villagers and herders, Human Rights Watch said, in an extensive report that adds to state government and independent reports of efforts to assimilate rural Tibetans through control over their language and traditional Buddhist culture.
The international rights organization cited a trove of...
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has congratulated Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te, who was sworn in as the president of the democratic island nation on May 20.
In his statement, the Dalai Lama expressed his admiration for the Taiwanese people’s determination to uphold democratic values, stating, “It is wonderful to...
