Japanese voters go to the polls on Sunday with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at risk of losing its majority in the wake of a political fundraising scandal. In Russia, President Vladimir Putin hosts a BRICS summit with Chinese ally Xi Jinping set to attend, while leaders of the...
The Chinese Consulate in Mandalay’s Chanmyathazi Township is a fortified one. The compound is sealed off to the outside with a high fence while police are on sentry. CCTVs record anyone passing the premises. The two-story building has its own security system inside and outside.
So when an alleged attack...
China has condemned an attack on its consulate in Mandalay in the central north of Myanmar late on Friday, which is likely linked to the country’s ramped up support for the unpopular military regime.
A spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday the country had lodged “serious representations” with...
China's food delivery industry is experiencing a downturn after significant growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. Delivery workers' earnings have dropped by nearly 1,000 yuan ($140) per month compared to five years ago, according to a report from the China New Employment Research Center.
The $200 billion food delivery sector, the largest in...
Tibetans and their supporters took the stage at a United Nations Human Rights Council side event in Geneva, bringing attention to China's suppression of the Tibetan language and recent school closures in Tibet.
The event, hosted by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, was moderated by Kai Mueller from the...
China officials have directed a wave of stimulus measures at the country's beleaguered property market, but the effort hasn't done much to impress Wall Street experts.
On Thursday, China unveiled new measures to prop up its flailing housing market, including quicker access to credit for developers and renovations in run-down...
A Tibetan from Sichuan province has made a rare public appeal on Chinese social media, calling on authorities to take action against a company that he accuses of illegally extracting sand and gravel from a local riverbed, Tibetan sources with knowledge of the situation said.
In a 5-minute video posted...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has that India, Brazil and African countries should be represented in the UN Security Council (UNSC) on a permanent basis to ensure the representativeness of the global majority.
Lavrov made the remarks during an interview with aif.ru, state-owned TASS news agency reported on Sunday.
"Countries such...
China borders 14 countries, tied with Russia for the most in the world, and Beijing takes great pains to ensure the security of its interests and defend against conflicts from spilling over. Despite that, China’s Myanmar policy is based on faulty assumptions and is undermining its own interests.
China’s policy...
China would not blockade Taiwan, because President Xi respects him, and Russia would not have invaded if he were president, he said.
Former US president and the Republican candidate in next month’s presidential election Donald Trump said he would impose additional tariffs on China if China were to “go into...
