Seeking urgent funds to the tune of $65 billion via infrastructure investment, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar,on October 20, completed a five-day trip to Beijing. He was also attempting to allay China’s demands regarding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the ambitious infrastructure project spearheaded by Beijing from...
China is struggling to fill the ranks with its military branches despite increased efforts to attract new recruits, job ads suggest. On WeChat, a Chinese do-everything app, recruitment messages seek both young and middle-aged recruits for active duty officer and administrative roles within the People's Liberation Army, promising "better benefits"...
My neighbour in Ram Vihar, on seeing me all packed and cheerful over my holiday enquired where I was headed. “To escape Delhi’s smog, I am off to Nepal” I replied. “But Nepal is reverberating with earthquakes” he said, referring to two massive tremors (magnitude 6.3 and below) on...
China is using the world's largest-ever disinformation campaign to target US residents, according to a new report as tensions soar surrounding Taiwan. The Chinese operation has targeted US residents, businesses and politicians, according to reports which reviewed court documents and public disclosures by social media companies. The attacks - often deeply...
Recently concluded talks between South Korean and American defence chiefs reflect US efforts to extend the range of discussion beyond the North Korean threat to an assertive China, some analysts have said. The South Korea-US Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) on Monday also provided a first glimpse into how an accord...
At the opening ceremony of the Supply Chain Summit co-organized by DIGITIMES and the India-Taipei Association (ITA) on November 14 in Taipei, DIGITIMES chairman and president Colley Hwang and India's IT hardware guru, HCL Group co-founder Ajay Chowdhry, emphasized how essential the collaboration of Taiwan and India is in...
The Nepal government has announced a ban on Chinese social media app TikTok for “encouraging hate speech”. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting, reported The Kathmandu Post, but it’s not clear from when the ban will be in force. In June 2020, India had banned TikTok over national security...
More Australians are reporting being targeted by cyber criminals, as the nation's digital spy agency points the finger at China as the major backer of serious hacking of Australian companies and critical infrastructure. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has released its cyber threat report for the past financial year, a...
President Joe Biden said that China had "real problems" as he prepared to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for a summit in San Francisco aimed at repairing ties. "President Xi is another example of how reestablishing American leadership in the world is taking hold. They've got real problems," Biden...
The Chinese government is gradually dropping the name "Tibet" in official English-language references in favor of the region's Mandarin Chinese name—"Xizang"—with experts saying the move is in line with Beijing policies aimed at erasing Tibetan culture. The propaganda department of China's State Council, its central government, last week released a...