China pledged to protect the Maldives’ “sovereignty” and agreed to upgrade ties with the strategic Indian Ocean archipelago after signing key infrastructure deals, the two sides said. With Beijing and Delhi tussling for influence, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu was elected in September after pledging to cultivate “strong ties” with China and eject Indian troops. Muizzu […]
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A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted waters off the coast of Yancheng City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, at 1:54 p.m. Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The epicenter was monitored at 33.50 degrees north latitude and 121.19 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 17 km, the CENC said.A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has jolted China’s […]
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The number of Covid-19 jabs administered in China has passed the one billion mark, health officials said Sunday, more than a third of the doses given worldwide. The announcement by the National Health Commission comes after the number of shots administered globally surpassed 2.5 billion on Friday, according to an AFP count from official sources.Authorities […]
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India asked the Chinese Government to allow Indian citizens to travel to China especially those who work or study there. The Ministry of External Affairs M(EA) also said that it was in touch with the Chinese government in order to look for an early resumption of travel by Indian citizens to China.Arindam Bagchi, the MEA […]
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A Chinese court jailed 53 people on Monday after convicting them on charges including bribery and negligence over a massive chemical factory explosion in eastern China last year that killed 78 people. The blast in Jiangsu province in March 2019 was one of the worst industrial accidents in the country in recent years, and led […]
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US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday that will ban Americans from investing in Chinese firms that could help Beijing’s military and security apparatus. The executive order said the Chinese government obliges private firms to support these activities and through capital markets “exploits United States investors to finance the development and modernization of its […]
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China declined Monday to congratulate Joe Biden as the winner of the US presidential election, saying the outcome of the vote was still to be determined.Democrat Biden clinched enough states to win the presidency but incumbent President Donald Trump has not conceded and is making legal challenges to the outcome of the November 3 election.“We […]
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A Chinese real estate tycoon and outspoken critic of President Xi Jinping was jailed for 18 years on Tuesday for corruption, bribery and embezzlement of public funds, a court statement said. Ren Zhiqiang — once among the ruling Communist Party’s inner circle — disappeared from the public eye in March, shortly after penning an essay […]
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China said Saturday it had officially implemented a mechanism enabling it to restrict foreign entities, a much-anticipated move seen as retaliation to US penalties against Chinese companies such as telecom giant Huawei. An announcement by the Ministry of Commerce did not mention any specific foreign entities, but broadly spelled out the factors that could trigger […]
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The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged five Chinese and two Malaysian men with hacking more than 100 companies. The two Malaysian businessman “conspired” with two of the Chinese hackers to target the video games industry in particular, the DoJ said. They would obtain in-game items and currencies by fraud, hacking or other means, […]
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