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Japan FM to visit China this weekend, first time in over 3 years
Ties between Tokyo and Beijing have been tense in recent years, with Japan wary of China's growing military power in the region
US stresses need for 'Cold War'-era crisis mechanisms with China
Speaking at a time of heightened tensions with China over a US stopover by Taiwan's president, US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said Washington had made clear to Beijing it was ready to have another call between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping
US says China can't alter 'routine' Taiwan trip
China has warned the United States that it is "playing with fire" over the trip by President Tsai Ing-wen, who is in New York on what is officially a transit stopover on her way to Latin America
Pakistan to skip US democracy summit amid domestic turmoil
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry in a statement thanked the United States and its co-hosts for the invitation. Pakistan was also not part of the first and only other summit held in December 2021
China plans random spot checks at key hospitals to track Covid-19
In new measures announced by the National Health Commission, Chinese provincial governments will be tasked with daily inspections covering an array of areas that include vaccination management at medical and health institutions, including checking the storage of new coronavirus vaccines
China ready to boost military cooperation with Russia
The ties “transcend this model of state relations” and have a nature of “non-alignment, non-confrontation and non-targeting of third countries: China.
Big Brother is watching: China has one surveillance camera for every 2 citizens!
In December last year, China abruptly relaxed its stringent zero-Covid policy. Several people who were stuck, returned to Beijing and found cameras fixed right outside their apartment doors
Bhutan yields to Chinese salami-slicing pressure in Doklam, causing immediate impact on India
India’s resistance to the Chinese in Bhutan began in 2017 when China intruded into Bhutan’s Doklam Plateau with an illegal road being built unilaterally through Bhutanese territory
AUKUS nuclear deal to spark new arms race in Indo–Pacific: China
Russia and China have expressed concern over the plan to build nuclear submarines and urged AUKUS members to strictly adhere to their obligations on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
India wants ban on 117 gaming, dating, loan apps from Google Play for thieving data for China, Nigeria
The Ministry of Home Affairs shared the list of these 117 apps with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and state law enforcement agencies and has asked them to block these on priority
China seeks to woo foreign firms as tensions with West swirl
China has set itself a modest target for gross domestic product growth of around 5% this year, after significantly missing its target for 2022. That is lower than what the International Monetary Fund and some private forecasters think it can achieve.
Telltale signs that China is prepping for war
This March, China decided to create execution blacklists of Taiwanese dissidents who are to be hunted down by Chinese forces following Taiwan’s invasion
Drubbing the Dollar: China and Brazil ditch dollar, strike deal to settle trade in yuan, real
China overtook the US in 2009 to become Brazil's largest trading partner. Beijing accounts for more than a fifth of all imports in Brasília
China deletes Marxism, Leninism, Maoism, other ideologies from government rulebook
State Council officials under the leadership of incoming premier Li Qiang referred solely to the political thought of Xi Jinping, a rulebook that has been edited down from 64 articles to just 43.
WATCH: China threatens reprisal as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrives in the US
Tsai is stopping over in the United States en route to Central America, where she will meet with the leaders of Guatemala and Belize to shore up ties with those diplomatic allies. On her way back to Taiwan she will stop in California
China's economy showing 'strong momentum', says Premier Li Qiang
Li's speech at the Boao Forum, a high-profile meeting on China's southern Hainan island, was his first to an international conference since being appointed Beijing's number-two official in early March
Taiwan president starts sensitive US visit
Tsai is en route to Guatemala and Belize, two of the few countries that recognise Taiwan diplomatically. She will stay in New York until Saturday and will also visit Los Angeles on her return from Central America
Saudi Arabia joins Shanghai Cooperation Organization as ties with China grow
Formed in 2001 by Russia, China and former Soviet states in Central Asia, the body has been expanded to include India and Pakistan, with a view to playing a bigger role as counterweight to Western influence in the region
China issues warning as Taiwan president heads to US
China, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly warned U.S. officials not to meet Tsai, seeing it as showing support for the island's desire to be seen as a separate country
Renewed tension between Japan, China over arrest of 'spy' in Beijing
Since China passed its counterespionage law in 2014, 17 Japanese nationals - including the Astellas employee – have been detained in by the Chinese authorities over alleged espionage activities