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BEIJING: China is introducing sanctions against a number of US non-governmental organisations, including Human Rights Watch, in retaliation for a US bill banning the export of crowd control weapons to Hong Kong police and supporting demonstrators in the city, the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. This …

[ BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador on Thursday, urging Washington to refrain from applying a bill supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement to “avoid further damage” to relations. Chinese vice foreign minister Le Yucheng lodged a “strong protest” with Ambassador Terry Branstad after President Donald Trump signed the …

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing on Saturday rejected US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Alice Wells’ statement regarding China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “Pak-China relations are based on win-win cooperation and are mutually beneficial,” the Chinese envoy said while addressing the 5th CPEC Media Forum …

WASHINGTON: A rare and huge leak of Chinese government documents has shed new light on a security crackdown on Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region, where President Xi Jinping ordered officials to act with “absolutely no mercy” against separatism and extremism, the New York Times (NYT) has reported. Human rights groups …

BEIJING: A grand exhibition, opened to public last month, featuring achievements and significant moments in China over the past seven decades has attracted a large number of local and foreign visitors. The exhibition being held in Beijing Exhibition Centre is providing an ample change to people to know about different …

BEIJING: China says it won’t tolerate threats to the bottom line of “one country, two systems” in its territories, vowing to take new steps to “safeguard national security” in Hong Kong, following months of violent protests that left the city almost paralyzed. At the end of a four-day meeting of …

BEIJING: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations, the regional situation and other matters of mutual interest, Radio Pakistan reported. According to a Foreign Office (FO) press release, the meeting was followed by a luncheon banquet hosted by President Xi in …

BEIJING: China said on Tuesday India’s move to end the autonomy of Kashmir undermines its territorial sovereignty. China’s strongly-worded statement was most critical of the impact of India’s actions on the mainly Buddhist region of Ladakh — an area of strategic importance nestled between Tibet and Pakistan, reported Bloomberg News. …

BEIJING: Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national effort to “Sinicize” its Muslim population. Employees at 11 restaurants and shops in Beijing selling halal products and visited by …

LONDON: China is deliberately separating Muslim children from their families, faith and language in its far western region of Xinjiang, according to new research. At the same time as hundreds of thousands of adults are being detained in giant camps, a rapid, large-scale campaign to build boarding schools is under …