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BEIJING (Web Desk) Vocational training is being used “to the greatest extent” in China’s far-western Xinjiang region to ensure militant activities are “eliminated before they occur,” a senior Communist Party official said.The state media interview with Shohrat Zakir, the number two party official and most senior ethnic Uighur in Xinjiang, …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China has agreed to sell a batch of military-grade drones to Pakistan just days after India signed a multi-billion-dollar arms deal with Russia in defiance of US warnings against military transactions with Moscow.Pakistan’s air force said Islamabad and Beijing will jointly produce 48 Wing Loong II UCAVs …

SHANGHAI (Web Desk) The capital of China’s Xinjiang region, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority, has launched a campaign against halal products to stop faith penetrating secular life and fuelling “extremism”.In a meeting on Monday, the Communist Party leaders of Urumqi led cadres to swear an oath to “fight …

BEIJING (Web Desk) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi aired their grievances in the open on Monday during a brief visit to Beijing by Washington’s top diplomat, amid worsening relations.While the exchange included typical diplomatic pleasantries, and the two officials emphasized …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China said on Monday that the president of Interpol, who went missing shortly after arrival in his home country, is under investigation for possible criminal activity, as Beijing broke its silence about his fate.Meng Hongwei, who is also China’s vice minister of public security, “is currently under …

ISLAMABAD: (Web Desk) The face of global shipping may be altered and seaborne trade flows and patterns redefined in the wake of new factors such as digitalisation, e-commerce and the China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative which are increasingly unfolding, says a report issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China remained silent Saturday over the disappearance of the head of Interpol, deepening the mystery over the international police chief’s fate after reports said he was detained for questioning on arrival in his homeland.Meng Hongwei, 64, was last seen leaving for China in late September from the …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China has rejected an allegation by the United States that Beijing has canceled security talks with Washington planned for this month, saying that US officials have “distorted the facts.”An unnamed US official had told Reuters on Sunday that China had canceled the security meeting between American Secretary …

BEIJING (Web Desk) Iran studies in Japan can contribute to bilateral cultural relations, the President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Shinichi Kitaoka said in a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Tokyo, Morteza Rahmani-Movahed, on Tuesday evening. ‘JICA supports the studies,’ he said. Referring to the multi-century-old Iranian collection at …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China expressed anger on Tuesday after a US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying it resolutely opposed an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty.Beijing and Washington are locked in a trade war in which they …