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BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday pointed out that his three meetings with Prime Minister Imran Khan over the past eight months fully reflected the high level of China-Pakistan all-weather strategic partnership and said that both countries should carry out closer coordination and cooperation under the changing regional and …

  HK: Hong Kong witnessed the largest protest since its 1997 handover to China on Sunday as huge crowds massed against plans to allow extraditions to the mainland, a proposal that has plunged the city’s pro-Beijing leaders into a crisis. Organisers said more than a million people marched in blazing …

SINGAPORE  – Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe criticised the United States on Sunday for its support for self-ruled Taiwan and for naval operations in the disputed South China Sea, but said conflict or war between the two countries would be a disaster. Wei told the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia’s …

The US is reportedly considering restricting Hikvision, a Chinese surveillance equipment provider active in Xinjiang, from buying US components, escalating already tense ties between the world’s two largest economies. According to the New York Times, the US commerce department is considering placing Hikvision on a trade blacklist that would require …

PORT MORESBY (Web Desk) The United States will not back down from its trade dispute with China, and might even double its tariffs, unless Beijing bows to US demands, Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday. In a bluntly worded speech at an Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit in Papua …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China supports the Myanmar government’s efforts to protect domestic stability and approach to resolving the Rohingya issue, Premier Li Keqiang told the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after US Vice President Mike Pence offered a strong rebuke. Pence on Wednesday voiced Washington’s strongest condemnation yet of Myanmar’s …

Begin g (Web Desk) Chinese foreign ministry has praised Iran’s efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as a recent report by IAEA reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s adherence to its commitments under the pact. Addressing reporters on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign …

GENEVA (Web Desk) China faced harsh criticism over its rights record during a review before the United Nations on Tuesday, with countries voicing alarm at the country’s mass detainment of ethnic Uighurs and its crackdown on civil liberties. During the half-day public debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, …

Moscow (Web Desk) “The subject of mutual settlements was on the agenda of the latest session of the subcommittee on financial cooperation, which took place in Shenzhen in late September. Among others, the topic of creating a cross-border settlement system with active use of national currencies is being discussed,” Prikhodko …

Begin g (Web Desk) Zhuque-1, Сhina’s first privately-built rocket failed after launching from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Sunday. China’s first attempt to launch a commercially-built rocket into space failed, after the rocket’s third stage engine malfunctioned. Beijing-based LandSpace said late Saturday that the launch proceeded as expected until something went …