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NEW DELHI: At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese forces along the disputed Himalayan frontier, the Indian army said on Tuesday, in the deadliest clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours for more than four decades. China blamed India for Monday’s clash in the preci­pitous, rocky …

HONG KONG: China will have jurisdiction over “some extremely rare” national security cases in Hong Kong under a new law to be imposed on the semi-autonomous city, a senior official said on Monday. The revelation came as thousands of Hong Kongers gathered on Monday evening on the anniversary of the …

BEIJING: Authorities on Monday raced to contain a coronavirus outbreak linked to a wholesale food market, with some neighbourhoods placed under complete lockdown as all indoor sports and entertainment venues were shut down in China’s capital. Tens of thousands of people were also targeted in a massive test and trace …

China is using the coronavirus as a cover to push territorial claims in the South China Sea through a surge in naval activity meant to intimidate other countries that claim the waters, the commander of U.S. Forces in Japan said on Friday. There has been a surge of activity by …

China has announced that the foreign airlines previously blocked from operating in the country over coronavirus concerns would be allowed to resume limited flights, after the United States launched a reciprocal ban on all Chinese carriers. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a statement on Thursday that …

Speakers of Chinese and Syrian parliaments have sent separate congratulatory messages to their newly-elected Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, stressing their countries’ determination to further boost parliamentary ties with the Islamic Republic. In his message to Qalibaf, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Li Zhanshu …

China says the ongoing unrest in the United States over the tragic killing of an unarmed black man by the police has highlighted the severe problems of racism and police violence there. The widespread protests broke out in the US when video footage showed a white Minneapolis police officer kneeling …

Hong Kong government officials have criticized US President Donald Trump for moving to strip the semi-autonomous Chinese territory of its special rights status. In an attempt to punish China for introducing a new security law for Hong Kong, Trump said on Saturday that the city no longer warranted economic privileges …

China says the United States is taking the United Nations (UN) hostage by insisting that Beijing’s new national security law be put on the world body’s agenda. China’s parliament on Thursday approved a new bill on national security that is expected to criminalize sedition, secession, and subversion against the mainland. …

The mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party said US moves to end some trading privileges for Hong Kong “grossly interfere” in China’s internal affairs and are “doomed to fail”. Saturday’s editorial in the newspaper People’s Daily was responding to an announcement from President Donald Trump, after China’s ceremonial parliament bypassed …