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‘Population is important & so is talent..’: China on India overtaking its record
Beijing: China on Wednesday sought to downplay India overtaking it as the world’s most populous nation with 142.86 crore people, saying that it still has a “quality” workforce of close to 900…
- India
India overtakes China to become most populous country: UN report
New Delhi: India has overtaken China to become the most populous country in the world, suggests data from a newly released United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report on Wednesday. According to the…
- World
21 killed in hospital fire in Beijing
Beijing: Twenty-one people were killed on Tuesday when a hospital building caught fire in China’s national capital. A hospital admission building in Beijing’s Fengtai district caught fire at 12:57pm (local time) on…
- Pakistan
Pak court sends Chinese man to 14-day remand on blasphemy charges
Peshawar: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sent a Chinese national to jail on a 14-day judicial remand on blasphemy charges in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after he was arrested on Monday,…
- World
China’s global influence on downward drift as its lender role turns toxic
United Nations: China’s influence at the world body — a barometer of its global clout — measured by a recent secret electoral vote has shown a downward drift even as it maintains…
- World
China to quickly gain air superiority in Taiwan attack, US leaks warn
London: China would probably establish air superiority very rapidly in any attack on Taiwan, according to leaked US intelligence assessments that raise disturbing questions about the self-ruled island’s military readiness, media reports…
- Business
India-US trade rose by 8% in 2022-23, fell 1.5% with China
New Delhi: Bilateral trade between India and the US rose by almost 8 per cent to $128.55 billion in 2022-23, compared to $119.5 billion in 2021-22. The growth in bilateral trade between…
- World
China positions itself as global powerbroker
New Delhi: On the diplomatic front, China has wasted no time since emerging from Covid isolation. In the last few months, President Xi Jinping has met Russia’s Vladimir Putin; hosted several world…
- World
Global oil demand on course for a record high
London: Global demand for oil this year is on track to rise to a record 101.9m barrels per day as China leads an economic surge among developing nations, the world’s leading energy…
- India
‘JPC only’: Cong after man at centre of Adani-China row says he’s Taiwanese
New Delhi: The Congress pointed to Adani Group’s alleged China links on Friday and asserted that the only way forward is a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe to investigate all the relevant aspects…
- Technology
China’s chip imports drop 23% as US, India ramp up semiconductor manufacturing
Beijing: As the US and India bolster local semiconductor manufacturing, China’s chip imports nosedived 23 per cent in the first quarter of 2023, the media reported on Friday. China imported 108.2 billion…
- Technology
Top Chinese company to replace copywriters, designers with ChatGPT-like tech
Beijing: China-based marketing and public relations agency BlueFocus will replace third-party copywriters, designers, and short-term contractors to fully embrace generative AI like ChatGPT, the media reported on Thursday. Ranked 11th among global…
- World
US lawmaker calls for India to join ‘team America’, abandon China-Russia axis
Washington: A US lawmaker of a key Congressional committee on the increasingly contentious relationship with China, called on India to choose “team America” over Russia and China. Jake Auchincloss, a two-term Democrat…
- World
China backs Macron’s remarks against following US policy on Taiwan
Beijing: China on Wednesday waded into controversy over French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments in which he called for greater “European sovereignty” by not following the US policy over China and Taiwan. “The…
- World
Ukraine minister says India should recognise danger of rising impunity in neighbourhood
New Delhi: Ukraine has indicated to India to recognise the danger of not stopping “impunity”, in an indirect reference to China and Pakistan. As per reports, Emine Dzhaparova, Ukraine’s First Deputy Foreign…