China
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China keeps a close watch on political turmoil in Pakistan
Beijing: A wary China on Sunday kept a close watch on the rapid political developments in Pakistan – its all-weather ally where the Parliament was dissolved at the recommendation of embattled Prime…
- Automobile
Tesla to keep China plant shut due to COVID-19 restrictions
Beijing: Elon Musk-run Tesla, which delivered over three lakh vehicles in Q1 this year despite an ‘exceptionally difficult quarter,’ has been forced to keep its factory shut in Shanghai amid strict lockdowns.…
- World
Global lawmakers call on Saudi Arabia to block forcible return of Uyghurs
New Delhi: A global alliance of global parliamentarians have written a letter to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to express their concern about the ongoing cases of two…
- World
Pak shares excellent ties with US but it doesn’t believe in ‘camp politics’: Army chief Bajwa
Islamabad: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday said that Pakistan shares a “long and excellent” strategic relationship with the US but it does not believe in “camp politics” and the…
- Technology
Tiktok emerges as top grossing non-gaming app in Q1 2022 globally
New Delhi: TikTok, including Douyin on iOS in China, has emerged as the top grossing non-game app in Q1 2022. TikTok generated $821 million in consumer spending this quarter. On Google Play,…
- World
Shanghai to screen 16 million people in 2nd phase of lockdown
Shanghai: Shanghai will launch a Covid-19 nucleic acid testing campaign in areas west of the Huangpu River starting from Friday amid the second phase of the city’s nine-day lockdown, an official announced on…
- World
China, Pakistan hold talk with Taliban representatives in Beijing
Beijing: The Foreign Ministers of China and Pakistan held a trilateral meeting with the acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime Amir Khan Muttaqi in Beijing on Wednesday on the…
- World
Chinese shows duplicity towards Muslims in Xinjiang
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s assurance, during the OIC Conference in Islamabad recently that China would look after the interests of Muslim nations, is in total contradiction to events in his…
- Middle East
NSAs from China, Middle East, Central Asia to attend Islamabad Security Dialogue
Islamabad: With an aim to reinforce the need for regional cooperation to deal with existing and emerging challenges in a rapidly changing security landscape, the second iteration of the Islamabad Security Dialogue…
- World
China imposes two-phase COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai
Beijing: Amid the new COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Chinese city of Shanghai is going into a two-phase lockdown starting on Monday. This comes after Shanghai has seen a surge in…
- World
China delays retirement of employees as population ages, exchequer runs dry
Beijing: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is delaying the retirement age of its government employees as the draconian one-child policy bears its long-term effects in the form of an ageing population accompanied…
- World
COVID: China continues ‘severe and complex’ fight against outbreak
Taipei: China continues to battle its worst COVID-19 outbreak, driven by the omicron variant, with health officials on Friday calling the situation severe and complex.” The country has counted more than 56,000…
- India
UGC urges students to exercise caution before studying in China
New Delhi: University Grants Commission on Friday cautioned Indian students planning to pursue higher studies in China to exercise “due diligence” while stating that the higher education regulator does not recognise “degree…
- Business
China seeks bumper wheat harvest amid fears of global food crisis
Beijing: China’s Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Finance issued a notice requiring local authorities to mull an “all-out effort” to guarantee the harvest of summer wheat and…
- India
China has no locus standi to comment on J&K: India
New Delhi: India on Wednesday rejected Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s remarks on J&K, terming them “uncalled” and stressing other countries have no “locus standi” to comment on its internal matters. In a…