China

29 Dec

After “Spying” Row, Chinese Lady In Bihar To Be Deported Over Visa Rules

Business CorrespondentPoliticalChina, india

A woman from China has been detained by police in Bihar's Gaya and will be send back due to visa violations. Earlier, the cops had a doubt on her of spying on Dalai Lama, who is lined up to participate at several ceremony in Bihar this week. Strengthening security, police had publicized sketches of the suspected Chinese 'spy' earlier today on social media platforms requesting residents to provide information about her. The lady was later identified as Song Xiaolan. According to reports, the Chinese woman had been residing in different parts of the country including Bodh Gaya since more than…

24 Dec

RT-PCR test compulsory for passengers from China, 4 more countries as global Covid cases spike

Business CorrespondentCovid19, Health, IndiaChina

The govt on Saturday said that RT-PCR tests will be compulsory for foreign people coming from Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, China and Japan as Covid cases has established a peak worldwide. The notice comes after the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya conducted a meeting with state ministers to evaluate the present Covid condition and ensure that the country is all set to check the spread of the virus. On the other hand, on Saturday, India reported 201 new coronavirus cases, increasing the tally to 4.46 crore, while the active cases rose to 3,397, the health ministry told.

23 Sep

India joined Brazil and South Africa and send message to China

Priyanka Bhowmickinternational, worldChina, india, International, Terror

India joined Brazil and South Africa in expressing serious concern over the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the need to immediately end hostilities and pursue the path of diplomacy and dialogue. In a joint statement after the 10th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) Tripartite Ministerial Meeting held on the sidelines of the ongoing UNGA session, the three countries stressed that the current global system is "anchored on international law, the UN Charter of States, sovereignty and territorial integrity". External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Brazilian counterpart Carlos Alberto Franco Franca and South African Health Minister Joe Fahla for the…

02 Sep

UN report accuses China of serious human rights violations in Xinjiang

editorinternationalChina

China has committed “serious human rights violations” which many represent “crimes against humanity”, on Muslim minorities in remote Xinjiang, the outgoing UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has said in a long-awaited report, dramatically released before her ultimate day in office ended on August 31. These violations – such as rape, pressured sterilisations and disappearances -- had been committed by means of China in the context of the government’s software of counter-terrorism and counter-extremism strategies, the 48-page record said.

23 Aug

Ukraine sanctions on Russia virtually ground Pakistan JF-17 fighter programme

editorIndia, internationalChina, Pakistan, Russia

A day after the Indian Air Force (IAF) efficiently targeted the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror training camp at Balakot on February 26, 2019, to avenge the Pulwama terror strike, the Pakistanis launched a counter with US F-16 combatants and Chinese JF-17 warring parties south of Pir Panjal in Jammu and Kashmir. There is documentary evidence that the Pakistan Air Force relied solely on F-16s to target unspecified goals in the Nowshera-Rajouri-Poonch sector across the LoC with JF-17 combatants no longer involved in the action at all. Stung by means of a couple of disasters of JF-17 aircraft, principally due to the…

13 Aug

Sri Lanka gives nod to entry for controversial Chinese ship despite India’s concerns

editorinternational, PoliticalChina, india, sri lanka

Sri Lanka's government on Saturday allowed a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite concerns from neighboring India that it wants to covert agents in New Delhi's military installations, officials said. The Yuan Wang 5 is described as a research and survey ship using transport and analysis sites around the world, but is also a dual-use spy ship, according to Indian media. New Delhi is suspicious of Beijing's growing presence in the Indian Ocean and influence in Sri Lanka, seeing both as firmly within its sphere of influence. The Yuan Wang 5 was initially scheduled to call at…

09 Aug

China preparing for invasion: Taiwan Foreign Minister

editorinternationalChina

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed on August 9 that Beijing had once surrounded the island with air and sea tactics to prepare for an attack and shift the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region. "China has used drills and its navy's playbook to attack Taiwan," Joseph Wu told a press conference in Taipei. "China's real intention is to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and the entire region." The threat to Taiwan from China is "more serious than ever" but the island will resolutely defend its independence and democracy, Wu said in an interview with CNN…

12 Jul

India to surpass China as most-populous nation by 2023

editorIndiaChina

India is anticipated to surpass China to become the world’s most-populous country in 2023, 4 years ahead of an until now estimate by means of the United Nations. The UN expects world population to hit eight billion on Nov. 15 and grow to 8.5 billion via 2030. More than half the projected upward thrust between now and 2050 is predicted to be in just eight countries: Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania, according to a file titled World Population Prospects 2022.

22 Jun

Ancient Buddhist Town Near Kabul Threatened By Chinese Copper Mine

editorinternationalChina

An ancient Buddhist metropolis carved out of substantial peaks near Kabul is in chance of disappearing forever, swallowed up via a Chinese consortium exploiting one of the world's greatest copper deposits. Located at the confluence of Hellenistic and Indian cultures, Mes Aynak -- believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 years historical -- was once a large town organised around the extraction and trade of copper. Afghanistan is sitting on big mineral resources of copper, iron, bauxite, lithium and rare earths estimated to be worth extra than a trillion dollars. The Taliban hope to earn more than $300 million a…

04 Jun

China To Launch Crewed Mission To Build Space Station

editorinternational, Tech ByteChina

China will launch a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the core module of the unfinished Chinese space station, where they will work and live for six months as development enters advanced stages.A Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft is set to blast off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern province of Gansu at 10:44 a.m. nearby time (0244 GMT) on Sunday, a China Manned Space Agency legit informed a news conference on Saturday. Mission commander Chen Dong will be supported with the aid of Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe aboard Shenzhou, meaning "Divine Vessel" in…