By BBC INDIA and China are to pull back troops from part of their disputed Himalayan border in what’s seen as a breakthrough following a deadly clash in June. India’s defence minister said the move to withdraw troops in Ladakh was the result of “sustained talks” between the nuclear-armed neighbours. His remarks came a day
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Coronavirus vaccines from China arrive in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH: The first 600,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by China to Cambodia arrived in Phnom Penh on Sunday by special plane, with the doses earmarked to vaccinate health workers and the military. The nation of about 16 million people is one of the least impacted
Read moreBeijing move a subtle sign of glaring military weak spot
Beijing is not usually backward in coming forward about its military prowess. It bombastically boasts about how it can respond to all threats “at any moment”; it builds artificial islands in the middle of the South China Sea and flies sorties of jets into Taiwan’s airspace while constantly threatening to invade the island. But an
Read moreThe world’s bad guys are winning. Is anyone going to stand up to them?
Blame Joe Biden for not stepping in more quickly, or Donald Trump for encouraging authoritarian rulers. Blame Barack Obama for lifting sanctions. Easier still, blame China for propping up a military junta and putting profit before people. The International Court of Justice warned of ongoing genocide, but nobody was saved. UN security council members
Read moreUS sees new START treaty as way to engage China on arms control
By Aljazeera THE Biden administration views the New START Treaty clinched with Russia this week as the beginning of engagement on strategic issues and urges China to join the effort to reduce nuclear arms stockpiles, a US envoy has said. The United States and Russia announced on Wednesday they had extended the New START (Strategic
Read moreChina’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission on track
(Beijing) – China’s first fully homegrown Mars mission is on its way to the Red Planet. The Tianwen-1 mission launched atop a Long March 5 rocket from Hainan Island’s Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre will reach Mars later this month. Tianwen-1 consists of an orbiter and a lander/rover duo, a combination of craft that had never before
Read moreChina’s army 30 years behind Western military
China’s vision of having a world-class army by 2049 has been widely discussed and publicized. However, military experts have questioned this vision owing to several distinct weaknesses plaguing the Chinese PLA (People’s Liberation Army). Chinese PLA is currently the world’s largest active military force. It traces its roots to the 1927 Nanchang Uprising of the
Read moreChina’s ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy backfires
Even neutral nations are hitting back at Beijing’s “wolf warrior” tactics but China’s doubling down and has threatened Australia’s “peace and stability”. .Jamie Seidel reports. Duelling diplomats on Twitter. Fisticuffs in Fiji. “Xi thought” dominated policy. It’s all backfiring for Beijing, with previously neutral nations being driven into an alliance against it. India has been
Read moreRich Chinese help Jaguar Land Rover to fourth-quarter recovery
Jaguar Land Rover staged a recovery in the final three months of 2020, as the growth of car sales in China made up for the UK’s continued lockdowns and its setting aside of £35m to pay fines for missing carbon dioxide emissions targets. The carmaker made pre-tax profits of £439m in the last quarter of
Read moreChinese citizens react to Covid-19 anal swab tests
Chinese citizens have reacted with a mix of horror and humour after officials made public their use of anal swabs to screen for Covid-19. Doctors claim the invasive procedure can be more effective in detecting the virus than nasal swabs. China, where coronavirus first emerged just over a year ago, is currently experiencing its worst
Read moreChina warns Biden against ‘arrogant isolation’
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the international community to put their differences to one side, warning that history has shown countries that choose to go it alone “will always fail.” Speaking via videoconference as he addressed the annual World Economic Forum, Xi discussed global challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic and the climate emergency.
Read moreIndian and Chinese troops in new border brawl
NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops have fought a new brawl on their contested Himalayan border, leaving injuries on both sides, military officials said on Monday. The fighting on Jan. 20 came six months after a pitched battle which left at least 20 Indian troops dead as well as an unknown number of Chinese casualties.
Read moreUS supports Taiwan over reported Chinese incursions
THE United States has reiterated its commitment to continue to support Taiwan is “rock-solid” as it warned that China’s “attempts to intimidate” the island are a threat to regional peace. The comments came on the same day Taipei reported multiple Chinese jets and bombers had flown into its air defence zone. The US statement on
Read moreIndia says talks with China yet to make progress to end border standoff
By Reuters Staff, published by US News New Delhi: Talks between India and China have yet to make headway to end a standoff on a disputed section of their Himalayan border, India’s defence minister said today (Dec. 30), as thousands of troops from both sides faced a freezing winter in the mountains. Defence Minister Rajnath
Read moreHong Kong police arrest 8 over university protest
By AP and published by Channel NewsAsia Hong Kong: Hong Kong authorities today (Dec. 7) arrested eight people in connection with an unauthorised protest at a university campus last month, police and local media said, amid a widening crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous territory. The arrests were reportedly made in relation to a demonstration
Read more‘Will not be bullied’: citizens around the world told to buy Australian wine
The Sydney Morning Herald London: Millions of people around the world are being urged to buy an Australian bottle of wine or two, as a way of showing Chinese President Xi Jinping that the world will not be intimidated by his “bullying of Australia”. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), comprising more than 200 MPs
Read moreChina refuses to apologise to Australia for fake soldier image
By BBC CHINA has accused Australia of trying to “deflect public attention” from alleged war crimes by its soldiers in Afghanistan after Canberra expressed outrage over a “repugnant” tweet. Australia has demanded an apology for sharing the fake image of an Australian soldier killing an Afghan child. Beijing has now said that Australia was trying
Read moreChina’s tariffs slam door shut on Australian wine’s biggest export market
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Hong Kong: Australia’s winemakers are scrambling to find new buyers around the world after China imposed hefty tariffs on the industry, effectively cutting it off from its most important export market. Beijing’s decision last week to impose tariffs of up to 212% on Australian wine imports has endangered business with
Read moreIndia bans more Chinese apps as tensions remain high
By CNN Business Hong Kong: India has banned dozens more Chinese apps, drawing a rebuke from Beijing and further straining already tense relations between the world’s most populous countries. “We firmly oppose the Indian side’s repeated use of ‘national security’ as an excuse to prohibit some mobile apps with Chinese background,” Ji Rong, spokesperson for
Read moreBhutan dismisses reports of Chinese village inside its territory
By India.com, published by Microsoft New New Delhi: After information surfaced on Friday morning China has occupied a part of Bhutan by setting up a village few kilometres within its territory, Bhutan has now denied the reports. Speaking to news agency ANI, Bhutan Ambassador to India said, “There is no Chinese village inside Bhutan.” According
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