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After China’s former president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday, that stole the headlines, state media said he was “not feeling well” when he was…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s core position in China’s political leadership was on Saturday endorsed by the Communist Party. This is expected to clear his way for an unprecedented third term. Here’s your 10-point cheatsheet on Xi Jinping…
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China has put a hold on a proposal by India and the US at the United Nations to list Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist, the fourth instance in as many months that Beijing has blocked bids to…
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India on Tuesday asserted that peace and tranquillity in border areas are essential for normal relations with China, with external affairs minister S Jaishankar saying that “new normals of posture will inevitably lead to new normals of…
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China is moving to ban alcohol consumption as the Communist party regime in Beijing is mulling imposing a prohibition order which will apply to the members as well as government officials, Bloomberg reported. The ban which could be imposed…
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Sprawling Xinjiang is the latest Chinese region to be hit with sweeping COVID-19 travel restrictions, as China further ratchets up control measures ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this month. Trains and buses in and out of…
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The United States accused China and Russia on Wednesday of enabling North Korea by protecting it from attempts to strengthen U.N. Security Council sanctions on Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. “The DPRK…
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that no rhetoric, however sanctimonious, can ever cover up blood stains and asserted that nations who defend proclaimed terrorists in the UN neither advance their own interests nor…
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Japan will fully reopen to foreign tourists in October after more than two years of COVID-19 border restrictions. The news comes as Taiwan and Hong Kong also relax their entry rules for visitors. From Monday, people arriving in Hong Kong…
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The top US and Chinese diplomats meet Friday in New York as soaring tensions show signs of easing, but Beijing issued a new warning against support for Taiwan. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are set…
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