China’s efforts to achieve maritime military parity with the US have suffered a significant setback after its newest state-of-the-art nuclear submarine sank in a dock, according to American officials.The incident reportedly took place last May or June at the Wuchang shipyard near Wuhan – the same city associated with the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic…
NEW DELHI: Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong said on Wednesday that Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reached a consensus that China and India are partners in “cooperation and development” instead of rivals.“President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have reached an important consensus that China and India are not rivals…
President Xi Jinping has overseen a surge in Chinese nationalism to boost his government’s popularity as tensions have frayed with rivals. Now, the murder of a Japanese boy is exposing the dangers of that tactic.Chinese authorities declined to comment on the motive behind the attack on a 10-year-old boy stabbed this week near his Japanese…
NEW DELHI: In a major indication that alarm bells are going off in Beijing due to an impending demographic crisis that could potentially have severe impact on its economy, healthcare and social welfare systems, China’s top legislative body on Friday announced plans to raise the country’s retirement age. The development also comes as reports have…
NEW DELHI: India and China agreed to redouble their efforts and work urgently to achieve complete disengagement in the remaining areas of eastern Ladakh, which India sees as essential for normalising Sino-Indian ties, in a meeting between NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on the margins of BRICS NSAs meeting in St…
China’s proposed measures to ease marriage registration while making divorces harder to get have provoked a wave of public backlash, a reflection of the challenges facing the world’s No. 2 economy in arresting a sharp drop in births.Chinese authorities will no longer require couples filing for marriage to provide their hukou, or household registration, as…
NEW DELHI: China is building a megaport in the backyard of Washington which Chinese president Xi Jinping is expected to inaugurate at the end of year. The move is rattling the and US, Wall Street Journal reported in an ominuous warning for an impending resource war between the US and China.China is already the top…
NEW DELHI: The United States’ deputy secretary of State Kurt Campbell extended support to India’s efforts to improve strained ties with China.Campbell commended the initiative to reduce tensions following external affairs minister S Jaishankar‘s statement on finding solutions to border issues with China, which have long been a source of tension between the two neighbors,…
HONG KONG: Apple said it had removed Meta‘s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from App Store in China to comply with orders from Chinese authorities. The apps were removed Friday after Chinese officials cited unspecified national security concerns. Their removal comes amid elevated tensions between the US and China over trade,…
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin may meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the Kremlin dropped a hint but gave no timeframe regarding his visit to Beijing. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, responding to a question on the Russian president’s possible visit to China, casually dropped a hint, saying, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Beijing…
