Xi Jinping under house arrest? Social media abuzz with rumours
In the last few weeks social media has been abuzz with rumours of Chinese President Xi Jinping being put under house arrest. Several social media posts indicated that Jinping was removed as the chief of China’s People’s Liberation Army, or the PLA while he was away in Samarkand in Uzbekistan to attend the SCO meeting.
Vienna: The Uyghur Association in Vienna recently hosted a photo exhibition on Sept 22 to showcase ongoing human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang province.
European investments in China slowly decreasing
Beijing: European corporate investment in China is slackening as the country’s real estate market is slumping, and consumer spending is drying up due to the stringent COVID-19 policy followed by Beijing.
China targeted scientists working in US labs to advance military technologies, claims report
Washington: Strider Technologies, Inc. on Friday released a new report detailing the People’s Republic of China’s decades-long recruitment of leading scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
China: Ex-justice minister Fu Zhenghua jailed on corruption charges
Beijing: China's former justice minister Fu Zhenghua has been jailed due to bribery, media reports said on Friday.
Ukraine crisis: Russians flee after military call-up
Moscow: Russian men are attempting to leave the country to avoid a military call-up for the Ukraine war.
UK: Beijing-backed Chinese language schools to be replaced by Taiwanese teachers
London: A group of British MPs is in talks with Taiwan to provide Mandarin teachers to the UK as the government seeks to phase out Chinese state-linked Confucius Institutes, a top British newspaper reported.
Baloch Genocide: Pakistan's Baloch National Movement blames China
Quetta, Pakistan: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has accused China of joining hands in “carrying out the Baloch Genocide" in Pakistan.
China: COVID-19 quarantine bus overturns in Guizhou, 27 die
A bus, which was transferring dozens of people to a Covid-19 quarantine facility in China's southwestern province of Guizhou, overturned in a ravine on Sunday that left 27 people dead, media reports said on Monday.
Anti-China protests in Turkey gather pace, proscribed Hizb-ut-Tahrir now takes up Uyghur cause
Istanbul: The protests against China's 'Hunger Genocide' in East Turkestan under the pretext of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, continues to gather support from Islamist groups and local Turkish populace.
The UK Parliament has banned a high-level Chinese delegation from attending Queen Elizabeth's Lying-in-State at Westminster Hall within the Parliament complex before the funeral at Westminster Abbey here on September 19, British media reported.
Cyber warfare: Taiwan may hike defence spending amid Chinese threat
Taipei: Taiwan has decided to increase defense spending by 15 percent next year and enhance its military capabilities amid rising threats from China.
Undeclared Chinese blockade: Nepali traders dying by suicide
Kathmandu: For the last two years Beijing has imposed an undeclared blockade at the transit points on the Nepal-China border citing the COVID-19 pandemic which is causing trouble for Nepali traders and even their deaths by suicide.
UK: Chinese delegation banned from attending Queen Elizabeth II's lying-in-state
London: A Chinese government delegation has been banned from attending the lying-in-state of Queen Elizabeth II, the BBC reported.
Fire engulfs office tower in China, no casualty
Beijing: A massive fire broke out at a high-rise office building in downtown Changsha city of China, media reports said on Friday.