Hong Kong: In the past 15 years, Hong Kong is witnessing a major change as nearly 2,000 civil servants quit working for the government, media reports said on Sunday.
China: Record 9 million fresh graduates to pass out this year, but job prospect looks bleak
Beijing: A record 9 million fresh graduates from Chinese universities this year might face job crunch as the COVID-19 pandemic is still disrupting normal situations in the country.
US rights body now reiterates calls on Chinese govt for release of 11th Panchen Lama
New York: US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Friday asked the Chinese government to reveal the whereabouts of Tibetan Buddhism's 11th Panchen Lama.
Calls grow at UN for unobstructed access to China’s Xinjiang region
Washington: There has been a growing call from Western nations and human rights groups to allow the U.N. human rights chief unobstructed access to the Xinjiang region to investigate the situation of ethnic Uyghur Muslims and other Turkic Muslim minorities.
Chinese coercion: Uyghur imams targeted in Xinjiang
Beijing: The world might be celebrating Eid on Friday but a report released by a Uyghur rights group does not seem to be positive for the Muslim community as it claimed that China has imprisoned or detained at least 630 imams and other Muslim religious figures since 2014 in its crackdown in the Xinjiang region.
Beijing: China is following a coercive campaign in the Xinjiang region of the country which is believed to have led to a sharp decline in the number of Uyghur Muslims, claims an Australia think tank group.
Popular stress relief toy sold in China contains high levels of toxic chemical boron
An investigative report has found that a stress relief toy popular with Chinese children and teenagers contains large amounts of the toxic chemical boron and poses a serious health hazard, media reports said.
China criminalises religious expression : Antony Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has slammed China and said Beijing broadly criminalizes religious expression and continues to commit crimes against humanity and genocide against Muslim Uyghurs.
Bombshell dossier indicates China has been ‘preparing’ for bio-warfare: Reports
A leading international news channel has claimed that a recently uncovered bombshell dossier suggests Chinese scientists have been “preparing” for a Third World War fought with “biological and genetic weapons which include COVID-19".
Countering China: Japan launches first joint military drill with US, France
Keeping in mind the Chinese aggressive stance, Japanese, US and French troops kicked off their first-ever joint military drill Tuesday in southwestern Japan, media reports said.
Chinese workers continue to arrive in Indonesia despite ban on Eid homecomings
The nationwide interstate travel ban has forced several Indonesian authorities to turn back thousands of people trying to return to their hometowns for the Eid ul-Fitr festival but some have now questioned the inflow of foreign workers- read from China- into the country.
Taiwan’s Gigabyte Technology faces ire of China for "low quality manufacturing" remark
Beijing: A Taiwanese computer hardware maker has become the target of a boycott in mainland China after it called Chinese manufacturing as “low-quality” and even described its products as Taiwan-made.
Almaty: Police in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty recently detained at least nine demonstrators who were picketing the Chinese consulate for 93 days to demand the release of relatives they say are being "illegally" held in China, media reports said on Thursday.
China and Indonesia hold war games on Australia's doorstep as tensions mount
Beijing: China and Indonesia recently engaged themselves in war game exercises at the doorstep of Australia, risking to further deteriorate the already tense relationship between Canberra and Beijing, media reports said.
Pleas of mother of a deceased China school boy triggers online protests
Chengdu: The death of a minor student in his school in Chinese city of Chengdu has triggered widespread online protest after his parents raised questions over an initial investigation that suggested he had taken his own life, without providing any details, media reports said.