G7 targets China on its treatment towards Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang and South China Sea
London: The foreign ministers of Group of Seven (G7) countries have targeted China on issues like Hong Kong, human rights violations in Xinjiang, and military build-up in the South China Sea.
Beijing receives jolt: EU suspends efforts to ratify controversial investment deal with China
Brussels: Amid ongoing tension between Brussels and Beijing, the European Union has suspended efforts to ratify an investment deal with China, media reports said.
Human Rights and China: Uyghur School Director jailed for 14 years
A Uyghur academic director and prolific translator who is the brother of an RFA reporter has been sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence following two years spent in an internment camp in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) for “religious extremism", an episode surely highlighting the aggressive stance taken by China over the people of the region.
Beijing indefinitely suspends China-Australia strategic economic dialogue: Commission
Beijing/UNI: Beijing decided on Thursday to indefinitely suspend the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue over what it describes as Canberra's measures to disrupt normal exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said.
German broadcaster DW says China's New Silk Route is full of cracks
Deutsche Welle, the leading German public state-owned international broadcaster and news agency, has said cracks are appearing in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Sky News host highlights China's threat to world democracies, urge countries to stand together
Sky News host Andrew Bolt has said all the world's democracies should stand together or they will fall separately as China is engaged in war in the grey zone where it conducts strategic operations short of an all-out war.
Aggressive Dragon: Japan protests presence of Chinese research vessel close to Okinawa
Okinawa: The Japan Coast Guard recently chased away Chinese research vessel from its exclusive economic zone where Japanese authorities believe it was conducting research, media reports said.
Mike Pompeo in Kazakhstan warns against Chinese investment and influence
Nur Sultan: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is currently visiting Kazakhstan where he asked the country to be wary of Chinese investment and influence.
Chinese man crosses Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy in search of 'freedom and democracy'
Beijing: Taiwanese police said a Chinese man recently crossed the highly-militarized Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy Saturday in search of "freedom and democracy".
Security concerns: Japanese companies are moving away from Chinese drones
Fearing security risks, several Japanese infrastructure companies will end their use of Chinese-made drones, media reports said.
Darwin Port lease to Chinese company Landbridge should be reviewed, feels ex Australian PM Rudd
Melbourne: Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has said the Australian government should conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether the 99-year lease of Darwin Port to a Chinese company is justified on national security grounds.
Chinese mainland reports 17 new COVID-19 cases, all imported
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 17 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
COVID-19: China's small businesses still struggling to recover
Beijing: China's small businesses are still failing to add to the country's economic recovery as they are struggling to still deal with the damage done to them by COVID-19.
Two US states keep up with lawsuits against China for 'malicious' role in COVID-19 pandemic
Two US Republican states are keeping up their efforts to hold China accountable for the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus which has not only left several people dead in the country but also hit the economy hard.
New Zealand’s differences with China becoming ‘harder to reconcile’, says PM Jacinda Ardern
Wellington: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has sent out a strong message to China and said that it is becoming “harder to reconcile" its relationship with Beijing.