China: Nearly 100 million people are supplied 'unsafe' drinking water
Beijing: Neatly 100 million people in China are provided with drinking water in which toxic chemicals were found to exceed safe limits, media reports said.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump directs govt to minimize procurement of Chinese goods
Washignton: Outgoing US President Donald J. Trump has directed departments and agencies to review applicable laws, regulations, and policies and to propose regulatory and policy changes, including potential executive actions, to minimize the procurement of People’s Republic of China (PRC) goods and services by the federal government.
COVID-19 positive: China halts PIA flight operations for three weeks
Islamabad: China, which is an all-weather ally of Pakistan, has stopped the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from operating flights for three weeks after 10 passengers tested COVID-19 positive, media reports said.
China possibly committed 'genocide' against Uighurs: US Commission report
Washington: A US commission has said in its report that China possibly carried out genocide against Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, media reports said.
New York: A French think tank group has recommended that the European Union should create a united front with the US to tighten control of the transfer of semiconductor technologies to China that could be used to advance weapons developed by the Chinese military.
US govt issues new rules to block telecom tech purchases from China, 5 others
Washington: The United States has announced new rules to block purchase of equipment related to technology and communication from five "foreign adversaries" including China.
US puts Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation to blacklist
Washington: The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce (Commerce) added Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to the Entity List and Chinese company Skyrizon to the Military End-User (MEU) List.
Tibetan community accuse China of sabotaging polls
Lhasa: The Tibetan community has accused China of attempting to sabotage the Tibetan government in exile and Tibetan Parliament's election.
Chinese atrocities: Missing Uyghur doctor found detained in Xinjiang
Beijing: A Uyghur doctor, who was associated with a hospital in the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), was detained in an internment camp in 2017, media reports said.
Rights group feels China is witnessing global resistance to deepening repression
The Chinese government’s heightened repression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang are emblematic of the worsening human rights situation under President Xi Jinping, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2021.
Washington: Targeting the Chinese Communist Party, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the former believes in international relations that are controlled in a way that will not create security, freedom and prosperity.
Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker sent to jail again
Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court has revoked bail for former lawmaker and Democratic Party chairman, Wu Chi-wai, who was charged with joining an alleged unauthorized demonstration last year.
US envoy to UN plans to visit Taiwan: China slams Washington
Beijing: China has targeted the USA over the announcement of its ambassador to UN Kelly Craft's proposed visit to Taiwan and said the announcement seriously violates the one-China principle.
Conflict with Tibet: China performs military air drill over Lhasa
Beijing: China performed a military air drill over Lhasa region, amid alleged growing resentment against Beijing in Tibet, media reports said.
Beijing is now emerging as world's worst abuser of internet freedom: Report
Beijing: China is emerging as a nation which is not giving its citizens the same freedom as other nations plan to give.