Chinese police surveillance: Guangdong dissident poet commits suicide
Beijing: An outspoken poet and current affairs commentator from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has reportedly committed suicide after ingesting pesticide leaving a suicide note that said he was driven to the extreme measure owing to excessive state surveillance, media reports said.
Nine Chinese workers among 13 killed in bus accident in Pakistan
At least 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, were killed when a bus carrying Chinese and Pakistani construction workers fell into a ravine in the northwestern region of Pakistan, media reports say.
Pakistan: Bus carrying Chinese workers meets accident, 12 dead
Islamabad: At least nine Chinese nationals and three Pakistanis died on Wednesday in Upper Kohistan region of Pakistan as a bus in which they were travelling met an accident, media reports said.
China: Satirist jailed for tweets criticising Chinese Communist Party
A Chinese court has handed down a 14-month jail term to performance artist and online influencer Chen Shaotian following his critical comments about life under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) posted on Twitter.
Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka to get priority vaccination
Authorities in Sri Lanka will administer the Chinese-made Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines first to Chinese nationals living in the country. The decision was taken after the Sri Lankan government received a request for the priority vaccination to Chinese nationals from China.
Beijing: Pan Rui, the son of Chinese tycoon Pan Shiyi, is currently wanted for allegedly insulting soldiers who died during clashes with their Indian counterpart last year.
Hindu, Christian women in Pakistan vulnerable to sex trafficking to China: US official
Washington: A top US official has claimed that Hindu and Christian women from poor and marginalized communities in Pakistan are vulnerable to traffickers who falsely promise them they will be married to wealthy Chinese men.
Drugs worth Rs 2.5 billion from Chinese-controlled Gwadar seized by Sri Lankan officials
Colombo: The Sri Lankan authorities have arrested four people and seized Rs 2.5 billion worth of drugs which originated from Chinese-controlled Gwadar region of Pakistan, media reports said on Sunday.
Chinese treatment of Muslim minorities 'stain of the century': Mike Pompeo
Washington/UNI: Coming down heavily on China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities of China, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called the Chinese actions as 'stain of the century'.
US: Singaporean national pleads guilty to working as Chinese spy
Washington: A Singaporean national has pleaded guilty to charges of being a spy of China, US Department of Justice said on Friday.
China's GDP growth to decline to 2.3 pc in baseline scenario in 2020, warns World Bank
Washington/Sputnik/UNI/IBNS: China's GDP growth is expected to decline to 2.3 per cent in the baseline scenario in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Bank said in a report.
Kabul, Aug 2 (IBNS): The Afghanistan security forces have killed or wounded a dozen terrorists, which include Chinese and Chechen people while carrying out an operation in Logar province of the country, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Three Chinese nationals suspected of fake marriages arrested from Islamabad
Islamabad, May 10 (IBNS): Three Chinese national have been arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from the Islamabad airport over their suspected involvement in the fake marriages and human trafficking in Pakistan, media reports said.
Chinese telescope collects more than 11 mln spectra
Beijing, March 29 (Xinhua/UNI) China has released 11.25 million spectra of celestial objects acquired by the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) to astronomers worldwide, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Friday.
US imposes new N. Korea sanctions on two Chinese-based shipping firms : Treasury Department
Washington, Mar 21 (Sputnik/UNI) The United States designated two Chinese-based shipping companies for violating North Korea sanctions, the US Department of the Treasury said in a statement on Thursday.