Pakistan: CPEC gets Rs 21 bn for 2020-21, experts believe project placed in 'cold storage'
Islamabad: Once it might have been considered as a game changer in Pakistan but the recent attitude towards it did not reflect much positive impression as the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the year 2020-21 contains around Rs 21 billion allocation for projects under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), media reports said.
Vietnam raises objection to China's Undersea Cable Construction in Paracel Island
Hanoi: Vietnam has objected to China's reported move of laying undersea cables in the disputed Paracel Islands.
Japan reneges on issuing statement to condemn China's security law on Hong Kong
Tokyo/UNI: Japan has backed out of issuing a joint statement with the United States, Britain and other nations to condemn China for its decision to impose a national security law on Hong Kong.
Europe should now look for an alternative to China: Experts opine during webinar
Brussels: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and experts have said that it believes the ongoing economic loss suffered by the European Union due to COVID-19 outbreak must make the region look for an alternative to China.
COVID-19: Britain may take harder stance against China
London: The British government's mollifying stance on China is likely to harden in the coming months once the immediate concerns regarding the COVID-19 outbreak are dealt with, media reports said.
Canada finds one million respirators acquired from China unfit to combat COVID-19
Toronto/IBNS: Canada's public health authority has said around one million KN95 respirators acquired from China have failed to meet federal Covid-19 standards which can be used by health workers working on the frontline.
Paris/IBNS: Amid growing discontent against China internationally over the alleged epicentre of COVID-19 being Wuhan city and reports of silencing information on the death toll in the country, the French foreign office recently summoned the Chinese ambassador, Lu Shaye, to express its deep disapproval about Chinese diplomats’ claims that France had left its older citizens to die, media reports said.
Former M16 head Robert John Sawers targets China, WHO over COVID-19 outbreak
London/IBNS: The former head of the United Kingdom's foreign intelligence service has targeted China and the World Health Organization over the COVID-19 outbreak and said both should bear responsibility for a flawed response to the disease that has now reached nearly all corners of the globe.
Xi Jinping govt faces diplomatic crisis after reports of mistreatment of Africans in China surfaces
Beijing/IBNS: China is facing a major diplomatic crisis in Africa as several nations have now voiced their concerns amid reports that African nationals are facing COVID-19 related racial discrimination in the East Asian country.
Spanish leader slams China for misinformation regarding COVID-19
Beijing/IBNS: A senior Spanish member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chairman of the Conservatives Group, Herman Tertsch, has hammered China for spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19 outbreak which has claimed lives across the globe in recent times.
Beijing/IBNS: With China claiming that it is significantly recovering from COVID-19 crisis while other nations, including the UK and the US are struggling to contain the virus, some experts believe Beijing is trying to exploit the situation to its own advantage.
COVID-19: Dependence on China and discrimination on PoK people deepening crisis in Pakistan
Islamabad/IBNS: At the time of crisis when Pakistan is still depending on China, its all-weather ally and the epicentre of the COVID-19 disease spread, reports are emerging that PM Imran Khan-led government is still practicing discrimination and not extending help to people of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).
After accusing WHO of siding with China over COVID-19, Donald Trump talks to Xi Jinping
Washington/IBNS: After accusing the World Health Organisation (WHO) of siding with China over COVID-19, US President Donald Trump on Friday held a conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping and stated the two countries were working closely to fight the deadly Novel Coronavirus.
Beijing considers Pakistan little more than a subordinate colony to be exploited, feels expert Â
Islamabad/IBNS: The recent developments related to Pakistan's silence over the oppression on Muslims in China and the manner in which Imran Khan government remained unmoved in evacuating its own students from Coronavirus-hit Wuhan city shows that Beijing simply considers the Muslim-majority nation as little more than a subordinate colony to be exploited but not heard.
Trump promises Xi to show restraint in reacting to coronavirus threat - Beijing
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: US President Donald Trump pledged in a Friday phone call with his Chinese counterpart that Washington would show restraint in responding to the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said.