Tag: China
Fires kill 51 people during China’s Spring Festival
BEIJING: Across China 12,025 fires broke out from Feb. 15 to noon of Feb. 21, leaving 51 people dead and 9 injured, the fire...
China to investigate suspected violation of UN sanctions on North Korea
China says it is “highly concerned” about a reported ship-to-ship transfer on the high seas that could violate the sanctions imposed on North Korea...
‘China upgrades airspace defense in west to counter threat from India’
China is upgrading its Western Theater Command in order to confront any threat from India, a Chinese military specialist said after photographs of a...
US Secret Service scuffled with Chinese security officials over ‘Nuclear Football’
BEIJING:
US Secret Service and Chinese security officials were involved in a scuffle over the "Nuclear Football" briefcase during President Donald Trump's visit to China...
Huanying! CPEC passes through Pakistani restaurants
Local restaurants welcoming visitors with signs in Chinese
ISLAMABAD: Following China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), there has been a notable increase in the two-way traffic...
Australia, US, India, Japan in talks to establish Belt and Road...
SYDNEY: Australia, the United States, India and Japan are talking about establishing a joint regional infrastructure scheme as an alternative to China’s multibillion-dollar Belt...
Finland unveils giant Chinese pandas
HELSINKI: Two giant pandas on loan from China have been unveiled at a zoo in central Finland and they have frolicked, galloped, climbed trees...
Raj Kapoor refused to visit China because of his size: Randhir...
Bollywood’s showman Raj Kapoor may have brought the film industry to China, but the actor-filmmaker never visited the country as he wished his fans...
Nepali Maoist Oli to ‘balance China, India’ as new PM
KATHMANDU: Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Thursday appointed moderate communist K P Sharma Oli, who led an alliance with former Maoist rebels to...
Pakistan slipping out of US influence: report
WASHINGTON: Pakistan will continue to slip out of America’s influence and into China’s by the year 2019, seventeen US intelligence agencies warned the United...
Philippines, China to work out how to tap gas
MANILA: The Philippines and China have agreed to set up a special panel to work out how they can jointly explore oil and gas...
No one should expect Pakistan to sever ties with China, Iran:...
Bilawal urges US, NATO to admit failures in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that they wanted good relations...
China emphasizes on military modernization: state media
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed military modernisation and technological advances during meetings with servicemen and women ahead of the Lunar New Year,...
Football in China: From caveman Gazza to thankful Pato
BEIJING: Paul Gascoigne described life in China in 2003 as "like being locked in a cave", but foreign stars in the country today earn...
China hopes to increase coordination on North Korea with US: officials
BEIJING: China hopes both it and the United States can increase their coordination on the North Korea issue, China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi told...
China urges International community to play positive role in Maldives
BEIJING: The international community should play a constructive role in promoting stability in the Maldives, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a visiting envoy...
Expect no help, Pakistan tells Maldives
Maldives' president sends envoys to Pakistan, China, Saudi for support
MALE: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday politely turned down the Maldives' president request...
