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26 Apr 2021
CoronavirusChina suspends cargo flights rushing COVID-19 medical supplies to India
China's state-run Sichuan Airlines has suspended all its cargo flights to India for 15 days, causing major disruption to private traders' efforts to procure the much-needed oxygen concentrators and other medical supplies from China.
26 Apr 2021
COVID-19Pakistan gets another one million COVID-19 vaccines from China
Pakistan has received another batch of one million doses of coronavirus vaccine from China to help it stem the spread of COVID-19 that has infected over 800,000 people and claimed over 17,100 lives in Pakistan.
23 Apr 2021
IndiaChina says it is willing to help India fight COVID-19
China on Friday said that it is willing to talk to India about what the country needs to battle the massive surge in coronavirus cases.
07 Apr 2021
IndiaMukesh Ambani dethrones Jack Ma as Asia's richest person
India has the third-highest number of billionaires in the world after the US and China, according to a new list by the prestigious Forbes magazine.
05 Apr 2021
NepalNepal to administer Chinese vaccines to citizens from April 7
Nepal will start its second phase of the COVID-19 inoculation drive from April 7 using a China-donated vaccine to fight against the deadly infection, according to the health ministry.
31 Mar 2021
BBCBBC correspondent leaves China amid safety concerns
A veteran BBC correspondent whose coverage angered China has left the country amid concerns for his safety, BBC and a journalist organization said.
30 Mar 2021
World Health OrganizationCoronavirus: WHO team spent merely four hours at Wuhan institute
A team of the World Health Organization (WHO), that visited China earlier this year to trace the origins of coronavirus, has ruled out the possibility of a lab leak.
29 Mar 2021
World Health OrganizationWHO says COVID-19 likely emerged from animals; lab leak unlikely
The coronavirus causing COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, likely originated from animals, a draft copy of a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) into the origin of the virus reportedly said.
25 Mar 2021
NikeForced Uighur labor: H&M, Nike face boycott in China
H&M, Nike, are among the Western apparel brands facing a boycott in China for taking a stand against forced labor conditions in the Asian country's Xinjiang region.
24 Mar 2021
TaiwanHere's why Intel's Foundry Services is a brilliant strategic gambit
It's no secret that Intel is in dire straits after being bested by AMD and recently losing its chip contract for Apple's Mac range. It will now focus on making chips for other companies.
17 Mar 2021
IndiaVaccine for visa: China enforces new rules for foreign travelers
China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, is poised to ease curbs for travelers from several countries, including India. It, however, has attached a rider to it — foreign travelers will have to be inoculated with one Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine.
11 Mar 2021
Russia NewsNewsBytes Briefing: Hackers expose massive surveillance oversight, and more
Hackers broke into the secure networks of Verkada Inc., which provides video surveillance and facial recognition solutions to Tesla, Cloudflare, and several government organizations. By "broke in," we mean it used the publicly exposed master password to simply log into their network.
10 Mar 2021
Russia NewsRussia snubs US, joins China to establish Moon base
Russia has snubbed the US to join forces with China to build a joint Moon base. The heads of Russian and Chinese space agencies signed an agreement to that effect yesterday.
05 Mar 2021
COVID-19China approves sale of traditional medicine products to treat COVID-19
China has approved the sale of three traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products for the treatment of the novel coronavirus, the country's National Medical Products Administration reportedly announced on Wednesday.
01 Mar 2021
MalwareChinese hackers targeted 12 Indian organizations; infiltrated power sector: Study
Chinese state-sponsored hacker groups have targeted over 12 Indian state-run organizations, primarily power utilities and load dispatch centers since mid-2020, a cyber intelligence company has said in its report.
23 Feb 2021
EntertainmentCroton's Eternal Love Studio builds on international recognition of C-Dramas
2020 proved to be an award-winning year for Croton's Love and Destiny.
22 Feb 2021
IndiaChina backs India to host BRICS Summit 2021: Details
China on Monday expressed its support for India in hosting this year's BRICS summit and said it will work with New Delhi to strengthen the cooperation among the five-member grouping of emerging economies.
21 Feb 2021
India China BorderIndia, China discuss further disengagement during 10th round of talks
India and China held the 10th round of talks to resolve a border conflict along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
20 Feb 2021
IndiaIndia, China hold 10th round of Corps Commander-level talks today
After completing the disengagement process between the Indian and Chinese militaries at the banks of Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh, both sides are holding the 10th round of Corps Commander-level talks on Saturday.
20 Feb 2021
IndiaBorder conflict with China impacts iPhone production in India
Repercussions of India's geopolitical tensions with its neighbor China are being felt at Apple's iPhone production facilities in India. The South China Morning Post reports that the tensions have limited the issuance of entrance visas to Chinese engineers, which, in turn, is impacting Apple suppliers in the country.
20 Feb 2021
IndiaAfter acknowledging casualties, China releases video of Galwan Valley clash
China has released a video showing its soldiers clashing with Indian troops in the Galwan Valley, Ladakh, in June last year, hours after it acknowledged casualties.
19 Feb 2021
India China BorderIndia-China row: Pangong disengagement complete; next round of talks tomorrow
The disengagement process between the Indian and Chinese forces in the Pangong Tso area of eastern Ladakh has reportedly been completed.
19 Feb 2021
IndiaMonths after Galwan clash, China admits four officers, soldiers died
For the first time since it clashed with India in the Galwan Valley, Ladakh, China has officially admitted that it lost four officers and soldiers.
17 Feb 2021
VaccineChina arrests leader of multimillion dollar COVID-19 vaccine scam
China has arrested the leader of a multimillion dollar scam involved in the preparation and selling of fake COVID-19 vaccines, as Beijing began a crackdown on vaccine-related crimes across the country.
17 Feb 2021
Indian ArmyIndian Army releases visuals of disengagement process with China
The Indian Army on Tuesday released videos and photographs showing thinning down of troops and dismantling of bunkers, camps, and other facilities by the Chinese military in the areas around the Pangong Lake in Eastern Ladakh in line with the agreed disengagement process between the two sides.
14 Feb 2021
India China BorderIndia-China row: Pangong Tso disengagement to be completed by Friday
The first phase of disengagement along the India-China border around Ladakh's Pangong Tso lake will reportedly be complete by Friday.
12 Feb 2021
BBCChina bans BBC; 'unacceptable curtailing of media freedom,' says UK
In a controversial move, China's broadcasting regulator on Thursday banned BBC World News.
11 Feb 2021
India China BorderFirst phase of India-China disengagement to conclude by February-end: Report
The first phase of disengagement along the India-China border around Ladakh's Pangong Tso Lake will reportedly be complete by the end of February.
11 Feb 2021
IndiaIndia, China agree to disengage along Pangong Lake: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday informed the Parliament that India and China will remove forward deployments along the Pangong Lake in Eastern Ladakh in a phased manner.
11 Feb 2021
Xi JinpingBiden talks to Jinping for first time after assuming office
United States President Joe Biden spoke to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday evening (local time) for the first time since his January 20 inauguration.
10 Feb 2021
India China BorderIndia, China start disengagement along Pangong lake: Chinese Defense Ministry
In a major breakthrough in efforts to resolve the months-long Indo-China border conflict, China's Defense Ministry announced that both Indian and Chinese troops have started the disengagement process from the north and south banks of Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh.
09 Feb 2021
World Health OrganizationWHO team probing coronavirus origins identifies two 'most likely' scenarios
A team of World Health Organization (WHO) experts investigating the origin of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in China has identified two "most likely" scenarios.
09 Feb 2021
World Health OrganizationNo indication of coronavirus in Wuhan before December 2019: WHO
A team of World Health Organization (WHO) probing the origins of coronavirus in Wuhan, China, said on Tuesday that it didn't find any indication of the virus at the epicenter before December 2019.
06 Feb 2021
NepalNepal to get 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China
China will provide 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal on a grant basis, officials in Katmandu said on Saturday. It will be the first batch of vaccine aid for the Himalayan nation from China.
03 Feb 2021
BBCRapes, torture, sterilization: First-hand accounts from China's Uighur camps emerge
In China's "re-education" camps for Uighurs—mostly Muslim Turkic minority group—women detainees are made to face systematic rapes, torture, forced sterilizations, among other horrors, first-hand accounts obtained by the BBC reveal.
03 Feb 2021
IndiaPrepared to defeat misadventures to defend territorial integrity: Rajnath Singh
India is vigilant in the face of attempts to change the status quo at its border and prepared to defeat any misadventures to defend territorial integrity, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday, amid a continued military standoff with China.
03 Feb 2021
World Health OrganizationWHO team visits Wuhan research lab
World Health Organization investigators, on Wednesday, visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus.
02 Feb 2021
IndiaUS concerned by China's ongoing attempts to intimidate neighbors
In its first response to the China-India border standoff, the Biden administration has voiced concern over Beijing's ongoing attempts to intimidate its neighbors and said it was closely monitoring the situation.
30 Jan 2021
WuhanWHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had early virus patients
A World Health Organization team visited a hospital on Friday where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts' long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of COVID-19.
