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China Unveils New Cyber Force To “Fight And Win” Wars

April 19, 2024 admin

China’s territorial disputes include its claim to the self-ruled island of Taiwan (Representational) China announced the creation of a new military cyber corps on Friday, saying it would bolster Beijing’s capacity to “fight and win” wars. The Information Support Force will act as a “key support for coordinated development and application of network information systems”,…

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NASA Head Bill Nelson Says China Hiding Military Presence In Space

April 18, 2024 admin

NASA Chief said he hoped “the Chinese space programme would come to its senses”. Washington: The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in space. “China has made extraordinary strides [in space] especially in the last 10 years, but they are…

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Joe Biden Seeks Steel Tariffs On “Cheating” China

April 17, 2024 admin

Biden said he had called for the US Trade Representative to triple the tariff rates for Chinese steel. Washington: US President Joe Biden called Wednesday for a hike in steel tariffs on China, accusing it of cheating as he courted blue-collar voters on an election campaign trip to the battleground state of Pennsylvania. Biden accused…

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China Court Orders Man To Pay $4,200 Compensation For Calling Disabled Wife “Trash”

April 6, 2024 admin

China Court Orders Man To Pay ,200 Compensation For Calling Disabled Wife “Trash”

The court learned that Mr Zhao showed no love or care for his wife. A divorce court in China has ordered a man to pay his disabled wife 30,000 yuan (approximately Rs 352,000 or $4,200) as compensation after he called her “trash”. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the court described the man,…

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Kiren Rijiju Slams China Over Arunachal Pradesh Claims

April 1, 2024 admin

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that China has been making baseless claims on Arunachal Pradesh. New Delhi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju condemned the renaming of several areas in Arunachal Pradesh by China and said that the baseless claims made by China will not change the ground reality. “I strongly condemn China’s illegally ‘standardised’ geographical names…

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More than 800 suspected scammers arrested in Myanmar-China joint operation

April 1, 2024 admin

More than 800 people suspected of being cross-border scammers were arrested in a joint police operation by Myanmar and China, Beijing’s embassy in Yangon said on April 1. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar, staffed by citizens from China and other countries who are often forced to work swindling their compatriots in an industry analysts…

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China Pauses 2 Dam Projects In Pak After Suicide Attack Kills 5 Engineers

March 29, 2024 admin

China has not commented, but this week repeatedly urged Pakistan to ensure the safety of its nationals. Peshawar: Chinese contractors have halted construction on two major dam projects in Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver this week, a provincial official told AFP on Friday. The companies have demanded…

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India Dismisses China’s Remarks On Khalistan Terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

March 28, 2024 admin

An Indian has been charged by the US Justice Department for Pannun’s murder-for-hire. New Delhi: Hitting back at China over its comments on the investigation into the alleged foiled assassination plot against Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India and the United States are capable of dealing with any…

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China pledges to Southeast Asia come up $50 billion short: study

March 28, 2024 admin

China pledges to Southeast Asia come up billion short: study

China promised billions of dollars to infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia, but many of these were never built, according to a study by an Australian think tank released on March 27. Sydney’s Lowy Institute found that since 2015, more than $50 billion that Beijing promised to development projects in the region was unallocated. More than…

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China To Develop Strategic Deep Sea Port, Airport In Sri Lanka

March 27, 2024 admin

A Japanese-funded expansion of Colombo airport had been on hold. (Representational) Colombo: Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Wednesday that China has pledged to develop the island nation’s strategic deep sea port and the capital’s airport after talks with his counterpart in Beijing. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said China — the island’s biggest bilateral creditor —…

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