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Indian traders in east China's Zhejiang province have welcomed a charter flight that arrived with 107 Indian businessmen in the provincial capital Hangzhou, the first passenger flight between India and China in over two years amidst…
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A new animal origin virus, which could infect humans, has been discovered in two provinces in China, scientists from China and Singapore have said in a new study. The new study said that this newly discovered, possibly animal-derived Nipah…
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Taking a dig at China, India has told a UN Security Council meeting chaired by Beijing that it was "most regrettable" that genuine and evidence-based proposals to blacklist some of the world's most notorious terrorists are being placed on…
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Nine years after it was launched by President Xi Jinping, the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) appears to have lost steam with virtually no new Chinese investment in third countries post-Covid pandemic. While a section of Beijing watchers…
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In a recent closed-door meeting with leaders of the agency's counterterrorism centre, the CIA's No. 2 official made clear that fighting al-Qaida and other extremist groups would remain a priority — but that the agency's money and resources…
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Taiwan's military began a live-fire artillery drill Tuesday simulating a defence of the island against an attack after days of massive Chinese military exercises, an AFP journalist at the site of the exercise said. Lou Woei-jye, spokesman…
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China’s southern island province of Hainan started mass Covid-19 testing on Sunday, locking down more parts of the province of over 10 million residents, as authorities scramble to contain multiple Omicron-driven outbreaks, including the…
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The Chinese military will from now on conduct "regular" drills on the eastern side of the median line of the Taiwan Strait, Chinese state television reported on Sunday, citing a commentator. The median line in the narrow strait between the…
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Facing pressure from India, Sri Lanka has blocked the proposed visit by a Chinese “spy vessel” to the Hambantota Port in sourthern Sri Lanka, which was scheduled to arrive next week. Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry has asked the Chinese embassy…
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Ou Yang Li-hsing, the deputy head of Taiwan defence ministry's research and development unit, was on Saturday found dead in a hotel room, Taiwan's official Central News Agency was quoted by Reuters. According to the report, his body was…
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