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China ready to work with India to handle bilateral relations with strategic and long-term perspective, says Chinese Foreign Ministry
Beijing, April 2: China said that it is ready to work with India to handle the bilateral relations with a strategic and long-term perspective, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in its regular press briefing on Tuesday.
Chinese envoy Xu Feihong 'firmly believes' relations to advance on 'sound-stable' track
Beijing, April 2: Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong expressed his optimism about the future of China-India relations as the two nations celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties and believes the two nations will advance bilateral relations.
Dragon-Elephant duet: Xi Jinping's congratulatory message to Prez Murmu on 75th anniv of India-China ties
Beijing, April 1: Chinese President Xi Jinping in his congratulatory message to President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday, which marked the 75th anniversary of establishment of bilateral relatins, said that China and India should work more closely together. He said that the relationship between China and India should "realize a cooperative pas de deux of the dragon and the elephant, which completely serves the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples."
China scoops up every advantage from Trump's chaotic tendencies
Hong Kong, April 1: "Going with China is going with opportunities. Believing in China is believing in tomorrow. Investing in China is investing in the future," Chairman Xi Jinping told a group of more than 40 foreign business executives in a meeting in Beijing on March 28, 2025.
Taiwan rejects Bangladesh-China joint statement, reaffirms its 'sovereignty'
Taipei, March 31: Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected the joint statement issued by China and Bangladesh after the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus. The statement upheld the "one-China principle" and claimed that Taiwan is an "inalienable part of China."
Global expansion of China's data-driven authoritarianism
New Delhi: As technological advancements become increasingly pervasive in all aspects of life, concerns regarding the ethics of new-age digital ecosystems gain acute significance. On the one hand, the deployment of data-driven technologies into governance has led to path-breaking advantages in terms of efficiency, reduction of time and energy, inclusivity, and exceptional smoothness of operations.
Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Yunus , Chinese President Xi discuss bilateral issues
Beijing, March 28: Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a meeting in Beijing on Friday and discussed bilateral issues, including trade and investment.
Bangladesh's Yunus visits China days before taking over as BIMSTEC chair
Dhaka, March 26: Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh, left Dhaka on Wednesday for a four-day official visit to China during which he will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on March 28.
Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus departs for four-day visit to China
Dhaka, March 26: Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus departed for China on Wednesday for a four-day visit.
China poses 'most comprehensive and robust military threat' to national security: US intel report
Washington, March 26: China presents the most comprehensive and robust military threat to the national security of the United States, a US intelligence report revealed on Tuesday.
China preparing to invade Taiwan by 2027: US Report says
Beijing, March 24: Chinese President Xi Jinping's decade-long campaign to end corruption in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is meant to ensure the military is modernised and prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027, according to a US intelligence report made public last week, Taipei Times reported.
China develops military tech to advance its aggressive cause
Hong Kong, March 24: Not only is Chairman Xi Jinping constantly pushing the People's Liberation Army (PLA) towards devotee levels of loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party, but he is ensuring that China's military is equipped with all manner of weapons and gadgets to ensure dominance in both peacetime and wartime.
Taiwan's military exercises to focus on invasion preparation
Taipei, March 24: Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercises will focus on China's increasing use of "gray zone" tactics and the possibility of an invasion by 2027, the Ministry of National Defence announced, Taipei Times reported.
Dialogue and diplomacy: India reaffirms its commitment to finding peaceful resolution to Ukraine-Russia conflict.
New Delhi, March 22: India reaffirmed its commitment to finding a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine-Russia conflict on Friday.
XI struggles to rein in China's Military establishment
Hong Kong, March 19: As well as splashing out ever-increasing amounts of cash on the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Chairman Xi Jinping is hauling on its reins to keep China's military -which has a history of doing things its own way - in check. However, even after morethan twelve years in control, his efforts are proving only partially successful.
China 'appreciates' PM Modi's 'positive remarks', says willing to work with India
Beijing, March 17: China on Monday said that it "appreciates" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent "positive remarks" on China-India relations as both sides earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries in Kazan, last year.
Slowly but surely, trust, enthusiasm, and energy will return: PM Modi on relations with China
New Delhi, March 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed optimism about India's relationship with China, emphasizing the importance of learning from each other and understanding one another.
Rights groups stage protest against China's proposed mega-embassy in London
London, March 16: Hong Kong rights groups, along with several Tibetans, Uyghurs, and local residents, gathered at the historic former Royal Mint Court in London to protest China's plan for a 'mega-embassy. '
Taiwan reports 20 PLA sorties 7 naval vessels, 1 official ship near its airspace
Taipei, March 13: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported 20 sorties of People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, seven People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels and one official ship until 6 am (local time) on Thursday.
China continues to hike its defense expenditure
Hong Kong, March 11: On 5 March, at this year's 14th National People's Congress, China announced its defense budget for 2025. The latest figure rises 7.2% year on year. Interestingly, Beijing maintained the growth rate of its military expenditure at precisely the same percentage as last year, and the year before, as Chairman Xi Jinping prioritizes development of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
US expresses confidence in Taiwan's security during Trump's presidency
Washington, March 10: US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent expressed confidence that China would not take any action against Taiwan during President Donald Trump's tenure, as reported by Taipei Times.
China targets 7.2 percent defence budget hike, 5 percent growth despite trade war with US
Beijing, March 6: Even as China faces a potential Trade War over tariffs with the United States, Beijing has pledged to make domestic demand its main economic driver. It has its annual growth targets to about 5 percent, and along with that, it has called for a 7.2 defence budget hike due to rising regional tensions.
China unlawfully detains thousands, convicts 1,545 'prisoners of conscience' in 6 years, says rights group
Beijing, March 6: Chinese authorities have unlawfully detained thousands of individuals for peacefully asserting or exercising their rights over the past six years and have sentenced 1,545 individuals classified as prisoners of conscience, a rights organization reported on Wednesday, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA).
China watches from the sidelines as Trump switches allegiance
Hong Kong, March 4: As world respect for the USA plummeted to a new nadir on 28 February, after President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance dressed down Ukraine's leader in a televised White House meeting, the true winners are Moscow and Beijing. The capitulation of the US to tsarist Vladimir Putin's viewpoint is astonishing in its rapidity, and it bodes ill for smaller countries around the world and hotspots like Taiwan.
Chinese President meets Russian security chief in Beijing
Beijing, Feb 28: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, in Beijing on Friday.
Growing number of foreigners missing in China, rights group raises alarm
Washington DC, February 28: An increasing number of foreign nationals have gone "missing" in China in recent years, with many later discovered to be in detention by the authorities, prompting a rights organization to publish a guide for families facing similar circumstances, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA).
I never comment on that, Trump when asked if he would bar China from taking over Taiwan
Washington DC, February 27: US President Donald Trump, during his first Cabinet meeting, declined to say on Wednesday if his administration would move to prevent China from taking Taiwan by force, CNN reported.
Putin, Xi Jinping hold telephonic conversation to further develop comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation
Moscow, February 24: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday held a telephone conversation to strengthen and discuss further development of their comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation.
China opposes US State Dept's revised fact sheet, accuses it of misrepresentation
Beijing, February 21: Following the US State Department's revision of its China fact sheet, which now highlights economic concerns, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson expressed opposition and condemned the changes as a misrepresentation of facts, and accusing the US of attacking China's foreign policy.
On Trump's possible new US-China trade deal; Beijing reiterates tariff wars produce no winners
Washington, February 20: US President Donald Trump has claimed that the "very good relationship" he enjoys with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will make it "possible" to strike a new trade deal with China.
China plays its Trump card
Hong Kong, February 17: As newly installed President Donald Trump pursues his personal agenda in the White House, Chairman Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) elites must be rubbing their hands with glee. Trump and his senior officials are alarming or snubbing one country after another, thus providing China multiple opportunities to advance its own authoritarian cause.
The Silent Struggle: How China is systematically erasing Tibet's identity (IANS Analysis)
New Delhi, Feb 12: China's coercive and violently assimilationist policies towards its religious and racial minorities are not unknown. Despite the regular condemnation that it receives from the international community and civil society regarding its egregious violations of human rights, China disregards all opposition and persists unabated on its path.
Purifying the PLA-Xi's pet project
Hong Kong, February 10: Chairman Xi Jinping is rolling out a major education program to instil required levels of loyalty within the country's massive and highly politicized military.
China: 29 people missing after landslide in Sichuan
Beijing, February 9: As many as 29 people remain missing after a landslide in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, Global Times reported citing a press conference held on Sunday morning. The number of the missing people is still being verified as rescue operation is being conducted there.
China allocates disaster relief funds to support landslide-hit Sichuan
Beijing, Feb 8: China has allocated 80 million yuan (about 11.16 million US dollars) to support disaster relief and recovery efforts after a landslide in the southwestern Sichuan Province buried 10 houses and left over 30 people missing on Saturday.
200 people relocated after fatal landslide in China's Sichuan
Chengdu, Feb 8: Approximately 200 people have been evacuated to safety after a landslide buried 10 houses and left over 30 people missing in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday.
Chinese President holds talks with visiting Pakistani counterpart in Beijing
Beijing, Feb 5: Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Beijing on Wednesday.
USPS temporarily suspends some inbound parcels from China amid Trump trade war
Washington, DC, February 5: The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced a temporary suspension of international package acceptance from China and Hong Kong, effective February 4.
Trump to speak with Xi as China announces retaliatory tariffs
Beijing, February 5: United States President Donald Trump is set to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday, citing Trump's top trade adviser, Peter Navarro.
Readying for war, the PLA burrows underground and hardens air bases
Hong Kong, February 4: Chairman Xi Jinping is very serious in his admonitions that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) should get ready for war. Such preparations are literally and very visibly seen in the hardening of military air bases and the construction of a brand new command complex to protect personnel against bombardment.