China has sacked three health officials blaming them for the covid surge in Tibet. They include party secretary and director of the municipal health commission of Lhasa, as also party secretary of the city’s center for disease control and prevention, according to an official statement on Sunday. They are charged Read more ………
Bangladesh Army has expressed its displeasure with China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) over quality of tank ammunition suppplied, and rejected a consignment. The Bangladeshi Navy also said it was dissatisfied with the radars provided by China Shipbuilding and Offshore International. Chinese offered much more advantageous prices than Western companies. For Read more ………
By most estimates, there are tens of millions of flats sitting empty in mainland China . This is likely to prove problematic for China ’s already troubled housing market as a potential glut of vacant homes threatens to further undermine prices, says a media report from Hong Kong. “China does Read more ………
President Xi’s Zero-Covid policy has failed. Every day coronavirus infection is reported from new areas,especially the tourism hubs of Tibet and Hainan. Due to the enforcement of lockdowns in an abrupt manner, tens of thousands of tourists are stranded.. Despite restrictions on public movement which led to a loss of Read more ………
China’s ambassador to India Sun Weidong on Saturday termed the Taiwan issue as an “internal matter” to be resolved by the Chinese people but adopted a different stance on the question of the country’s attempted intrusions in Ladakh saying the boundary issue between the neighbours was a “historical burden left Read more ………
Several Chinese firms have been facing severe backlash in Kenya over corrupt practices and discrimination against the locals, says a report. One such company is M/s China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC). It was awarded the contract of constructing the Western Ring Road Project in Kenya but has been facing Read more ………
Nepal Airlines has been pushed into the red by China built aircraft. Nepal carrier had bought six aircraft from China stable -three 17-seater Y12e and two 56-seater MA60 aircraft to connect remote and unserved sectors of the Himalayan Nation. But within two years Nepaleese realised that these aircraft were no Read more ………
NEWS 8. Following recent by-poll defeat, and loss of its Punjab government, Mariam Nawaz has been given additional responsibility in PML-N with the brief to refurbish the party image in Punjab. She will now spend more time at the party’s central secretariat; a separate cabin is being prepared for her. Read more ………
Tushar Charan* Revadi, a humble sweet prepared by mixing jaggery and sesame seed, is now a top national discourse, with political parties accusing each other of doing electoral politics by promising ‘free Revadi’ to the voters. The matter has reached even the overworked apex court which is yet to find Read more ………
The US State Department held a press briefing on Aug 11 afternoon. Excerpts MR PATEL: Hey everyone, good afternoon and welcome to the daily press briefing. This is Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson here at the department. I don’t have anything for you at the top today, so I am happy Read more ………
Magda Lipan* On Wednesday, Aug 10, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) released its first “White Paper on the Taiwan issue” since Xi Jinping came to power, reiterating that it would use force against Taiwan to reunification of Island into mainland and removed various previous promises such as allowing Taiwan autonomy Read more ………
