Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have once more raided a gathering of Early Rain Covenant Church members in the the provincial capital, Chengdu, detaining one of them, says a RFA report. Christian writer and translator Xing Hongwei was detained in Chengdu on Sunday after a teahouse gathering Read more ………
A drought in China’s hydropower-dependent Yangtze River region is fuelling growing power shortages, prompting Taiwan-owned Foxconn to suspend production in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The Sichuan provincial government suspended power to industrial customers from Aug. 15 through Aug. 20 amid a prolonged heat wave that has left water levels Read more ………
NEWS Afghanistan’s foreign ministry has urged India to complete its unfinished development projects in Afghanistan while India has established diplomatic relations with the Afghan Taliban government. According to a statement, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that India should work on other important projects. Indian Foreign Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar said Read more ………
The real estate slump in China has sucked in both banks and provincial governments, threatening a bigger impact on the world’s second-largest economy, according to media report. According to Nikkei Asia, defaults have soared over the past 12 months after property developers’ debt-fueled growth model lurched into reverse. Around 99 Read more ………
Factories in China’s southwest have shut down and a city imposed rolling blackouts after reservoirs to generate hydropower ran low in a worsening drought, adding to economic strains at a time when President Xi Jinping is trying to extend his hold on power. Companies in Sichuan province including makers of Read more ………
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 ………
