'Shoot-to-kill for escape attempts': How Xinjiang police files expose China's claims about 're-education' campsChina has steadfastly denied all that, claiming these are vocational training schools, attended voluntarily, and meant for "reforming and r...
28 May, 2022, 08.53 PM IST
US Congress includes $300 million for Ukraine, addresses China in massive defense billThe fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizes $770 billion in military spending, including provisions such as a 2...
08 Dec, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
China's cryptocurrency-mining crackdown spreads to SichuanCryptomining is big business in China, accounting for more than half of global bitcoin production.
19 Jun, 2021, 05.13 PM IST
G7 calls China out for rights abuses and forced labourThe statement focussed on human rights, democracy, social inclusion, freedom of expression, gender equality, rule of law, effective multila...
13 Jun, 2021, 11.35 PM IST
China introduces military style labour policy for Tibet replicating Xinjiang modelDuring 2019 and 2020, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) introduced new policies to promote the systematic, centralized, and large-scale tra...
15 Oct, 2020, 01.09 PM IST
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang hopes Imran Khan will further "all weather" Sino-Pak friendshipPremier Li expressed hope that the "all-weather" friendship between the two countries would strengthen under the new government in Pakistan,
20 Aug, 2018, 10.29 PM IST
- CPEC-loving Pakistan needs to learn from Beijing’s recent treatment of Muslims
The plight of Muslims in Xinjiang has been under scanner for quite a while. Recently, China even banned names like Muhammad, Haji, Islam an...
14 Jun, 2017, 09.48 AM IST
PLA holds massive military drills in western sectorThis is the fist time such exercises were held after the PLA underwent massive restructuring initiated by President Xi Jinping, who is also...
08 Dec, 2016, 11.02 PM IST
Pakistan, China sign $2 billion agreementsThe agreements were signed yesterday as the two-day meet of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor Xinjiang Forum concluded in China.
13 Aug, 2015, 12.32 PM IST
China, Pakistan should build railways to link with South Asia: OfficialThe corridor, proposed to pass through the PoK, is objected by India due to the disputed status of the region.
15 Jun, 2015, 10.29 PM IST
China, Pakistan ink 20 pacts, boost tiesNawaz Sharif held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ...
08 Nov, 2014, 03.59 PM IST
China launches study to build rail link to Pakistan via Pakistan Occupied KashmirXinjiang itself is in a restive state due to attacks by East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) militants within the province as well as in ...
28 Jun, 2014, 12.01 PM IST
Pakistan, China discuss strategic economic corridor projectChina took control of the strategic Gwadar port this year, which gave it access to the Arabian Sea and Strait of Hormuz through which a thi...
27 Aug, 2013, 04.38 PM IST
Pakistan, China sign USD 18 billion deal on Arabian Sea linkChina and Pakistan today signed eight agreements, including a whopping USD 18 billion deal to build a 200 km-long strategic tunnel through ...
05 Jul, 2013, 08.13 PM IST
China, Pakistan ink economic corridor, boundary management accordsPakistan and China today inked several agreements and memoranda of understanding, including a pact on a system to manage the border between...
22 May, 2013, 10.43 PM IST
- China to pump $100 bn into its western regions
China has said it will invest more than $ 100 bn this year in 23 new infrastructure projects in impoverished western regions as part of eff...
06 Jul, 2010, 11.33 AM IST
- China starts building new freeway to oil-rich Central Asia
China has started construction of a four-lane freeway that will form a key part of a Central Asia highway network between Korla and Kuqa, i...
26 Sep, 2007, 11.50 AM IST