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Beijing: Triggering a new conflict, China has published its first white paper on Taiwan in more than two decades, offering as a blueprint for unification of the “one country, two systems” model that it used to recover Hong Kong a quarter of a century ago. more
Unidentified people destroy telecommunications tower belonging to China Mobile Pakistan in North Waziristan

Islamabad: Unidentified people destroyed a telecommunications tower, which belonged to the China Mobile Pakistan, in a northwestern tribal district of Pakistan, media reports said.

China promised to maintain embassy in Kabul, increase humanitarian aid, says Taliban

Beijing/Kabul: China has promised to maintain its embassy in Afghanistan and also increase humanitarian aid to the war-torn country, a Taliban spokesman said Friday, according to media re ...

China will enter Afghanistan to mine rare earth minerals: US leader

Washington: Ranking Republican on the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul has said China is going to move to Afghanistan to mine that country’s rare earth minerals fol ...

US Air Force plans huge deployment of F-22 fighters in Pacific amid rising tensions with China

The United States Air Force is dispatching two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to participate in an exercise in the Western Pacific this month in order to send a strong response to China' ...

US researcher claims China is using ‘dibao’ social safety net to silence dissent

Washington; A US-based social scientist has claimed that the role of China’s social safety net programme, known as dibao, has shifted over time from providing support to the poor an ...

Conflict with China: Taiwan, US count on giant radar system to get early warnings in case PLA attacks

Analysts believe that Taiwan's long-range radar system has become crucial for the safety of both the US and the self-ruled island amid rising tension with China, media reports said.

China aiming to exhaust Taiwan’s defence budget by repeated incursions: observers

Beijing: Observers believe that mainland China’s repeated military incursions into Taiwan’s air defence zone are meant to drain the island’s air force and establish the ...

New Delhi-Beijing conflict: Indian Navy tracks Chinese research vessel in Indian Ocean

New Delhi:  Indian Navy warships constantly tracked a Chinese research vessel which entered the Indian Ocean Region last month, an episode which may further trigger the already tense ...

'China-Pakistan may contradict in their stand on Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan'

Kabul: There seems to be a clear contrasting belief between China and Pakistan on whether the Taliban should come to power in Afghanistan, an opinion piece published in a top Kabul-based ...