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China using proxies to intimidate people across world, says Canadian minister
In a letter to lawmakers, Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety responsible for the country’s internal security, said that “foreign states, including the PRC (Peoples Republic of China), attempt to threaten and intimidate individuals around the world, including in Canada, through various state entities and non-state proxies.”
Updated on Jan 08, 2021 01:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Toronto |
Anirudh Bhattacharyya , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Chinese city sealed off to squash coronavirus outbreak
The pandemic has so far broadly been brought to heel by Chinese authorities since its emergence in Wuhan in late 2019, with small outbreaks swiftly snuffed out with mass testing, local lockdowns and travel restrictions.
Published on Jan 08, 2021 11:20 AM IST
Beijing |
Agence France-Presse | Posted by Arpan Rai
Covid-19: China locks down Hebei, 11 million people barred from leaving
Hebei accounted for 51 of the 52 local cases reported by the National Health Commission on Thursday. This compared with 20 cases reported in the province, which surrounds Beijing, a day earlier.
Updated on Jan 07, 2021 05:11 PM IST
Shanghai |
Reuters | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Officials punished as China logs highest daily Covid cases since July
The virus first emerged in central China in late 2019, but since then authorities have largely brought the situation under control through travel restrictions, strict lockdowns and mass testing. But a recent outbreak in northern Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, has seen cases spike and prompted mass testing, school closures and suspension of travel links to the province.
Updated on Jan 07, 2021 03:12 PM IST
Beijing |
Agence France-Presse| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal
China plays down concern after WHO’s rare rebuke
Foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying, told a regular news briefing in Beijing that the problem was “not just about visas” for the team.
Updated on Jan 07, 2021 07:02 AM IST
Beijing | , Beijing/geneva
AgenciesHK arrests 53 oppn figures, sparks outcry
Police confirmed 53 people - including a US citizen - were arrested for “subversion” in an early morning operation that involved about 1,000 officers.
Published on Jan 07, 2021 01:47 AM IST
Hong Kong | , Hong Kong
AgenciesDeath for former China banker
Lai Xiaomin, a former Communist Party member, gave a detailed televised confession on state broadcaster CCTV last January, which showed footage of safes and cabinets stuffed with cash in a Beijing apartment allegedly belonging to him.
Published on Jan 07, 2021 12:52 AM IST
Beijing |
Agencies
Explainer: Hong Kong mass arrests chill democracy movement
The arrests will remove more activists from the scene, reducing the possibility of renewed protests and eliminating many as future candidates for office. They warn a younger generation that formed the backbone of protests that even holding an unofficial primary can result in legal action.
Published on Jan 06, 2021 05:46 PM IST
Hong Kong |
Associated Press | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri
Afghanistan busted Chinese spy ring, kept it a secret. NDS chief explains why
NDS chief Ahmad Zia Saraj told the Afghan parliament on Tuesday that a group of Chinese nationals had been arrested for espionage.
Updated on Jan 06, 2021 06:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
China has been waging ‘cognitive warfare’ against Taiwan, warns think tank
He said the growing anti-Beijing sentiment in Taiwan had expanded the psychological distance across the Taiwan Strait.
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 10:36 PM IST
Asian News International |
Asian News International | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
China sentences former Huarong chairman to death over bribery
Lai Xiaomin was found guilty of receiving a total of $277 million in bribes between 2008 and 2018. Chinese authorities are taking an increasingly tough stance on corporate malfeasance, broadening President Xi Jinping’s eight-year corruption crackdown into the nation’s boardrooms.
Published on Jan 05, 2021 05:09 PM IST
China flies choppers over Lhasa in military drill to tame Tibet
The military drill is seen as part of the continuing effort by President Xi Jinping to sinicise Tibet that would pick up pace in view of the new US law.
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 06:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
Will economy give Xi Jinping muscle to flex?
Xi will see no reason to be less wolf warrior-ish this year. Things worked out reasonably well last year despite the pandemic. President Donald Trump’s tariff strikes were hard but not true. The United States earned as much negative press as China for committing less sins.
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 08:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
Australia’s influence in Pacific Islands grows as China’s wanes
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government has promised to supply its neighbours with Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 as part of a A$500 million package aimed at achieving “full immunization coverage” in the region. It also recently signed a “landmark” deal with Fiji.
Published on Jan 04, 2021 07:50 PM IST
China reports 33 new Covid-19 cases, sharp spike in asymptomatic cases
The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, rose to 40 from eight cases a day earlier.
Published on Jan 04, 2021 06:13 AM IST
Beijing |
Reuters | Posted by Arpan Rai
‘Cheap trick’: China rebuffs latest Taiwan offer of talks
China views the democratic and self-governed island as its own territory, and cut off a formal talks mechanism in 2016 after Tsai was first elected, viewing her as a separatist bent on a formal declaration of independence.
Updated on Jan 02, 2021 09:50 AM IST
Beijing |
Reuters | Posted by Prashasti Singh
India seeks ‘urgent, time-bound’ assistance for 39 sailor stuck in Chinese waters
Srivastava said both these vessels have been waiting for discharge of their cargo and there is a growing stress on the crew members on account of the long delay.
Updated on Jan 01, 2021 09:37 PM IST
New Delhi |
Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Fireworks explode over empty streets in Sydney, Christchurch as 2020 slinks away into history
Good riddance, 2020. Hello, 2021.
Updated on Dec 31, 2020 08:44 PM IST
Amid virus fears, China urges migrant workers to skip holiday travel
The measure from the National Health Commission is not a direct travel ban but is still extraordinary because Lunar New Year is China’s most important traditional holiday and the only time of the year when many workers have the opportunity to travel home to see their families.
Published on Dec 30, 2020 05:30 PM IST
Beijing |
Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
Chinese tourists, gripped by coronavirus fears, scale back domestic travel plans
Chinese tourists, millions of whom have shunned overseas travel this year because of the global pandemic, are further narrowing the scope of their journeys, visiting nearby cities and avoiding trips out of their provinces.
Published on Dec 30, 2020 10:48 AM IST
Beijing |
Reuters | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
Pakistan has become pawn in Chinese policy: IAF chief RKS Bhadauria
In an address at a seminar organised by think-tank Vivekananda International Foundation, he said Pakistan’s dependence on China is going to increase as the country is set to reel under a Chinese debt-trap.
Updated on Dec 30, 2020 04:49 AM IST
New Delhi |
Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Wuhan’s Covid-19 cases may have been ten times higher than estimated: Study
China has been criticized internationally for its initial handling of the outbreak, which has spread around the world in a global pandemic in the year since the first cases emerged.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 11:06 PM IST
China’s capital locks down part of district in coronavirus fight
The city has reported 16 infections and three asymptomatic cases since December 18, when the first cases were found. Most of the cases were in Shunyi, which has banned couriers from entering residential compounds.
Published on Dec 29, 2020 04:16 PM IST
Beijing |
Reuters | Posted by Arpan Rai
Biden slams Chinese abuses, stresses security and prosperity in Indo-Pacific
Biden’s remarks on China, which will be scrutinised closely both at home in the US and abroad in India, Japan and Australia for clarity on how he will run this most crucial relationship, came after a meeting with his team of foreign policy and national security nominees and officials of his transition team.
Updated on Dec 29, 2020 11:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington |
Yashwant Raj , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years
The Pudong New Area People’s Court in the financial hub of Shanghai gave the sentence to Zhang Zhan following accusations she spread false information, gave interviews to foreign media, disrupted public order and “maliciously manipulated” the outbreak.
Published on Dec 28, 2020 04:24 PM IST
Beijing |
Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
China’s crackdown on Alibaba worsen China’s internet selloff
Once hailed as the standard-bearers of China’s economic and technological ascendancy, Alibaba, now face increasing pressure from regulators worried about the speed with which they’re amassing hundreds of millions of users and gaining influence over almost every aspect of daily life.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 10:57 AM IST
At least 7 killed in knife attack in northeastern China
The attack in the city of Kaiyuan in Liaoning province was carried out outside a sauna and bathhouse. The suspect, identified by the media by his surname Yang, was arrested while the motive for the attack remains unknown.
Published on Dec 27, 2020 02:09 PM IST
Beijing |
Associated Press| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal
China rushes senior official to Nepal amid political uncertainty
Beijing has decided to send Guo Yezhou, vice minister of the international department of the central committee of the Communist Party of China, to Kathmandu on Sunday in an apparent bid to patch up the differences with the Nepal Communist Party.
Updated on Dec 27, 2020 12:35 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times |
HT Correspondent
Chinese ships illegally enter Japan’s territorial waters
This is despite Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi last week conveying to his Beijing counterpart Wei Fenghe about Tokyo’s strong concerns over Beijing’s regular attempts to “unilaterally change the status quo by coercion”.
Updated on Dec 26, 2020 09:56 PM IST
Tokyo |
Asian News International | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
China to convene for annual parliamentary session from March 5
The gathering of the National People’s Congress typically takes place in early March in Beijing, but was delayed to May this year due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Published on Dec 26, 2020 07:26 PM IST
Shanghai |
Reuters | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar