Colombo: A Chinese research vessel accused by India and the United States of spying activities left Sri Lanka's Chinese-run port of Hambantota on Monday after a week-long stay. Colombo allowed the Yuan Wang 5 to visit the deep-sea port on the condition that it would not
Beijing: Embassies and foreign missions of Pakistan celebrated the 75th anniversary of Pakistan Independence Day across the world. To commemorate 75 years of Pakistan's Independence Day, a flag hoisting ceremony was held at the Embassy of Pakistan in China which was attended by a large number
Shanghai: China is scrambling to alleviate power shortages and bring more water to the drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river as it battles a record-breaking heatwave by deploying relief funds, seeding clouds and developing new sources of supply. For more than two months, baking temperatures have
Kinmen, Taiwan: Visiting Taiwan’s tiny Kinmen Islands last week, Joseph Lin practised standing up on his paddleboard, drifting across from the Chinese city of Xiamen, where days earlier fighter jets had screamed overhead. The Taiwanese islets, just two miles from China’s coast, have become a popular
Beijing: China said Monday it had organised fresh military drills around Taiwan, as a delegation of visiting United States lawmakers were set to meet the island’s leader just weeks after a similar trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heightened fears of conflict. The unannounced two-day trip
Bengaluru: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India-China relations cannot be normal unless border situation is and added that if China disturbs the peace and tranquillity in border areas, it will impact the relations further. "We have maintained our position that if China disturbs the
Andrew Scobell, Ph.D. This week witnessed the visit of the most senior elected American official to the island of Taiwan in a quarter century — a visit surrounded in controversy and unfolding against the backdrop of an increasingly fraught U.S.-China relationship. The media-driven speculation surrounding the lead
Hong Kong: While China’s expanded drills surrounding Taiwan have marked an unprecedented military and political warning against outside interference over the island, they opened a window to gather intelligence for the United States and its allies. The four days of intense drills last week - and
Baturaja, Indonesia: Soldiers from the US, Indonesia and Australia joined a live-fire drill on Friday, part of annual joint combat exercises on Sumatra island amid growing Chinese maritime activity in the Indo-Pacific region. A total of more than 5,000 personnel from the US, Indonesia, Australia, Japan
London: The United Kingdom (UK) summoned China s ambassador demanding he explain Beijing s "aggressive behaviour" and "escalation" of actions targeted at Taiwan in recent days. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the favourite to become the UK s next prime minister, said she had called in ambassador