HONG KONG: The video game player population in China has reached an all-time high of 668 million, according to a state-run game industry association. The increase comes as the largest game market in the world recovers from a severe crackdown. The number of gamers, current as
LONDON: It started as a local dispute over China's plans to build a new embassy next to the Tower of London – pitting the world's second biggest superpower against an inner-city borough that blocked the project. Just over seven months later, it is escalating into a
NEW DELHI: In a declaration issued at the end of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders’ summit, India once again refused to support China’s Belt and Road Initiative, PTI reported. The Belt and Road Initiative is a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure scheme launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping
New Delhi: Freedom of expression is shrinking in India as the last remaining Chinese reporter has been expelled from New Delhi after authorities denied visa extension earlier this month. The reporter was associated with Chinese official news agency, Xinhua, according to Radio Pakistan. The expulsion marks the
Beijing: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is invited to visit China for the fourth time with the authorities in Tel Aviv intimating about their leader’s anticipated trip to Beijing, according to Prime Minister's office Tuesday. The projected visit’s announcement was made when there was a strain
Srinagar: Indian Home Minister, Amit Shah’s visit to Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir was a smokescreen aimed at diverting international attention from India’s grave human rights violations in the territory. Amit Shah addressing a gathering in Jammu at-tempted to mislead the Indian people by claiming
BEIJING: A report by a European organisation investigating fake narratives of Indian media went viral on Chinese social media platforms recently, drawing wide attention to India’s supposedly vast smear campaign against China and Pakistan. Following reports in 2019 and 2020, the latest investigation report by independent
PARIS: Wealthy nations have finalised an overdue $100-billion climate finance pledge to developing countries and created a fund for biodiversity and the protection of forests, France's president said on Friday. President Emmanuel Macron was speaking at a final panel of a summit in Paris where some
Vatican City: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has said that the United States and China - the world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters - must create a partnership to tackle climate change without allowing their differences on other issues get in the way. Kerry spoke to
BEIJING: China is willing to play a positive role to help the Palestinians achieve internal reconciliation and promote peace talks with Israel, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Palestinian counterpart in Beijing on Wednesday. "The fundamental solution to the Palestinian issue lies in the establishment of