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US could reassess Hong Kong's status: Pompeo warns China
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 18 (ANI): US Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo warned China on Sunday that the United States could review Hong Kong's status in view of alleged interference by the Beijing with the work of American journalists in Chinese autonomous region.
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Netizens in India, Nepal troll Beijing with '#BackOffChina' trend after 'f
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Beijing's state-run CGTN's tweet featuring Mount Everest 'located in China's Tibet Autonomous Region' sparked a row among the netizens of India and Nepal who trolled the Communist country for spreading fake news regarding its claims in the region with a '#Bac
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China trying to consolidate position in Tibet by highlighting Mt. Everest
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): In a surprising move, the official website of China Global Television Network (CGTN) has published a tweet with pictures of Mount Everest stating that "An extraordinary sun halo was spotted Friday in the skies over Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everes
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5.1-Magnitude earthquake strikes China's Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 21 (Sputnik/ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter's scale hit Kashgar Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 11:39 pm local time, the China Earthquake Networks Centre reported.
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150 Pakistanis stuck at airport in Xinjiang amid coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], Feb 01 (ANI): A group of 150 Pakistani citizens is stranded at an airport in Xinjiang as Islamabad suspended its flights to and from China amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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China attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths, cultures through repre
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday slammed China's ruling Communist Party for ill-treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang and people in Tibet Autonomous Region, saying that Beijing is attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths and cultures t
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Five Hong Kong teenagers arrested in connection with death of 70-year old
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Dec 14 (ANI): Five Hong Kong teenagers were arrested in connection with the death of a 70-year-old man who was struck by a brick during clashes between pro and anti-government protesters last month in the semi-autonomous region, police said on Saturday.
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Bougainville votes overwhelmingly for independence from Papua New Guinea
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], Dec 11 (ANI): Bougainville, a collection of islands in the South Pacific, has voted overwhelmingly to gain independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG), authorities announced on Wednesday, paving way for the autonomous region to become world's newest nation.
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Hong Kong elections record a high 71.2 pc voter turnout
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 25 (ANI): Hong Kong voters turned out in unprecedented numbers for local elections on Sunday, with 71.2 per cent of the city's 4.1 million registered voters casting their ballots by the time the polls closed, the semi-autonomous region's Election Commission said, as cited by N
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'If it weren't for me, Hong Kong would've been obliterated in 14 minutes',
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 23 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday said that Hong Kong "would have been obliterated in 14 minutes" had he not used the pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous region as leverage in trade negotiations with China.
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Catalan leader urges Spain to immediately start negotiations amid ongoing
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Oct 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Catalan President Quim Torra on Saturday urged the Spanish authorities to immediately engage in negotiations amid ongoing violent protests across the autonomous region of Catalonia.
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More than 50 people detained in Catalonia unrest in last 24 hours: Authori
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Barcelona [Catalonia], Oct 19 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 50 people were detained in the last 24 hours across the Catalonia autonomous region of Spain as the general strike grew into public unrest and clashes with police, the local law enforcement said on Saturday.
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