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Qatar lifts temporary ban on import of frozen seafood from India
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the statement, the ban was imposed last year in November just ahead of the FIFA World Cup following the alleged detection of Vibrio cholera from a few consignments from India.
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Shortage of skilled labour in China forces domestic, foreign firms to relo
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The less-educated and low-income workers make up about 70 per cent of the workforce. The increasing cost of labour and Beijing's promotion of automation have disproportionately affected China's low-skilled workforce.
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African nations wary of China's soft loan trap
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Witnessing the living example of Sri Lanka's economic crisis, African countries, which are caught in China's soft loan trap, are fearing that Beijing won't bail them out, Pardafas.com reported.
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Pakistan loans 173 Gandhara art pieces to China for exhibition
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Department of Archaeology and Museums has loaned 173 masterpieces of Gandhara art from the Peshawar, Swat, Dir, Hund, Taxila, Karachi, and Islamabad museums for an exhibition in Beijing that will run for three months.
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China plans to triple nuclear warheads to 900 by 2035: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The blueprint, prepared by the People's Liberation Army, has been approved by Chinese President Xi Jinping, head of the military, who has been eager to strengthen Beijing's deterrence against Washington.
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US senators push bill to counter economic coercion of allies, partners
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The US Senators also stated that their bill would allow President Joe Biden to offer rapid economic support to foreign partners targeted by economic coercion and to punish perpetrators of economic coercion by strengthening trade and commerce ties with smaller economies that appear to be targ
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Discovery of deposits of rare earths in Sweden marks "beginning of end of
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
China at present enjoys a near monopoly on the supply of valuable geological assets, increasing the price of rare earth materials at will and using the mineral as a geopolitical tool.
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Chinese balloon to have "far-reaching consequences" on US-China ties: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The first victim of China's balloon found in American airspace was the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Beijing.
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Canada's decision to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs may irk China
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Since 2017, Beijing has carried out a sweeping crackdown in the north-western Xinjiang region under the banner of counterterrorism, undertaking campaigns to forcibly assimilate the mostly Muslim ethnic minority group. Experts estimate that Chinese authorities have detained more than 1 millio
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China expresses strong dissatisfaction after US shoots down suspected spy
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China requires the US to handle the incident in a calm, professional and restrained manner.
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US media, politicians using balloon incident "to smear China", says Beijin
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Moments before the decision to scrap the visit - aimed at easing tensions between the two countries - China issued a rare statement of regret and blamed winds for pushing what it called a civilian airship into US airspace.
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Amid balloon row, Blinken confirms postponement of planned China visit
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Addressing the news conference in Washington, Biden said, "I spoke this morning with director of China's foreign affairs office Wang Yi to convey that in light of China's unacceptable action, I am postponing my plan of travel this weekend to China as you know President Biden and Xi agreed
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