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Hundreds of US-funded scientists under probe for being compromised by Chin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 24 (ANI): Amid rising tensions with Beijing on multiple fronts, US officials have shared concerns that China may have compromised hundreds of federally funded scientists from different colleges and universities across the country.
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China prosecutes dozens of people who posted leaked info of Xi's daughter
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): Beijing has prosecuted dozens of people, for leaking personal information of Chinese President Xi Jinping's daughter, on charges of illegally collecting personal information, according to a report by Kyodo News.
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Chinese bank to review USD 6 bn loan for Pakistan's ML-1 railway project
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): The Chinese government has sent Pakistan's first modern railways' infrastructure project -- Main Line-1 (ML-1) -- to the Exim Bank of China for approval of a USD 6 billion loan.
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China underreporting severity of air pollution levels, says study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): Air pollution data in China may have been manipulated by local officials, according to a new study conducted by Harvard and Boston University researchers.
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Despite imposing fine, Chinese authorities getting unsettled due to Alibab
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): Despite Chinese regulators slapping a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan (2.8 billion dollars) on Alibaba Group, authorities in the country are getting unsettled due to the growing influence of the e-commerce giant over media assets.
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China was trying to 'neutralise human rights criticisms, not carbon' durin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): As leaders from around the world -- from US President Joe Biden to French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- called for global cooperation to tackle the climate crisis, China used the Leaders Summit on Climate to neutralise the wide
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UK declares China's crackdown on Uyghurs as 'genocide'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (ANI): Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang a "genocide", joining the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in condemning Beijing's actions against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-west region.
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Refrain from making 'already seriously difficult' ties worse, says China
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): China on Thursday warned Australia to refrain from making the "already seriously difficult" bilateral ties worse after Canberra cancelled deals struck by the State of Victoria with Beijing on cooperation on the Belt and Road project.
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Fearing 'extremist' tag, Xinjiang's Uyghurs not fasting in Ramzan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): After three years of ban on fasting during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang refrain fasting during Ramadan despite easing of restrictions this year, due to lingering fear of
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'Unreasonable, provocative': China after Australia scraps BRI agreement
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], April 22 (ANI): China has dubbed Australia's decision to scrap the controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreement with Beijing as "unreasonable and provocative", warning that this would further "damage to bilateral relations".
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Xi Jinping says no nation should dictate global rules as pressure from US,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that no nation should dictate global rules or interfere in other countries, as Beijing continued to express its displeasure over growing international criticism over several issues including the human rights abuses in Xin
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China dismisses 'Crimes Against Humanity' report on Uyghurs as lies, false
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): While condemnation over China's crackdowns over Uyghurs continues to mount, Beijing dismissed crimes against humanity report on Uyghurs in Xinjiang province as "lies and false information".
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