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Taiwan's Presidential frontrunners clash over future of trade with Beijing
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Taiwan's presidential candidates clashed over future trade agreements with China on Tuesday, as the two leaders presented contrasting opinions regarding the same.
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Year Ender 2023: US-China tensions continue to simmer
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Tensions between the United States and China continue to simmer despite the meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in November and high-level visits by Biden administration officials to China to ease differences on trade, Taiwan and Ukraine-Russia wa
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Beijing records its longest cold wave since 1951
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing is recording its longest cold wave since records began in 1951, CNN reported.
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Japan raises defence budget to record USD 56 billion amid tensions in Indo
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Japan wants to dramatically expand its defence capacity because it has been alarmed by China's expanding military ambitions, while Russia's invasion of Ukraine has also stoked fears that China may move to take over Taiwan, a self-governed democracy claimed by Beijing.
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College graduates doing two jobs to manage monthly expenses in China
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
It reported citing a college graduate whose life has not turned out as expected. Liu Chang graduated from Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in acupuncture and massage.
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China proposes new rules on online video games, curbs minors from tipping
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The new rules are the latest in a line of restrictions to curb how children interact with gaming and live-streaming platforms in China. Last year, children under 16 were banned from registering to livestream themselves.
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US bars Pentagon from utilising Chinese port logistics platform
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), which keeps track of the national security implications of US-China trade, noted that LOGINK's visibility into global shipping and supply chains could expose US supply chain vulnerabilities and track shipments of US military cargo.
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Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China: Xi warns Biden
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned his US counterpart Joe Biden that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China but that the timing has not yet been decided, NBC News reported.
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Number of American students in China falls as bilateral tension rises
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The rising bilateral tensions between Beijing and Washington have been causing a drop in the number of American students in China, according to the Voice of America (VOA).
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China: Rescuers struggle in sub-zero temperatures as 116 killed after mass
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
At least 116 people were killed and hundreds have sustained injuries after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.2 jolted an ethnic county in northwest China's Gansu Province, CNN reported citing the state media.
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China's defence budget could be far greater than declared
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Everyone acknowledges that China's declared defence budget is lower than its real expenditure. The only question is how much, and it turns out it could be several times higher than what most think.
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China sees record-low temperatures, cold wave freezes majority of its regi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
China has been witnessing severe cold fronts, sending temperatures plunging below freezing and breaking historic extreme low records in the majority of Chinese regions, causing officials to warn relevant authorities to strengthen patrol inspections of subways, overpasses, underpasses, and ro
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