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UN committee demands China's answers on discrimination against Tibetan wom
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In a recent meeting, CEDAW members focused on China's treatment of Tibetan women and asked for clarity on a number of topics. The majority of the committee's inquiries focused on gender equality, healthcare and educational access, political engagement, and the protection of religious and cul
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South China Sea: Philippines installs buoys to assert sovereignty in Exclu
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Philippine Coast Guard's spokesperson on South China Sea issues, Commodore Jay Tarriela, said that five buoys carrying the national flag were placed from May 10 to May 12 in five areas within the EEZ.
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US religious freedom report alleges violations in China, Iran
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that most oppressive nations around the world are growing even more dire. "Governments in many parts of the world continue to target religious minorities using a host of methods, including torture, beatings, unlawful surveillance, and so-called re-educa
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"We have communicated with China," Pentagon on stopping weapons supply to
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"We have communicated with China about the negative consequences of providing lethal support to Russia. Not only it would extend the duration of Russia's illegal occupation of Ukraine and result in thousands of innocent killed in Ukraine and will surely put them in camps of countries that ar
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Chinese People's Liberation Army adopts strategy to conduct preparedness p
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
China last month launched a three-day drill following Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the US, National Defense University researcher Ma Chen-kun wrote in an article published in the Mainland Affairs Council's (MAC) latest bri
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Taiwan detects wreckage of suspected China-made weather balloon
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Taiwan Army's Matsu Defense Command which is responsible for guarding the Matsu archipelago near southwestern China in a press release said that its Juguang Defense Team has found the wreckage of a suspected weather balloon on a road outside its camp.
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Xi extols China's submarine force to greater achievements
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In May, Chairman Xi Jinping replied to a letter sent to him by a PLAN submarine crew, this marking a decade since the strongman visited the same vessel for lunch and a briefing with the crew. Now, ten years later, Xi reminded them "to continuously improve their ability to fulfil missions and
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China sentences elderly US citizen to life in prison on spying charges
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A permanent resident of Hong Kong, John Shing-Wan Leung, was convicted of spying and given a life sentence on Monday by the Intermediate People's Court in the eastern city of Suzhou, as per a statement on the court's social media account.
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ISSF WC Baku: Manini finishes 6th in women's 3P event; India overall secon
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Manini shot 415.6 in the final, which was won by Briton Seonaid McIntosh who finished with 467.0. China's double Olympic medallist Li Yuehong won the other final of the concluding day, the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP), helping his country top the medal tally with four gold, one silver a
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China's Dou on cusp of history, co-leads at AT&B Byron Nelson
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Marty Zecheng Dou, who started using the AimPoint technique to read the putting greens recently, wielded a hot putter as he made seven birdies at TPC Craig Ranch, his adopted home course, including four over the last six holes to earn his first career 54-hole lead/co-lead.
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Top Chinese envoy heads to Ukraine, Russia during Europe 'peace' tour
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Li Hui, China's special representative for Eurasian affairs since 2019 and a former ambassador to Russia, will also travel to Poland, France, and Germany during the multiday trip "for in-depth communications with different parties for a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis."
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Shift in Mongolia's Buddhist leadership to determine its relationship with
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
An immediate shift in Mongolia's Buddhist leadership was seen after Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama recognised an 8-year-old US-born Mongolian boy as one of the highest spiritual leaders in Buddhism in March this year, according to several media reports.
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