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China 'firmly opposes' forced sale of TikTok
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China said it would strongly oppose any forced sale of TikTok, responding for the first time to Biden administration demands that the video app divest itself from its Chinese parent ByteDance or face a US ban, reported CNN.
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Swiss banks may impose sanctions on secret Chinese accounts
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, the Switzerland government has moved in to impose sanctions on Moscow and its residents by freezing their Swiss bank accounts and so is monitoring closely Chinese wealth, which could be the next target, Global Watch Analysis re
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Road noise could make blood pressures high: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"We were a little surprised that the association between road traffic noise and hypertension was robust even after adjustment for air pollution," said Jing Huang, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at Peking
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China attempts to block Uyghur activist at UNHRC, allowed to speak after U
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China on Thursday at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva interrupted Uyghur Congress president Dolkun Isa as he started speaking about the grim human rights situation of Uyghurs in Xinjiang province.
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Budget session: Congress' Manish Tewari moves adjournment motion to discus
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In a letter dated March 24, the Congress leader stated that 17 rounds of talks have taken place between India and China with "little success".
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TikTok to be blocked from parliamentary devices, networks in UK
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The commissions of the House of Commons and House of Lords have announced they will follow the move taken by the government on official devices, citing the need for cyber security, according to Sky News.
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China's repression in Tibet, Xinjiang raised at UNHRC
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Aaron Magunna said: "The recent report by the Special Rapporteur on minority issues has once again put the spotlight on the discrimination many minorities face in the world today."
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TikTok CEO grilled in connection with China, calls India's ban 'hypothetic
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Chew faced hostile questioning from the House Energy and Commerce Committee as he verbally danced to make the case that the social media giant is taking "real action" to address national security concerns from US.
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Canada PM Trudeau bows to pressure, lets top aide testify on Chinese elect
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bowed to pressure from the opposition and agreed to allow his top aide to testify before a parliamentary committee probing alleged Chinese election interference, reported The Age.
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Nitu, Nikhat, Lovlina, Saweety storm into finals of IBA Women's World Boxi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina (75kg) reached her maiden World Championships final after ousting the 2018 World Champion Li Qian of China with a 4:1 victory.
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China interrupts Dolkun Isa at UNHRC on issue of Uyghurs, allowed to speak
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China at the UNHRC interrupted Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa from making his statement about human rights situation of Uyghurs in
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Coronavirus pandemic originated from illegally traded wild animals in Wuha
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A recently released report by Chinese investigators has described in detail for the first time evidence that illegally traded wild animals triggered the coronavirus pandemic, reported The New York Times.
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