Chinese human traffickers are targeting poor Asian nations and have been found tricking people from poor Asian nations to migrate to China in the name of jobs and then selling them for forced marriage or prostitution or slavery and other kinds of illegal activities, reported Meta Khabar.
The big dam model of Pakistan has come up for re-thinking in view of the immense loss caused by the recent catastrophic floods, reported International Forum for Right and Security.
Turkish government which initially accepted Chinese vaccines is now scrutinising its efficacy after learning of China's involvement in data tempering of side effects only to enhance its vaccine sale.
The Confucius Institutions, which the UK termed the "largest threat to the world's security and prosperity this century," were administered by the Hanban, an abbreviation of the Office of the Leading Small Group (LSG) for the International Promotion of the Chinese Language.
This was well below forecast and seems to have been caused by lockdowns associated with its Zero Covid policy, the London-based consultancy said in a report.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are likely to communicate via video link his week, Russian state news agency TASS said on Monday, without giving details of the timing or format.
The Chinese economy was already struggling when Beijing abruptly relaxed its stringent zero-Covid policy. Retail sales had contracted in November because of widespread lockdowns, and unemployment had surged to the highest level in six months.
Just four days earlier, the Chinese government reported its first COVID-related deaths -just two of them, mind you - since Beijing released a ten-point easing plan on 7 December. This signaled a turnaround from the nation's controversial and harsh zero-COVID policy.
The Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command had on Sunday announced that it carried out joint combat readiness patrol and "strike drills" around Taiwan, according to CNN.
China on Sunday staged "strike drills" around Taiwan's airspace, saying it was conducted in response to the provocation from the self-governed island and the US