The actions of local authorities prompted a swift response from the All-China Journalists Association, which issued a statement defending journalists' professional role in Chinese society.
Taiwan's Coast Guard has joined forces with China to locate missing crew members from vessels in Matsu County and Kinmen County, as reported by Central News Agency, Focus Taiwan.
Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) on Friday expelled four Chinese Coast Guard vessels that violated restricted waters off Kinmen, an island under Taiwan's control, as reported by Central News Agency, Focus Taiwan.
The Ministry of National Defence (MND) of Taiwan reported monitoring 26 Chinese military aircraft and 10 naval vessels encircling the nation from 6 am on Wednesday to 6 am on Thursday, Taiwan News reported.
The UN experts condemned the continued failure of Chinese authorities to investigate the death of human rights defender Cao Shunli and bring those responsible to justice, even a decade after the killing.
After the US House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that could ban Chinese social media TikTok for users in America, Beijing has referred to it as "an act of bullying" that will backfire on the US, according to CNN.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, on Wednesday that with the growing robustness of micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in Uttar Pradesh, the government has flushed out Chinese products of the state's markets.
As China continues to grapple with a struggling economy, the main message by the leaders at the National People's Congress was pushing for a high-tech powerhouse amid an intensifying tech war with the United States, CNN reported.
"Further, it will not change the reality that the State of Arunachal Pradesh was, is, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. Chinese side has been made aware of this consistent position on several occasions," the MEA said.
Indeed, according to figures released on the opening day of the Second Annual Session of this formal gathering of China's political leaders, the 2024 defense budget will rise 7.2 per cent to Chinese Yuan (CNY) 1.66554 trillion, which equates to USD 231.4 billion.