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Hong Kong temporarily halts Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 24 (ANI): Hong Kong has temporarily suspended COVID-19 vaccinations from a single batch of Pfizer-BioNTech doses due to packaging defects.
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US to hold China accountable for human rights abuses: Nancy Pelosi
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 24 (ANI): Lauding the sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on China, US Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said that Washington will hold Beijing accountable for human rights abuses against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang as well as against people in Tibet and Hong Ko
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Artists fear censorship as China tightens grip on Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 22 (ANI): in order to tighten control over Hong Kong and purge dissent, Beijing may pressure a new museum in the city to remove exhibits that displease China in the opening exhibition.
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Chinese Communist Party crushing Hong Kong's democracy
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Despite fierce international condemnation, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) approved a contentious resolution on the reform of Hong Kong's electoral system on March 11, which, critics say, could further smother opposition voices in Hong Kong.
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US warns China of respecting global order or facing 'more violent world'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (local time) told senior Chinese officials that the country's activities in places like Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as its cyberattacks on the US and economic coercion of US allies threaten the rule
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Tibetans, Uyghurs and Hong Kongers launch protest ahead of US-China Alaska
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): The first face-to-face meeting of senior US and China officials--under the Biden administration--in Alaska is being marked by vociferous protests by representatives of Tibetan, Uyghur communities and Hong Kongers based in the United States.
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Despite ban, illicit trading of human placenta continues unabated in China
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, March 18 (ANI): Despite a ban, fresh human placentas continue to be secretly sold in underground markets in China, citing insiders of this illegal industry, Chinese media reported on Monday.
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US sanctions 24 Chinese, Hong Kong officials ahead of Blinken's Alaska mee
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): Ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with top Chinese diplomats in Alaska later this week, Washington has imposed sanctions on 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on the city.
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By overhauling Hong Kong's electoral system, China rejecting 'one country,
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, March 18 (ANI): As China's national legislature plans to rewrite election rules in Hong Kong to ensure that the city is run by 'patriots', the most lingering question of this move is over the concern that Beijing might be rejecting the 'one country two systems' made to Hong Kong i
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Chinese tycoon's son wanted for insulting PLA's soldiers killed in Galwan
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 17 (ANI): Chinese tycoon Pan Shiyi's son is reportedly wanted by Beijing police for insulting soldiers who died in the Galwan Valley clash with India last year.
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US, Japan should stop interfering in our internal affairs: China
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 17 (ANI): China on Wednesday firmly opposed the recent US-Japan joint statement and asked the two nations to immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs, Chinese state media Xinhua reported.
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US sanctions 24 Hong Kong and Chinese officials ahead of Alaska meet
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): The United States has sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on the city, ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with top Chinese diplomats in Alaska later this week.
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