Taiwan is all set to elect its next president, vice president and legislative representative on January 13, Al Jazeera reported, adding that the elections will be closely watched by the US and China amid geopolitical tensions in the region.
Amid the controversy around the disparaging remarks by Maldivian ministers and government officials against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent visit to Lakshadweep, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted a state banquet for Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu and First Lady Sajidha
Taiwanese security forces issued a nationwide air raid alert after a Chinese satellite flew over its southern airspace on Tuesday, Taiwan's Ministry of Defence informed.
Underscoring the challenges in China-India relations, both nations expressed hoped to effectively manage differences and sensitive issues during the 28th Meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on China-India Border Affairs.
Expressing this while he participated online in the first reconstituted IKF meeting chaired by Large and Medium Industries Minister MB Patil, he opined setting up such industrial parks would facilitate attracting increased investment.
Chairman Xi Jinping used to have the Midas touch. Everything he touched seemed to turn to gold, to China's benefit. However, after amassing the greatest amount of concentrated power since Mao Zedong, it seems that much of what China's paramount leader touches is now crumbling into dust.
Muizzu and his wife are on a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. This is the first bilateral visit since assuming office on December 17 last year.
"The countermeasures consist of freezing the properties of those companies in China, including their movable and immovable property, and prohibiting organisations and individuals in China from transactions and cooperation with them," the ministry said in a statement.
New Delhi [India], January 4: The Global Indians Conclave and Awards (GICA) witnessed a momentous occasion as Dr Ravul Jindal, Director, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of Fortis Hospital Mohali, was bestowed with the prestigious Vascular Surgeon of the Year Award by Nitin Gadkari, Honoura
Even as Chairman Xi Jinping promised that Taiwan would be "reunified" with the mainland, China's newly appointed defence minister was making himself comfortable in the office of his predecessor, who disappeared after being ensnared in a scandal.