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Homeowners boycott mortgage payments as China's economy stumbles
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): In a rare act of defiance, Chinese homebuyers across the country who bought property from indebted developers are refusing to repay loans on their unfinished apartments.
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Xi's authority slipping in face of widespread public unrest
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 18 (ANI): Amid the 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) scheduled for November 2022 end and mass lockdowns due to surge in COVID-19 cases, President Xi Jinping's authority is slipping in the face of widespread public unrest.
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Shanghai: Shoppers throng exits at Ikea store amid COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], August 16 (ANI): Shangahi Ikea store saw panicked shoppers rushing for the exits after city health authorities on Saturday ordered the store to shutter down with shoppers inside after a close contact of a COVID-19 case was traced to the location.
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COVID-19: Chinese authorities warn Xinjiang residents of 3-day lockdown
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Xinjiang [China], August 14 (ANI): Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have warned those flouting quarantine laws with as many as three weeks of detention amid the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in the region, according to media reports.
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Shanghai Deja Vu: China puts 80,000 tourists under lockdown in beach resor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 9 (ANI): In a Shanghai-style lockdown, China's Sanya, a beach resort destination in Hainan Province, has put tens of thousands of tourists under strict lockdown and shifted all passenger flights to and from the city following a Covid-19 outbreak, media reports said.
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Chinese city Yiwu put under partial lockdown due to rising COVID cases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Zhejiang [China], August 7 (ANI): In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, officials in China's Central Zhejiang Province are imposing tighter COVID-19 curbs in Yiwu city, carrying out mass testings and are imposing movement restrictions, media reports said.
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Repressive policies impelled 'great exodus' in China since Xi's take over
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 5 (ANI): Since Xi Jinping became President of China in 2013, human rights activists or anyone who supports and echoes democracy has been constantly targeted by the government, while suppression of ethnic minorities has become the new normal.
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China slows BRI investments amid Ukraine war, COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 5 (ANI): Amid changing geopolitics due to the Ukraine war and COVID-19 pandemic, China has slowed down its investments in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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UK-based Kerala engineer builds his own plane in lockdown, travels through
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 28 (ANI): A Malayali mechanical engineer based in the UK made use of the COVID-induced lockdown to build an aircraft which he used to travel to different countries with his family.
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China's party membership figures expose Xi's concerns
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 26 (ANI): Ahead of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) twice-a-decade national congress in November, an intra-party bulletin that updated membership figures of the CCP has ruffled some feathers among some China analysts.
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Delhi LG sanctions withdrawal of cases against migrants who had violated l
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena on Tuesday approved the withdrawal of 15 cases registered against 64 migrants for allegedly violating the lockdown measures in the national capital.
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96 per cent of the Indian Businesses are focusing on Sustainable Travel: S
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): A new study by SAP Concur, a provider for integrated travel, expense and invoice management solutions has discovered that while managing corporate travel 96 per cent of all businesses across India say their companies are actively focusing o
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