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China stands in way of peace process in Myanmar
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], July 19 (ANI): As the world is urging Myanmar to implement the peace process outlined by ASEAN, China is busy playing a spoiler in the democratic, and peace process in the Southeast Asian country.
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China neglects atrocities on pro-democracy protestors in Myanmar
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 17 (ANI): China neglected the atrocities on pro-democracy protestors in Myanmar during China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi's bilateral meeting with Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin.
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China, Myanmar agrees to accelerate infrastructure projects linked to Belt
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], July 6 (ANI): China and Myanmar agreed to accelerate infrastructure projects linked to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the sidelines of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation framework.
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Cambodian FM to attend 7th LMC foreign ministers' meeting in Myanmar
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will attend the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting to be held on July 4 in Bagan, Myanmar, the Cambodian foreign ministry said in a press statement on Friday.
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Melting glaciers of Tibet worrying, troublesome for all regions
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], June 7 (ANI): The melting glaciers of Tibet are worrying and troublesome for all the regions that depend on it as their ultimate source of water.
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China-based firm's plans to build Buddha statue in Mahayana tradition in L
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 16 (ANI): A China-based company's plans to build a 100-metre statue of the Buddha in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition on the Mekong river bank in Vientiane, Laos has sparked anger among the local citizens as most of them follow the Thervada tradition of Buddhism.
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Anti-China sentiments rise in Laos over wrongful depiction of Buddha statu
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 8 (ANI): Anti-China sentiments have been sparked against a Shanghai-based company Wang Feng Shanghai Real Estate Co over the construction of a 100 metres statue of Buddha costing USD 5 billion close to the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) on the bank of river Mekong in
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Japan calls on Myanmar military to restore democracy, release detainees
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 7 (ANI): Japan on Friday urged Myanmar's military to free people detained since the Feb 1 coup and restore democracy in the country during a meeting with the foreign ministers of five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River attended by Myanmar's military-
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Blinken urges ASEAN members to address Myanmar military coup
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (local time) took part in the Friends of the Mekong ministerial meeting and called upon ASEAN members to quickly hold the military regime in Myanmar accountable to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (AS
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Vietnam announces 15-day lockdown in capital Hanoi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam] July 24 (ANI/FENA): Vietnam has announced a 15-day lockdown of the capital Hanoi as a wave of coronavirus spreads from the southern region of the Mekong River Delta.
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Amid China's 'unlawful claims', US moves to increase its engagement with A
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): Amid China's "unlawful" claims across the South China Sea and "coercion" against Southeast Asian claimant states, especially Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines, US is increasing its engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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China's hydroelectric dams on River Mekong leaving region dry, livelihoods
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 14 (ANI): China's construction of large hydropower dams along the River Mekong is causing problems downriver, leaving the region dry having devastating impacts on water availability and the fertile soil that feeds hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asia.
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