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Tibetan President-in exile concludes Northeast visit, slams Chinese oppres
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
On the final day of his official visit to Tibetan settlements in West Bengal, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the President of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, visited various Tibetan monasteries, addressing the oppressive policies of China.
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East Turkistan govt in exile remembers Urumqi fire victims, urges global r
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) remembered the 44 Uyghur lives tragically lost in the November 24, 2022, Urumqi fire, along with countless others who had reportedly died due to China's deliberate neglect under its oppressive "Zero-COVID" policies.
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Rights group urges China to release 'Bridge Man' Peng Lifa on second anniv
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded the immediate release of Peng Lifa, the man who unfurled banners critical of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his stringent "Zero-Covid" policy on Beijing's Sitong Bridge two years ago.
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Xi Jinping's governance mistakes look set to continue
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In years past, Xi assessed that China was enjoying a "period of strategic opportunity", allowing him to focus on domestic development. However, Xi reported to the 20th Party Congress in 2022 that the nation had entered a period in which "strategic opportunities coexist with risks and chal
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Yearender 2023: China battles winter respiratory infection surge amid COVI
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared in November that the increase in hospitalizations in China is linked to regular winter diseases rather than new pathogens.
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China to resume 15-day visa-free entry for citizens of Singapore, Brunei
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The citizens of Singaporeans and Bruneians will once again be able to enter China without a visa for a period of 15 days from Wednesday (July 26), more than three years after the arrangement was put on hold due to the COVID-19 outbreak
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Impact of COVID-19 far from over as families in China still grapple with t
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Families inside and outside of China are still dealing with the trauma from the first Covid wave even though China has declared the second wave to be over, US-based broadcaster, NBC News reported.
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China's economic recovery loses steam as factory production contracts furt
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The index, which mainly covers larger businesses and state-owned companies, was at its lowest level since December, CNN Business reported. Beijing scrapped most of its pandemic restrictions early that month, effectively ending its three-year-long zero-Covid policy.
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China's slow economic recovery, deflation fears driving down stock prices,
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Chinese economy bounced back after the government lifted its zero-COVID-19 restrictions in December. However, the recovery of the Chinese economy has lost steam.
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China witnesses fresh wave of Covid cases from XBB variants
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to official media sources, quoted by The Washington Post, leading Chinese epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan on Monday said that two new vaccinations for the XBB omicron subvariants (including XBB. 1.9.1, XBB. 1.5, and XBB. 1.16) have been given preliminary approval.
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Shares of Chinese Pharma companies spike amid sharp increase in COVID infe
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Amid a spike in COVID-19 infections in China, the shares of the Chinese pharmaceutical countries have also seen a massive increase in their values on Wednesday, Hong Kong-based The Standard reported.
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Chinese Premier Xi must avoid another policy-induced recession
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China's gross domestic product for the January-March period of 2023 grew 4.5 per cent year on year in real terms, exceeding market expectations. That is up from 2.9 per cent in the October-December period of 2022 when the economy sputtered because of zero-COVID. The economy is now back on a
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