China pitched for a stronger participation in uplifting the Global South, while Russia accused the US of shifting military conflicts into the Indo-Pacific region. This came at a time of a possible escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict as US deliberates on providing long-range missiles to Kyiv.
A Chinese company became embroiled in a scandal involving the illegal harvesting, theft, and resale of thousands of corpses, including some from funeral homes. This came to light after a report by the state-backed outlet The Paper went viral on social media.
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged closer ties with Italy from a "historical perspective" during talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Beijing on Monday. Meloni said she believed Italy could play an important role in China's relations with the EU amid escalating trade tension.
In 2009, India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft had discovered similar hydrated minerals containing oxygen and hydrogen molecules in sunlit regions of the moon.
The decision to expel Li Shangfu from the Communist Party and its Central Committee by extension suggests harsher political consequences for the pair, compared to Qin Gang's resignation. Qin remains a Communist Party member.
Local authorities in east China's Jiangxi province reported that a knife attack occurred at a primary school on Monday noon, injuring at least five individuals. This marks the second incident of its kind in the country this month.
During the talks in Beijing, Putin told Xi that Russia-China cooperation is a stabilising factor in the world and not directed against anyone. Putin arrived in China on Thursday morning in his first foreign trip after beginning his fifth term to highlight their "no limits" partnership.
When COVID-19 struck China, most of the Indian students left for home at the height of lockdowns and could not return until early last year due to China's visa bans and restrictions.
Tesla is grappling with slower growth for electric vehicles in both its main markets of the United States and China. Therefore, Elon Musk's latest visit is seen as a move to boost electronic vehicle sales in the world's second most populous country.
Yellen came to China top of mind with trade practices that put American companies and workers at an unfair competitive disadvantage.
According to the news, the total wealth of Mumbai's billionaires is $445 billion, which is 47% more than last year.
Addressing an event in Japan, EAM Jaishankar said, "That is why for India, in a changing world, our own equilibrium, our own balances with other countries are changing as well. They don't have to be acrimonious, but the balance is changing."
The suspended death sentence in Chinese law gives the accused a two-year reprieve from being executed, after which it is automatically converted to life imprisonment, or more rarely, fixed-term imprisonment.
Yang, a pro-democracy blogger, is an Australian citizen born in China who was working in New York before. He was arrested when he arrived in Guangzhou from New York with his wife and teenage stepdaughter.
China kept a wary watch on Macron’s visit to India as Paris is emerging as a key defence partner to New Delhi amid efforts by the US and European Union to court India as a counterweight to counter China.
The Chinese capital, Beijing, has experienced its coldest December since records began in 1951.
Slippery train tracks due to the snow prompted automatic braking on the leading train. However, the train following behind on a descending line was unable to apply brakes in time and collided with the other train, injuring hundreds of passengers, some with broken bones.
An investigation is underway into the cause of Saturday's accident in Guizhou province. The three injured people remained hospitalized as of late Saturday and there were no updates on their condition Sunday.
The latest development could be seen as an effort by the US and China to slowly restoring contacts that were broken off over the past four years, both by the coronavirus pandemic that restricted travel and the growing animosity between the world's two largest economies.
Bhutan-China border dispute: During the conversation, both Bhutan and China agreed to establish diplomatic ties and resolve the boundary issue as soon as possible to transform the relations between the two neighbours into a legal form.
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