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Local media of Hong Cong celebrated Chinese National Day
4Oct By News DeskNo Comments
China, Conflict, Opinion, World

Local media of Hong Cong celebrated Chinese National Day

Hong Kong: Local media celebrated Chinese National Day. The media left two organisations from inviting in reception. Stand News and Citizens News, the two digital media outlets reported on Wednesday that they were denied access to a reception held in the Grant Hyatt Hotel, two days ahead of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Friday, reported Hong Kong Free Press. The entry was denied as they were "not invited," event staff reportedly told the reporters from the two registered media organisations. Initially, the reporters of Citizens News were allowed to wait outside the banquet hall but later they were asked to leave the hotel and wait in a barricaded area. It becomes impossible for them to approach attendees of the event for interviews, sai...
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38 Chinese aircrafts entered in Taiwan’s National Air Defense Zone
4Oct By News DeskNo Comments
World

38 Chinese aircrafts entered in Taiwan’s National Air Defense Zone

Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese military again entered in Taiwan’s National Air Defence Zone. Taiwan has accused China for damaging the peace of the island as 38 Chinese aircrafts enter in the region. "China has been wantonly engaged in military aggression, damaging regional peace," Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters on Saturday morning.Taiwan on Friday said 38 Chinese warplanes entered its air identification zone (ADIZ) on Friday, in what appears to be the biggest incursion by Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) since Taipei began publicly reporting such activities last year, Taiwan News reported. PLA Air Force aircraft came in two waves, CNN reported citing Taiwan's Defence Ministry. A many as 25 PLA warplanes entered the southwestern corner of the ADIZ during daylight hours, and a
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China clamping down its big tech companies
29Sep By News DeskNo Comments
Asia, China, Opinion

China clamping down its big tech companies

Beijing, China: Alibaba (BABA) plans to sell its 5 per cent stake in Mango Excellent Media, according to a statement from the media company on Thursday. It owns Mango TV, which is massively popular for its variety shows in China. China's second largest state-owned television network, Hunan Broadcasting System, controls Mango with a stake of 56 per cent. The statement also said that Alibaba is seeking a waiver from an agreement not to sell the shares for a year. The e-commerce giant bought them only nine months ago for 6.2 billion yuan (USD 960 million). Based on Mango Excellent's stock price on Friday, Alibaba has already suffered a notional loss of about 2 billion yuan (USD 320 million) from the investment. The planned sale comes as Alibaba, founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, faces ...
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Neither side would use nuclear weapons first” said Mr. Sha
29Sep By News DeskNo Comments
Asia, China, Conflict, Opinion

Neither side would use nuclear weapons first” said Mr. Sha

Mr Sha former ambassador to the United Nations said the “no-first-use” policy should be scrapped as the US “builds new military alliances and as it increases its military presence in our neighbourhood”. While only using nuclear weapons in retaliation gives China “the moral high ground”, Mr Sha argued it is “not suitable . . . unless China-US negotiations agree that neither side would use [nuclear weapons] first”. He added: “For some time in the future, the US will see China as its main competitor and even its enemy.” Since 1968, Beijing has adopted a policy where it would only use nuclear weapons in retaliation. Western reports suggest China, the fifth country to develop nuclear weaponry, has an arsenal of between 250 to 350 missiles. Hu Xijin, editor of the state-run
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China misrepresenting the data
27Sep By News DeskNo Comments
Business, China, Conflict, Opinion

China misrepresenting the data

New Delhi: According to the Doing Business Project, which began in 2002, the regulations that apply to small and medium-sized businesses are evaluated over the course of their entire life cycle. Researchers collected data on the effectiveness of business regulations in 190 different economies, selected cities at subnational and national levels, as part of the doing business project. Several inconsistencies have been discovered with regards to data changes in the doing business 2018 and doing business 2020 reports, which were released in October 2017 and April 2019, respectively. A statement from the World Bank said the data changes were not in line with its business methodology. In addition, it stated that "we have asked the World Bank Group's independent Internal Audit function to con...
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Taiwan Asia’s first and world’s fifth in internet freedom
25Sep By News DeskNo Comments
Asia, Opinion, Politics

Taiwan Asia’s first and world’s fifth in internet freedom

TAIPEI: Taiwan first time entered in the Freedom House’s freedom on net 2021 list and ranked 5th and first in Asia. In Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2021, Taiwan was among six "new countries" to be included in the listing, along with Costa Rica, Ghana, Iraq, Nicaragua, and Serbia. For its first entry on the list, Taiwan came in at fifth place, thanks to its "vibrant online landscape supported by meaningful and affordable internet access, an independent judiciary that protects free expression, and a lack of website blocks." Taiwan received a score of 80 out of a maximum of 100, placing it first in Asia. Worldwide, it trailed only Iceland (96), Estonia (94), Canada (87), and Costa Rica (87). Freedom House lauded Taiwan's leaders for dealing with Chinese attempts at interferenc
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Taiwan’s wax apples and sugar banned by China
23Sep By News DeskNo Comments
Asia, China, Conflict, Opinion, Politics, Singapore

Taiwan’s wax apples and sugar banned by China

Taipei: Taiwan’s sugar and wax apples banned by China recently are increasing the tension between the two governments. China announced that the products would be suspended from Monday, claiming quarantine pests were detected on multiple inspections, reports ABC News. The move follows a similar ban on pineapples earlier this year, prompting Taiwan to threaten to take mainland China to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the news channel reported. Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for China's Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council told ABC News that the decision was made to protect agricultural production and ecological security. But Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council argues that "the ban is inconsistent with WTO and international trade regulations". Wu Muluan, a China scholar a
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Protest in Tokyo to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
22Sep By News DeskNo Comments
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Protest in Tokyo to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Tokyo, Japan: The activists and the citizens from Tibet, Mongolia, Uyghurs, Hong Kong and Chinse are protesting in Tokyo against the 2022 Beijing winter Olympics Despite the city facing the impact of incoming typhoon Chanthu, nearly 40 Uyghurs, Tibetan, Mongolian, Hong Kong and Chinese dissident activists, supported by a few Japanese activists, marched through central Tokyo on Saturday.Carrying banners seeking the boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the activists urged the global community to note the human rights abuses by China in ethnic minority areas, as well as in Hong Kong. They claimed that the rest of the world needed to wake up to China’s violation of basic human rights and to refrain from rewarding China despite being aware of its activities. Comparing the 2022
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Japan claimed the disputed land with China
21Sep By News DeskNo Comments
China, Conflict, Opinion

Japan claimed the disputed land with China

Defence Minister of Japan has warned China over the penetration of Chinese in Japanese Land, Japan has also claimed it land and has strongly stated to protect it. Nobuo Kishi said the territories, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China, unquestionably belong to Japan and warned any provocation from Beijing will be fully matched. His warnings come as a new three-way nuclear submarine pact between the US, UK and Australia aimed at combatting China was unveiled, to the delight of Japan and Taiwan. 2 It has added state-of-the-art F-35 fighter jets and converted warships to aircraft carriers, while building new destroyers, submarines and missiles. Kishi: 'Against Chinese action to Senkaku Islands and other parts of the East China Sea... we have to demonstrate that t...
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Taiwan prepare its military for suspected threat from China
20Sep By News DeskNo Comments
Asia, China, Conflict

Taiwan prepare its military for suspected threat from China

Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan has been training its forces amid the tension with China, country recently has organised a five-day military training exercise which makes the forces ready to deal with for any invasion in the country.The live-fire portion of Han Kuang exercise kicked off early Monday morning in eastern Taiwan, an area China considers a weak link, Nikkei Asia reported. F-16V and Mirage 2000 fighter jets were dispatched to simulate a response to an armed invasion.This comes as China has ramped up diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan. Taiwan has reported almost daily incursions by Chinese military aircraft in its air defence identification zone. According to Nikkei Asia, Taipei is responding by pouring money into missiles and other investments that it hopes will help le...
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