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Knife attack in China, at least six killed

8Jun

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Knife attack in China, at least six killed

Beijing, China: A knife attack was held in eastern China in which six people were killed and 14 others sustained injuries.The authorities in Anqing, a city in Anhui province, said a 25-year-old unemployed man from Huaining county named Wu had been arrested over the attack, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported."He killed out of anger, because of family troubles and pessimism," the municipal government said in a statement.As of noon on Sunday, six victims of the attack were dead and 14 others were being treated for injuries, as per SCMP.One of the injured was in a critical condition while the other 13 were in stable condition.It was the third such attack in China in recent weeks.Videos circulating on the internet show several pedestrians wounded and covered in blood on a walkway along R...

The Latest: Israeli airstrikes hit buildings, roads in Gaza

8Jun

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The Latest: Israeli airstrikes hit buildings, roads in Gaza

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Latest on the continuing violence between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers amid the latest escalation in the Middle East: ___ GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes have struck several buildings and roads in a vital part of Gaza City early Sunday. According to photos circulated by residents and journalists. the airstrikes created a crater that blocked one of the main roads leading to Shifa, the largest hospital in the strip. The Health Ministry said the latest airstrikes left at least two dead and 25 wounded, including children and women. It said rescuers are still digging through the rubble and had so far pulled up five wounded. Two hours into the heavy bombardment, there has been no comment from the Israeli military. ___ UNITED NATIONS -

Taiwan Strait: Chinese plane again entered in Taiwan’s air defence zone

7Jun

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Taiwan Strait: Chinese plane again entered in Taiwan’s air defence zone

Tapei, Taiwan: Chinese warplane entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone. These intrusions are increasing the tension amid the two countries.A single People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Shaanxi Y-8 electronic warfare plane flew into the southwest corner of Taiwan's ADIZ on Thursday morning, according to the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense (MND). It was the first intrusion of this month.A total of 29 Chinese planes were tracked in the identification zone in May, including 25 slow-flying turboprops, two fighter bombers, and two fighter jets, Taiwan News reported.Since mid-September of last year, Beijing has stepped up its gray-zone tactics by regularly sending planes into Taiwan's ADIZ, with most instances occurring in the southwest corner of the zone and usually consi...

Censorship, surveillance and profits: hard bargain for Apple in China

7Jun

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Censorship, surveillance and profits: hard bargain for Apple in China

Censorship, surveillance and profits: hard bargain for Apple in China Apple and China flags fly above the entrance to Apple's new data center in Guiyang, China, on Oct 31, 2020. (NYT photo) GUIYANG, China: On the outskirts of this city in a poor, mountainous province in southwestern China, men in hard hats recently put the finishing touches on a white building a quarter-mile long with few windows and a tall surrounding wall. There was little sign of its purpose, apart from the flags of Apple and China flying out front, side by side. Inside, Apple was preparing to store the personal data of its Chinese customers on computer servers run by a state-owned Chinese firm. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, has said the data is safe. But at the data centre in Guiyang, which Apple hoped would

Subdued but not silenced, Hong Kong tries to remember Tiananmen Massacre

6Jun

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Subdued but not silenced, Hong Kong tries to remember Tiananmen Massacre

HONG KONG—They had been barred from holding their usual memorial, but that did not mean they would not remember. They gathered online, to watch a reading of a play about the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing on June 4, 1989. They prowled bookstores, on a scavenger hunt for protest-themed postcards hidden in the stacks. They scribbled the numbers 6 and 4 on their light switches, so that everyday actions would become small acts of defiance. Democracy advocates in Hong Kong are grasping for new ways to sustain the memory of the Chinese military’s bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests, under a government increasingly bent on repressing dissent and free expression. The city’s authorities have, for the second year running, banned a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong’s

Shares recover in volatile week for dollar, crypto

6Jun

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Shares recover in volatile week for dollar, crypto

Shares recover in volatile week for dollar, crypto Recap: Global shares rose yesterday amid optimism fed by strong US economic and earnings reports, while Covid restrictions receded in some countries. The upturn capped a volatile week in which worries about inflation and an early US interest-rate hike pushed the dollar near a three-month low, the cryptocurrency market tanked while gold and silver shone as safe-haven assets. The SET index moved in a range of 1,529.69 and 1,570.37 points this week before closing yesterday at 1,552.44, up by 0.19% from the previous week, in daily turnover averaging 90.25 billion baht. Retail investors were net buyers of 4.95 billion baht, institutional investors bought 1.73 billion and brokerage firms purchased 1.49 billion baht worth of shares. Foreign in...

Actor John Cena faces backlash in China over Taiwan comment

5Jun

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Actor John Cena faces backlash in China over Taiwan comment

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Actor and professional wrestler John Cena has apologized to fans in China after he called Taiwan a country in a promotional interview for his upcoming film and became the latest celebrity to face the fury of Chinese nationalists. In a short video posted Tuesday on Chinese social media site Weibo, Cena did not refer to Taiwan or go into much detail about the incident, which occurred earlier this month when he was doing a promotion for “Fast & Furious 9” with Taiwanese media. “In one interview, I made a mistake,” he said in heavily accented Mandarin Chinese. “I need to say now that this is very, very, very, very, very important. I love and respect China and the Chinese people. I’m very, very sorry. As for my mistake, I really apologize for it.“ In his interview with

China’s plan for fishing harbour in Sierra Leone criticised

3Jun

By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

China’s plan for fishing harbour in Sierra Leone criticised

Beijing, China: Criticism has been drawn by conservationists about the industrial fishing harbour in China’s backed Sierra Leone, terming it "a catastrophic human and ecological disaster.The locals have said that the project would destroy the pristine rainforest, plunder fish stocks and pollute fish breeding grounds and marine ecosystems.The Sierra Leonean fisheries ministry confirmed that the deal but denied that the land would be used to build a fishmeal factory, saying it would be used to export fish.The ministry said it had set aside USD 1.3 million to compensate those who would be displaced.China has defended the project amid the accusation that it had bought 250 acres (101 hectares) of land that would displace people and destroy the ecosystem.The Chinese embassy in Freetown said con

Woman detained in Xinjiang for ‘religious extremism’

3Jun

By Nectar GanNo Comments

Woman detained in Xinjiang for ‘religious extremism’

Beijing, China: An elderly Uyghur woman is confirmed to be detained by the China’s authorities in Xinjiang region. The woman was on suspicions of 'religious extremism' after she intervened in a domestic dispute between her neighbours.According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), a police officer in the prefecture-level city of Turpan said that a village elder named Zaytunhan Ismail had recently been arrested."I believe it was around January … it's been quite a while now," the officer from Turpan's Chatqal township said of the 67-year-old Ismail.According to the official, Ismail was arrested for her involvement in an incident a year ago, where someone's husband 'came back home drunk' and the couple 'exchanged some words'."His wife was pregnant, apparently, and she told him not to [fight with her] wh

China trying to transform Tibet into Chinese province: Warns Lobsang Sangay

3Jun

By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

China trying to transform Tibet into Chinese province: Warns Lobsang Sangay

Washington, US: Lobsang Sangay an outgoing Tibetan President-in-exile warned that China wants to make Tibet it’s one of the province.In an interview with Fox News, Sangay said: "They want to make Tibet into a Chinese province and they want to make Tibetans into Chinese."Sangay also said that the increased pressure by the Chinese military in Tibet - where people are being forcibly sterilised, arrested, tortured and killed - 'must be stopped'."The challenge before the world, as far as China is concerned, is either you transform China or China will transform you," he said.The outgoing president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) recently visited the United States to press the Biden administration for more support for Tibet against increasing Chinese aggression.Fox News reported that