Representative image (AI) US health officials have raised a travel alert for China’s Guangdong province after a surge in cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness known to cause prolonged joint pain.According to the New York Post, the center for disease control and prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 2 travel warning, advising visitors to “practice […]
Jimmy Lai (Image: X/@hkdc_us) Days before winning second presidential elections, Donald Trump vowed to secure the release of 77-year-old jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai. Lai is the outspoken founder of the now-closed Apple Daily which is a strong pro-democratic newspaper known for its sharp criticism of China’s Communist Party which was later forced […]
Kash Patel has triggered diplomatic discomfort after inaugurating the first FBI office in New Zealand. FBI director Kash Patel inaugurated FBI’s first standalone office in New Zealand and suggested that this would counter China’s influence. But the comment led to diplomatic discomfort as New Zealand too distanced itself from what Patel said. New Zealand trade […]
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, members of the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force clean up silt on a road in Miyun District as continuous rain fall triggers alerts Heavy rainfall in Beijing has resulted in at least 30 fatalities, Chinese officials confirmed on Tuesday, as severe storms caused floods and landslides across […]
US President Donald Trump reportedly told a group of donors last year that he had warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would “bomb the sh** out of Moscow” if Russia invaded Ukraine, a threat he claimed was meant to deter any military aggression, according to an audio tape released by CNN. He said that […]
Beijing hits out at US over Rubio’s Tiananmen remarks, calls it ‘serious interference’ (Picture credit: AP) China has slammed US secretary of state Marco Rubio for his remarks marking the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, calling them a “malicious distortion of historical facts” and a “serious interference” in its internal affairs.In a […]
TOKYO: Global free trade is in crisis, the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba on Tuesday. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization, told Ishiba that she has high expectations for Japan as a champion of open markets as US President Donald Trump disrupts […]
A Chinese surgeon was fired and expelled from the Communist Party after he was found having multiple extramarital affairs with several women, including a nurse and a junior doctor at his workplace. The man, identified as Xiao Fei, 39, served in the chest surgery department at one of the country’s leading hospitals, China-Japan Friendship Hospital. […]
BEIJING: United States officials have reached out to their Chinese counterparts for talks on vast tariffs that have hammered markets and global supply chains, a Beijing-backed outlet said on Thursday citing sources.Punishing US tariffs that have reached 145 percent on many Chinese products came into force in April, while Beijing has responded with fresh 125 […]
US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that China was willing to have a meeting amid the growing tensions between the two nations as tariff war escalated. However, there has been no confirmation from the Asian nation regarding any official meeting.While informing about his “productive” talks with Mexico, Japan, Trump said, “Had a very productive […]
