Pakistan and India have reported “intense” cross-border clashes in the disputed Kashmir territory a day after the United States reiterated its offer to facilitate peace talks between the South Asian ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia developing food-bank estates ’10 times size of Singapore’
Indonesia is developing vast farm estates across the archipelago -- an area 10 times the size of neighbouring Singapore -- to counter the nation's reliance on imported food, President Joko Widodo said ... ( read original story ...)
Trump has ‘shady political motives’ in blaming China for pandemic, Beijing official says
The attacks from China's foreign ministry come a day after Trump accused Beijing of allowing the virus to escape its borders and “infect the world.” ... ( read original story ...)
Why is China cracking down on its ‘model minority’?
China's forceful implementation of a new language policy in Inner Mongolia has drawn criticism, even from the Communist Party elite. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Calls Video Showing China Bombing U.S. Air Force Base ‘Attempt to Coerce, Intimidate’
"Maintaining the safety of our personnel and resources, as well as our allies and regional partners, is of the utmost importance and we remain committed to ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific for ... ( read original story ...)
China, world’s biggest emitter, pledges carbon neutrality 2060
In a United Nations speech, President Xi Jinping pledged China would go carbon neutral by 2060. The goal will be a challenge as the country relies heavily on coal. ( read original story ...)
Trump’s TikTok deal shows how trade with China is woven into the American DNA
Over the past few years, the Trump administration has been stoking an on-again, off-again trade war with China. By levying tariffs on Chinese imports, restricting immigration of Chinese students and ... ( read original story ...)
West, Legal Experts Press China on Case of 12 Detained Hong Kong Citizens
Western diplomats and legal experts urged China on Wednesday to clarify the status of 12 Hong Kong residents arrested by China at sea last month and whether they have seen lawyers of their choice. The ... ( read original story ...)
Fractured U.S.-China relations moving in ‘very dangerous direction,’ UN chief warns
General António Guterres warned the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday that the world has become increasingly defined by the "great fracture" between Washington and Beijing. In a doom-laden ... ( read original story ...)
Tianjin-Taiwan trade fair highlights cross-Strait cooperation in e-commerce
While saying that deep and integrative development accords with the interests and wishes of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Liao Guoxun, mayor of Tianjin, pledged that Tianjin is committed ... ( read original story ...)