Pakistan is trying to renegotiate Belt and Road repayments after it alleged that Chinese companies had inflated power project costs by b. The renegotiation talks ... ( read original story ...)
India’s social inequalities reflected in coronavirus care
When Pradeep Kumar's wife was admitted to a government-run hospital in India's capital for treatment of COVID-19, it took two days before she was able to see ... ( read original story ...)
As Delhi becomes India’s coronavirus capital, its hospitals are struggling to cope
Delhi surpassed Mumbai's Covid-19 tally, becoming India's worst-hit city. It has so far recorded 70,390 cases of the virus and 2,365 deaths. ( read original story ...)
India’s top smartphone maker Xiaomi says growing anti-China sentiment has not affected business
Xiaomi is India's top smartphone maker and owns about 30% of the market currently, according to data from Counterpoint Research. ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: India’s cases spike again to near half-million
India neared half a million coronavirus cases Friday with its biggest 24-hour spike of 17,296 new infections causing a delay in resumption of regular train services by more than ... ( read original story ...)
Lightning strikes kill more than 100 in India
Bihar state records one of the highest daily tolls from lightning in recent years as monsoon begins ... ( read original story ...)
Will Coronavirus end India’s tapri chai culture?
On a normal afternoon in Delhi, before the coronavirus pandemic took hold of the country, office workers would be seen emerging from their buildings and head to one of the many tapris (tea stalls) ... ( read original story ...)
Shaoquett Moselmane: Australian lawmaker’s office raided ‘amid China probe’
An Australian lawmaker is to be suspended from his party following reports his office is facing investigation by national security agencies over alleged links to China. Authorities raided the home and ... ( read original story ...)
In China’s ‘Little Africa,’ a Struggle to Get Back to Business After Lockdown
Like many in the community, including those who were evicted from their dwellings, Mohammed said he is trying to return to normal life now that the lockdown has eased. "It happened, it was bad, but I ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. agrees to EU offer to create dialogue on China’s threat to the West
The United States has accepted the European Union's offer to create a new dialogue to discuss the threat China poses to the West, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday. ( read original story ...)