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US inches closer to ban TikTok nationwide over data security concerns

The Technological Adversaries Act, or DATA Act, directs Biden to sanction or ban TikTok nationwide if his administration finds that the Chinese firm shared American users' data with the Chinese govt

China loses more than 40 mn workers in three years as population ages

The data reflects a rapid rise in the number of people retiring, likely raising pressure on Beijing to accelerate unpopular plans to raise official retirement ages

China's manufacturing activity expands at fastest pace since 2012

The world's second-largest economy recorded one of its worst years in nearly half a century in 2022 due to strict Covid lockdowns and subsequent widespread infections

FBI chief Wray confirms Covid-19 originated from lab incident in Wuhan

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday (local time) confirmed that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China

China poses an 'existential' threat: US lawmakers at Congressional hearing

Top American lawmakers have described China as an "existential" threat to the US during a first hearing on China by the Republican-majority House of Representatives. They also called for an all-out effort within the country and in coordination with its allies to successfully address the challenge posed by the Communist Party-led China. The US has routinely and historically described Chinese behaviour as aggressive. The name of the newly-constituted committee is House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This is not a polite tennis match. This is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century and the most fundamental freedoms are at stake," Congressman Mike Gallagher, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), told his fellow Congressional colleagues in his opening remarks on Tuesday. We must act with a sense of urgency. Our policy over the next ten years will set the stage for the next hundred," Gallag

Oil prices rise as China factory gains boost demand outlook for fuel

Brent crude oil for May was up 24 cents, 0.3%, to 83.69 a barrel at 0214 GMT. The April contract expired on Tuesday up $1.44, or 1.8%, at $83.89.

China says it's been open and transparent over origin of Covid-19

China on Tuesday pushed back at renewed suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic could have been the result of a lab leak, saying it has been open and transparent in the search for the virus' origins. Recently, the US Department of Energy assessed with low confidence that the pandemic that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019 began with the leak of a virus from a lab. The report hasn't been made public and officials in Washington stressed that US agencies are not in agreement on the origin. China has shared the most data and research results on virus tracing and made important contributions to global virus tracing research", Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning Mao told reporters on Tuesday at a daily briefing. US officials and members of Congress have accused China of not been entirely cooperative with inquiries into the origin. A World Health Organisation expert group said last year that key pieces of data to explain how the pandemic began were st

NHPC's Rs 32k-cr hydel project near China border gets Centre's approval

The approved investment includes Rs 6,720 crore of government support for flood moderation and enabling infrastructure, such as roads and bridges connecting the construction site

Chinese foreign minister to attend G20 meet; Japan minister to give a miss

While India has held over a dozen G20 meetings so far, this will be the first time all foreign ministers gather

China says it has been 'open and transparent' on Covid-19 origins

China on Tuesday said it has been open and transparent in the search for the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and dismissed U.S. criticism as politicising the issue. China had shared the most data and research results on virus tracing and made important contributions to global virus tracing research," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning Mao told reporters at a daily briefing. Politicising the issue of virus tracing will not smear China but will only damage the U.S.'s own credibility, Mao said, in response to complaints from U.S. officials and members of Congress that China has not been entirely cooperative. Her comments came amid continuing questions about how the virus that has killed more than 6.8 million people worldwide first emerged. Most recently, the U.S. Department of Energy assessed with low confidence that the pandemic that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019 began with the leak of a virus from a lab. The report hasn't been made ...

Apple Inc's suppliers racing to exit China, says AirPods maker GoerTek

AirPods maker GoerTek Inc. is one of the many manufacturers exploring locations beyond its native China, which today cranks out the bulk of the world's gadgets from iPhones to PlayStations

Communist party members in EY China asked to wear party badges in office

The demand was made by the party's branch committee at the company ahead of China's annual parliamentary meeting

India kind of partner US needs to provide check against China: Senator

India is precisely the kind of partner the US needs to provide a check against China, powerful American Senator Chuck Schumer told his colleagues on Monday. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciates the point that the two largest democracies of the world need to work together against the hegemony of Chinese Communist Party or CCP. Senator Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, just returned from a trip to India and other countries including Pakistan, Germany and Israel wherein he led a Congressional delegation of nine Senators. "We relayed a very important message during our meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi. India and America are going to need each other to outcompete the Chinese Communist Party. India is precisely the kind of partner that the US needs to provide a check against the hostile tactics of the CCP. They are the world's largest democracy, still young compared to its peers and primed for tremendous growth in decades to come," Schumer told his Senatorial colleagues

Covid-19 likely came from Chinese lab, cut US aid, says Nikki Haley

Haley recently said that if voted to power, she will cut every cent in foreign aid for countries that hate the US

The Dalai Lama's pursuit of united Tibet

Lodi Gyari's memoirs contain valuable insights into Chinese thinking and negotiating tactics, of which careful note should be taken

China's birth rate continues to fall as women resistant to 3-child policy

Over one-third of women reported financial loss, and more than 20 per cent described losing opportunities for training or promotions

Covid-19 pandemic a result of lab leak: US energy department; FBI agrees

The Covid-19 virus leaked out of a laboratory in China, according to a report by the US Energy Department

Nikki Haley pledges to cut billions in aid to Pak, other US adversaries

According to Haley, America spent USD 46 billion on foreign aid last year. That's more than any other country by far. Taxpayers deserve to know where that money is going and what it's doing

Ukrainian President Zelensky plans to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. This comes after Beijing called for peace talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war, New York Post reported

No evidence that China will side with Russia in war with Ukraine: Biden

There is no evidence that China would side with Russia in its war against Ukraine, US President Joe Biden has said. There's no evidence of that so far, Biden told reporters on Friday when asked if he is worried that China will side with Russia in the ongoing war. Biden said that he had a long conversation with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping about this in the summer. There's no evidence he's done it yet, said the US President. The Pentagon told reporters that it has not seen China supplying lethal aid to Russia. Pentagon's Press Secretary Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder said that China, which clearly has advanced capabilities, munitions, has publicly declared its neutrality, to now take a side and essentially say "we want to be in the camp that's looking to extinguish Ukraine as a nation. US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told MSNBC in an interview that the Biden Administration has made it clear to the Chinese that it should not get involved in