Tag: China

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican said Saturday (Oct 22) it had renewed a secretive 2018 deal with Beijing allowing China to choose bishops on the mainland and then have Rome approve ...

The People's Bank of China did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The looming reshuffle comes as the PBOC seeks to bolster the COVID-19 ravaged economy while avoiding ...

BEIJING: China's Communist Party on Saturday (Oct 22) unanimously approved a series of amendments to its constitution, further strengthening the control of Xi Jinping who now appears set for a ...

BEIJING: China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress wrapped up on Saturday (Oct 22) with delegates endorsing President Xi Jinping's "core position" in the country's leadership, all but assuring he will be handed ...

"HARD TO DRAW SOLID CONCLUSIONS" Hu's exit came just before the 2,300 delegates at the Congress voted unanimously to endorse Xi's "core" leadership position. "We still don't know what caused ...

BEIJING: China's ultra-strict COVID-19 curbs are taking a toll on businesses and jobseekers as Beijing stresses again and again the need to maintain its zero-tolerance approach to the virus, to ...

This eventually compelled the generals to look further afield for new arms suppliers. Myanmar approached Russia, other East European countries and even North Korea. Myanmar generals purchased Russian MiG-29s after ...

“Being labelled as China’s ‘strongman’ after Mao Zedong, Xi has proven himself as a different kind of Chinese leader.  “Through his constant consolidation of power within the party and the ...

BEIJING: Beijing authorities removed rare banners of political protest from an overpass in the Chinese capital, according to images circulated widely on social media on Thursday (Oct 13), just days ...

WASHINGTON: The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to ban approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE in the US on national security grounds, ...