China infrastructure drive traps poor nations with $385 bn ‘hidden debt’: study
(AFP)-China’s ambitious foreign infrastructure push has saddled poor nations with “hidden debt” worth $385 billion, and more than a thirdContinue Reading
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Fears grow for China Evergrande after interest deadline missed
SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI, Sept 24 (Reuters) – China Evergrande inched closer on Friday to the potential default that investors fear, missing aContinue Reading
China enters Taiwan air defense zone a day after island’s military budget boost
KEY POINTS It came one day after the island announced a $9 billion boost to military spending to counter theContinue Reading
China-Taliban ties warming ahead of US withdrawal
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister met Wednesday with a delegation of high-level Taliban officials as ties between them warmContinue Reading
Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka furious over Western media photo of country’s weightlifting gold medalist who will undergo drug testing
Chinese diplomats slammed Reuters as “ugly” for a photo the media outlet used in a report about the country’s gold-medalContinue Reading
China should provide raw data on pandemic’s origins – WHO’s Tedros
GENEVA, July 15 (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organisation said on Thursday that investigations into the originsContinue Reading
South Asian nations turn to China, Russia for vaccine help
Sri Lanka began injecting pregnant women with a Chinese coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday and Nepal resumed inoculations with a China-madeContinue Reading
China reports surge of new COVID-19 cases in Guangzhou city, triggering flight cancellations
China on Monday reported a sudden surge in COVID-19 infections in the country’s south, with 18 new local cases onContinue Reading
China re-imposes travel curbs on Guangzhou province after virus cases
BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday re-imposed anti-coronavirus travel controls on its southern province of Guangdong, announcing anyone leaving theContinue Reading
Chinese embassy in U.S. says politicising COVID-19 origins hampers investigations
Politicising the origins of COVID-19 would hamper further investigations and undermine global efforts to curb the pandemic, China’s U.S. embassyContinue Reading
