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UK reaches out to Russia and China as global equations shift in Afghanistan
Feeling let down by the Americans, the UK is beginning to think that it may help to work with Russia and China as they seem to hold leverage with the Taliban. Russian news agency TASS reported on Monday that there is a feeling in London that "Russia and China may have the opportunity to influence the new government in Kabul", which could create space for the British government to join in.
China faces flight of manpower, capital from Hong Kong
Political issues and the gradual erosion of personal freedoms and human rights are as much the primary reasons for the exodus as lack of living space and reducing trust in the local government. At least a fifth of the island's population is thinking of or currently in the process of emigrating. What are the factors pushing them towards leaving Hong Kong? The top four factors are listed by the survey.
In deft diplomatic move China blunts Kamala Harris' bid to woo Vietnam
In the meeting on Tuesday with Xiong Bo, the Chinese envoy to Hanoi, the Vietnam Prime Minister said that his country will not enter into any alliance to confront Beijing. The statement comes at a time when Harris has embarked on a tour to strengthen a US alliance in the region to counter the influence of an increasingly belligerent China. Pham said Vietnam had always maintained an independent foreign policy.
China in talks with Taliban to expand CPEC
Sources said that in a bid to push the CPEC, China is exploring opportunities to exploit Pakistan to enter the war-torn country. Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan, Wang Yu, met Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head of the Taliban political office in Qatar, in Kabul and had unimpeded and effective communication and consultation, sources said.
Russia-China relations: The evolving scenario
In an article in Russian daily 'Nezavisimaya Gazeta', Vladimir Skosyrev mentions that the situation is much more complicated as far as Russia-China relations are concerned in the context of preventing the possible infiltration of militants into the former Soviet republics of central Asia.
China hits out at US over Afghan withdrawal
China said that the US had used the rhetoric of a rules-based global order to defend its own "bullying, hegemonic behaviour", reports the BBC. "The US can wantonly conduct military intervention in a sovereign country and does not need to be responsible for the suffering of the people in that country," China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a press briefing.
China faces threats from Afghan terror outfits despite Taliban's assurances
Many analysts have noted that the withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan will give an edge to China, with its huge investments, to dominate the political contours of the region. However, the roadmap for Beijing will not be easy. Though China, which earlier linked the Taliban with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement -- a Uyghur militant group, has said that it will work with the new Afghanistan government, the presence of other terror outfits will make things difficult for China.
BLA's Majeed Brigade claims responsibility for Gwadar attack targeting Chinese nationals
The Chinese nationals working on the under-construction East-Bay Expressway were returning to their camp when their vehicle was hit by the blast, Dawn reported. The targeting took place along the coastal road near a fishermen's colony. "A young boy ran out of the colony once the convoy reached there to target Chinese vehicles," a statement by Pakistan Interior Ministry said.
2 children killed in blast near Chinese vehicle in Gwadar
The blast occurred on Gwadar's Expressway near a Chinese vehicle, killing two children and injuring others, including a Chinese national, sources said. The injured have been rushed to a local hospital where they are receiving treatment. The police and other law enforcement agencies have reached the blast site and cordoned off the area for further investigation.
China passes three-child policy, offers sops to couples for having more children
China's national legislature on Friday formally accepted the governing Communist Party's proposed three-child policy that aims to prevent a sharp drop in birth rates in the world's most populous country. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) passed the revised Population and Family Planning Law, allowing the Chinese couple to have three children.
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