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It is crucial for the two neighbouring countries, who are also emerging economies to enhance mutual trust and relations, properly manage differences and strive to "return China-India relations to the track of healthy and stable development,” the Chinese embassy in India said while reacting to the media reports on the US "Tibetan Policy and Support Act."

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after a video conference with President Xi that also involved EU Council president Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron; and German Chancellor Angela Merkel who holds the rotating presidency of the EU till tomorrow and was seen to have pushed hard for the deal tweeted, “Today, the EU and China concluded in principle negotiations on an investment agreement.”

The inactivated vaccine has been developed by the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Ltd. under the China National Biotec Group (CNBG), which is affiliated to Sinopharm, Xinhua news agency reported. After a two-dose inoculation procedure, the vaccine receivers all produced high titers of antibodies, and the seroconversion rate of neutralising antibodies reached 99.52 percent.

Pakistan is provided with loan amounts through CSA, a Chinese trade finance facility. Pakistan has been using this facility since 2011 to repay foreign debt, along with keeping its gross foreign currency reserves at comfortable levels. With China coming to Pakistan's rescue, the overall trade facility from China to Pakistan would reach up to at least $4.5 billion. Chinese foreign minister's spokesperson also stated that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and CPEC has maintained positive momentum of development despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Talking to IANS, World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa, who is living in exile in Germany, said that India has a strong influence internationally and should intervene to stop the Uyghur genocide. Detailing the repression the Uyghurs are facing in their East Turkestan homeland, especially in the "education centres" set up by the Chinese government, he cited India's approach to the Tibetan refugees to seek his support for his people.

Nepal's ruling party - Nepal Communist Party - is headed for a split following the move by Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to dissolve the House on Sunday. Vice-minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Guo Yezhou, is visiting Nepal at a time when the intra-party feud of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has reached a climax.

The suggested agenda of the annual session includes reviewing the government work report and examining the draft 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035.

German state-owned broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported that in talks between Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi and his German counterpart, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Kishi hoped that a German warship would hold joint exercises with Japan's Self-Defense Forces in 2021.

Alibaba has been practising a controversial method called “choosing one from two” under which merchants are required to sign exclusive cooperation pacts preventing them from offering products on rival platforms. The regulators have been warning the e-Commerce giant over this practice.

Lai, 73, was remanded in custody earlier this month but will now be placed under house arrest. He was ordered to pay a $1.3 million bond, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The founder of Apple Daily newspaper is a fierce critic of China's authorities. He is accused of fraud and conspiring with foreign forces, and could spend years in jail if convicted.