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China warns Bangladesh against joining Quad, says it will damage bilateral relations
Talking to media persons in Dhaka, Li Jiming, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, reportedly said that Beijing considers Quad to be an anti-China grouping. “We do not want any form of participation of Bangladesh in this alliance, ” the Chinese ambassador was quoted as saying by Times of India.
Chinese scientists discussed weaponising, unleashing coronaviruses way back in 2015: Report
Peter Jennings, the executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), told news.com.au that this report is significant because it reveals that the Chinese were thinking about the military application of coronavirus strains. He further said that the document is as close to a “smoking gun” as we have got.
Myanmar junta approves 15 investments, including huge Chinese project
The MIC, headed by Lt General Moe Myint Tun, did not specify details of the mega-project but IANS reliably learned from Myanmarese Planning Department sources that the LNG project approved on Friday is likely to be the Chinese-backed Mee Lin Gyaing power project in the country's Irrawaddy Delta.
China alarmed after strategic oil pipeline station in Myanmar is attacked
The Irrawaddy newspaper's website is reporting that security personnel guarding the pipeline's off-take station in Mandalay were killed. The sword and machete attack on the policemen was "undoubtedly part of Myanmar's growing popular armed resistance against the regime," the daily reported.
WHO validates China's Sinopharm Covid vaccine for emergency use
"This afternoon, the WHO gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm, Beijing's Covid-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality," WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said during a webinar on Covid-19. The Sinopharm vaccine is produced by Beijing Bio-Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China National Biotec Group.
Falling Chinese rocket poses 'low' risk to humans
The "out-of-control" Chinese Long March 5B rocket will likely splashdown in the ocean on Saturday, according to a report in The Verge. The US Space Command said in a statement that "its exact entry point into the Earth's atmosphere cannot be pinpointed until within hours of its reentry".
Chinese emissions exceeded developed world in 2019: Study
In a comparison with European Union countries, the US and the other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the study by US think-tank Rhodium Group estimates that China alone contributed 27 per cent of global emissions of CO2 equivalents that year, reports DPA news agency.
China sharply rejects criticism by G7 Foreign Ministers
"The G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting made groundless accusations against China, grossly interfered in China's internal affairs," DPA news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin as saying to reporters here. "Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjiang ... are all China's internal affairs."
US must confront China, not compete with it
The bill aims to implement a range of investments, including $655 million in Foreign Military Financing funding for the Indo-Pacific region and $450 million for the Indo- Pacific Maritime Security Initiative. It also expands the powers of the US Committee on Foreign Investment, which analyses international financial transactions, to pick up on any national security risks.
China suspends economic dialogue with Australia
The move comes shortly after the Australian government scrapped two Belt and Road Initiative agreements with China, reports DPA news agency. In a statement, the NDRC said its decision was based on the "current attitude" of the Australian government.
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