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'No progress in talks between Dalai Lama's envoys, China'
The report, released this week and based on the events between July 1, 2019 and July 1, 2020, details its recommendations to Congress and the US President based on the human rights conditions and rule of law developments in China.
China blasts Trump admin for imposing new sanctions on Chinese firms
Spokesman Zhao Lijian told a press briefing on Friday that China firmly opposed the United States' repeated sanctions against Chinese firms, adding that the move went against the trend of the times and the United States' much-touted principles of market competition and international economic trade rules
Chinese health experts call to shun Pfizer's mRNA-based Covid vaccine
According to a Chinese immunologist, the new mRNA vaccine was developed in haste and had never been used on a large scale for the prevention of infectious disease, and its safety had not been confirmed for large-scale use in humans.
Xi Jinping asks Starbucks' Howard Schultz to help repair US-China ties
A letter from Xi to Schultz reported Friday by the official Xinhua News Agency was a rare direct communication from China's paramount leader to a foreign business figure. Schultz opened Starbucks' first China outlet in 1999 and is a frequent visitor.
A strong India would act as 'counterbalance' to China, says declassified White House documents
Running into 10 pages, the document was recently declassified in part by US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and now has been posted on the website of the White House. India's preferred partner on security issues is the United States. The two cooperate to preserve maritime security and counter Chinese influence in South and Southeast Asia and other regions of mutual concern.
Understanding Covid 19 not about blaming someone, says WHO as Beijing green lights international investigation
"Understanding the origins of disease is not about finding somebody to blame. It is about finding the scientific answers about the very important interface between the animal kingdom and the human kingdom," WHO Emergencies Director Michael Ryan told a a press conference in Geneva.
India releases Chinese soldier apprehended for crossing disputed border
The solider was interrogated for spying on deployment of Indian forces at the disputed border region in Ladakh. He had crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at friction point between both the countries at South of Pangong Lake. The Indian Army had stated that the PLA soldier had transgressed across the LAC and was taken into custody by Indian troops deployed in the area.
23 Indian ship crew stranded off China sail for Japan
NUSI General Secretary Abdulgani Y. Serang said that these crew members, along with their counterparts on another ship, 'MV Anastasia', were stranded off the China anchorage since six months.
Chinese foreign ministry condemns Mike Pompeo's 'lying diplomacy'
Spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks at a daily press briefing when asked to comment on Pompeo's tweet, in which he claimed that the current US administration has released more information about the Communist Party of China threat to the American people and US businesses than any other administration, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
'Beautiful Sight': China mocks US capitol chaos, draws parallel with 2019 Hong Kong protests
State media tabloid Global Times on Thursday tweeted a side by side photo of Hong Kong protests and American riots to display the “sharp contrast” between the two protests. Hong Kong protesters had earlier occupied the city's Legislative Council Complex back in July 2019.
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