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PLA intensifies combat training amid China's growing border disputes with India at LAC
“Devoting intense focus to combat effectiveness as the sole criterion that matters most and to their fundamental purpose of being able to fight and win, the people’s armed forces have strengthened their strategic forces and new-domain forces with new combat capabilities, and they have improved command systems and capacity for joint operations,” the CPC resolution stated.
US asks China to provide verifiable proof of Chinese tennis star's whereabouts
The report said that the Biden administration wants China to "provide independent, verifiable proof" of her whereabouts. 35 years old Peng Shuai, the two time Grand Slam winner, went missing after she accused the ex-Chinese official of sexual assault two weeks ago. Raising their voice on the issue, the Women's Tennis Association warns the Chinese authority to pull the upcoming tennis events out of china.
US authorizes Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 vaccine boosters for all adults
The agency expanded emergency use authorization for booster doses of both the mRNA vaccines beyond who was previously eligible -- boosters had been authorized for anyone 65 years and older who was vaccinated with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines at least six months ago and for certain adults at high risk of infection or of severe disease.
Pakistan slams 'selected assessment' of religious freedom by US
The previous Donald Trump administration in the US had first placed Pakistan on this list in December 2018 and retained it in 2020. The present Joe Biden administration has retained the old list with two changes, adding Russia into the list and removing Sudan from the CPC category.
China ready for full-scale invasion of Taiwan
"The PLA has already achieved the capabilities needed to conduct an air and naval blockade, cyberattacks, and missile strikes against Taiwan," according to a report from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a Congressionally-appointed agency designated to provide national security adive to the Congress and the US President.
World should not turn soft towards Taliban: Tajikistan tells UNSC
On Wednesday, as yet another joint military exercise kicked off not very far from the Afghan-Tajik border, Dushanbe upped the ante against Taliban and the issue of "worsened security situation" in the region at a UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan in New York.
AstraZeneca's antibody shot 83% effective at preventing Covid
This includes people with blood cancers or other cancers being treated with chemotherapy, patients on dialysis, those taking medications after an organ transplant or who are taking immunosuppressive drugs for conditions including multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
China could be preparing for water war in Asia after completing serial dams in Tibet
Beijing is already moving ahead with its plan to build the biggest dam - a 60-gigawatt mega-dam - on the Brahmaputra river known as Yarlung Zangbao in Tibet. Though China's foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying has said that Beijing will keep the communication channel open with the two countries, there is opacity in information sharing.
Pakistan-China joint ventures face hurdles
The joint chamber has established an online platform to provide assistance in solving the problems and issues of Chinese companies pertaining to domestic policies and regulations. He hailed the initiative of the chamber to facilitate foreign investors who entered into business partnerships with Pakistani entrepreneurs.
Biden says he's mulling US diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics in Beijing
"It's something we're considering," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office following a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A senior administration official told CNN that Biden is not expected to attend the upcoming Olympics in China in February 2022 and that his administration is on the verge of implementing a diplomatic boycott of the games, the report said.
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