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US senators introduce legislation to end China’s access to multiple year visa

9:55 am February 27, 2021

Washington: Legislation has been introduced by a group of influential Republican senators to end China’s access to 10-year multi-entry visas until it is certified that Beijing has ceased its campaign of economic and industrial espionage against the US. The legislation, Visa Security Act, was introduced by Senators Marsha Blackburn, Tom Cotton, Rick Scott, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio on Friday. It would prohibit Chinese nationals from receiving […]

US and South Korea agree on new cost-sharing deal for troops

World shares mostly lower after mixed day on Wall Street

6:18 pm February 18, 2021

Bangkok: World shares were mostly lower Thursday after a mixed session on Wall Street, where losses by technology and industrial companies offset other gains. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo and Hong Kong but were flat in Paris and London. Shanghai advanced after reopening following the Lunar New Year holiday. Optimism that rollouts of coronavirus vaccines will set the stage for stronger economic growth in the second […]

Biden conveys to Xi concerns over China’s unfair economic practices, assertive actions

11:37 pm February 11, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden has expressed his ”fundamental concerns” about China‘s coercive and unfair economic practices, its crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang and increasingly assertive actions in the region, as he spoke with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time since taking office. The phone call between the two leaders came hours after the Pentagon announced a task force […]

Japan navy submarine, Hong Kong ship collide off Japan coast

11:27 pm February 8, 2021

Tokyo: A Japanese navy submarine and a commercial ship collided off Japan’s southern coast on Monday, causing minor injuries to three crew members of the submarine and damage to its mast, defense officials said. The submarine Soryu was in the process of surfacing about 27 nautical miles (50 kilometers) south of Cape Ashizuri on Japan’s southwestern island of Shikoku when it collided with […]

US will hold China accountable for its abuses of international system: Blinken

2:38 pm February 6, 2021

Washington: The US will hold China accountable for its abuses of the international system, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said as he spoke to his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and raised with him the issue of human rights violations in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. The two leaders spoke on Friday. It was the first conversation between the top officials since President Joe Biden took office on January […]