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China successfully launches new Earth observation satellite

China passes amendments outlawing insulting national flag

8:29 pm October 17, 2020

Hong Kong: The Standing Committee of China‘s congress on Saturday passed amendments to a law that will criminalise the intentional insulting of the national flag and emblem, after anti-government protesters in Hong Kong last year desecrated the Chinese flag. According to the newly amended National Flag and National Emblem Law, which will take effect on […]

China claims coronavirus broke out in world’s various parts last year; it only reported first

8:05 pm October 9, 2020

Beijing: China on Friday claimed that the coronavirus broke out in the various parts of the world last year but it was the only one to have reported and acted first, refuting the widely-held view that the deadly contagion originated in Wuhan before turning out to be a pandemic. China, besides denying the US allegations […]

US, Australia, India, Japan discuss China’s growing power

7:01 pm October 6, 2020

TOKYO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that China’s increasingly assertive actions across the region make it more critical then ever for the four Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad to cooperate to protect their partners and their people from Chinese “exploitation, corruption and coercion.” Pompeo made the remark at a meeting in […]

Vatican defends China bishop negotiations on eve of US visit

11:54 pm September 29, 2020

Rome: The Vatican on Tuesday answered its critics and defended its pursuit of an extended agreement with China on bishop nominations, acknowledging difficulties but insisting the effort had achieved limited positive results. The Holy See articulated its position on the eve of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who this month wrote a harsh critique of the Vatican’s 2018 […]

China fires back at US over environment, South China Sea

7:01 pm September 28, 2020

Beijing: US-China friction flared again Monday, with Beijing firing back at accusations by Washington that it is a leading cause of global environmental damage and has reneged on its promise not to militarise the South China Sea. A document issued last week by the State Department cited China’s record on issues from greenhouse gas emissions to air and water and soil […]