Apple takes down Quran app in China
By James ClaytonNorth America technology reporter Published13 hours ago BBC.COM Apple has taken down one of the world’s most popular Quran apps in China, following a request from officials. Quran […]
China: removing ‘Arab-style’ features from country’s biggest mosques the latest move in campaign of Muslim assimilation
September 28, 2021 Penulis David R. Stroup Assistant Professor in Chinese Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester David R. Stroup has received funding from the Fulbright Foundation. In […]
US-China rivalry forcing Arab Gulf states to make impossible choices, UAE’s Anwar Gargash tells World Policy Conference
Anwar Gargash, the UAE’s presidential diplomatic adviser and former minister of state for foreign affairs, was speaking at the World Policy Conference in Abu Dhabi. (Screenshot) Short Url https://arab.news/ynpfr China […]
Key findings about restrictions on religion around the world in 2019
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 BY SAMIRAH MAJUMDAR Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years, while government restrictions on religion remained at a […]
China urges NATO not to provoke military tension in Asia-Pacific
CHINA / DIPLOMACY By Global Times Published: Sep 28, 2021 Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs NATO member states have been frequently deploying aircraft to the Asia-Pacific region but the region doesn’t welcome […]
China senior diplomat says economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end
This content was published on September 23, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be […]
Video game addictions need to be urgently addressed
NIDHAL GUESSOUMSeptember 17, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/94h8g The Chinese government this month decreed that youngsters under the age of 18 would be allowed to play online video games for only […]
Egypt Picks Europe Over China – High-Speed Rail to Connect Red Sea and Mediterranean
A consortium led by Germany’s Siemens has been awarded a contract to build a high-speed rail network in the Middle East. The deal is good for Egypt, Germany and Europe […]
Analysis: As West ponders aid for Afghanistan, China and Pakistan quick to provide relief
By Charlotte Greenfield 1/2 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan’s Taliban, in Tianjin, China July 28, 2021. Li Ran/Xinhua […]
Why the Middle East no longer trusts America
HAFED AL-GHWELL September 04, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/jwp66 It will take a while for the dust of America’s hasty retreat from Afghanistan to settle, especially considering the hefty price tag […]
Alibaba Donates a Third of Its Cash to Chinese Initiatives. The Stock Is Falling.
By Jack DentonSept. 3, 2021 BARRON’S NEWSLETTERS Alibaba stock tumbled in Hong Kong trading, with the company’s U.S.-listed shares set for similar declines, as the Chinese internet giant confirmed Friday a large […]
Is China really in trouble with its aging population?
BY ZIHAO FANG OP-ED SEP 02, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3The elderly in East Asian economies are the healthiest in the world, living longer and healthier lives than their Western counterparts. (Shutterstock Photo) […]
China’s Wang says world should support Afghanistan, not pressure it
20 Aug 2021 04:01AM(Updated: 20 Aug 2021 BEIJING: The world should guide and support Afghanistan as it transitions to a new government instead of putting more pressure on it, China’s […]
China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban after Kabul takeover
China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban after Kabul takeover AFPPublished August 16, 2021 – China is ready to deepen “friendly and cooperative” relations with Afghanistan, a government spokeswoman said on […]
There’s a religious revival going on in China
Source: Asia Times The Chinese Communist Party is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding in 1921. For most of those decades, the party sought to restrict or obliterate traditional religious practices, […]
Purge of Mosque Clergy in Xinjiang’s Ghulja Leaves Nobody Left to Conduct Ceremonies
Chinese authorities took into custody seven religious leaders from the Tahtiyun Mosque in 2018. 2021-07-16 Uyghur residents gather outside a mosque with Chinese slogans on a banner on its fence […]
What the Chinese say: ‘US only pretends to defend Muslims’ rights’
China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-14 Editor’s Note: While claiming to be the sole defender of human rights, including the rights of Muslims, around the world, the United States has been […]
China’s third revolution
China’s third revolution Zahid Hussain Published July 14, 2021 – “LET China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world”. This remark attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte has been turned into […]
‘Graveyard of Empires’ and Garden of Funerals
Monday, 28 June, 2021 Ghassan Charbel Ghassan Charbel is the editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper Did George Bush commit a sin two decades ago similar to the one committed by […]
Will China succeed where US has failed in Afghanistan?
BY MANIK MEHTA OP-ED JUL 10, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, review a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony […]