Source: Dawn “China and Pakistan beware — this week, India and US sign major war pact,” warned the Forbes magazine in an article.The US media noted that the agreement was a key part of the Obama administration’s strategy to contain China, which has been spreading its influence across Asia.The media […]
Source: BBC China has launched its first aircraft-engine manufacturer in an attempt to wean itself off Western suppliers. The state-owned Aero-Engine Group of China was created by combining a group […]
Source: Dawn BEIJING: Police have ordered some low-end hotels in the Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou not to allow guests from five Muslim-majority countries to stay, though China’s foreign ministry said it had never heard of the policy. Three hotels with rooms costing about $23 a night said they had received […]
Chinese Haji pedals his way to Makkah ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 25 August 2016 Mohammed Bama Chun … journey of faith MAKKAH: Riding his bike for 8,150km, crossing several countries, a Chinese Haji has reached Makkah. Mohammed Bama Chun from Xinjiang took four months to reach Makkah […]
Source:AT China’s state broadcaster has questioned the authenticity of the video of Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh which went viral worldwide, alleging it may have been faked as part of a Western “propaganda war”. A still image taken on August 18, 2016 from a video posted on social media said to […]
Source: BBC It’s finally happened. The much-heralded “world’s highest and longest” glass-bottomed bridge has opened to visitors in central China. It connects two mountain cliffs in what are known as […]
Source: BBC By G Owen Schaefer, National University of Singapore From The Conversation 8 August 2016 Would you want to alter your future children’s genes to make them smarter, stronger […]
Source: ET “We had advanced our romantic relationship but later he seemed a little callous towards me,” Zhang told Hunan TV. “One day he sent me a photo of air tickets abruptly and I thought it was a joke. He didn’t contact me later.” Zhang went on to add that she was […]
Source: BBC By Kamal Ahmed Chancellor Philip Hammond has begun discussions with China on an ambitious free trade deal which could see greater access for major Chinese banks and businesses […]
Source: The Guardian Tom Phillips in Beijing The Global Times, a Communist party-run tabloid, said Xiaoshan, a district in south-east Hangzhou where the G20 meeting will be held, had outlawed […]
Source: The Guardian China has hoisted the final piece into position on what will be the world’s largest radio telescope, which it will use to explore space and help in […]
Source: BBC From Click A warehouse picker who never gets tired? The online retailer JD.com has just the thing. The company has opened a huge facility in Shanghai where items […]
Source: BBC A video has surfaced online showing staff at a Chinese bank being publicly spanked for poor performance during a training session, sparking outrage. The video, first posted by the People’s Daily, shows a trainer asking eight employees why they did not “exceed themselves” at training. He then spanks […]
Source: BBC By Bryan Lufkin 20 June 2016 CHINA SPENDS MORE ON INFRASTRUCTURE each year than North America and Western Europe combined. That’s according to a new study published last […]
Source: Reuters BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM U.S. President Barack Obama met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the White House on Wednesday despite a warning by China that […]
Source: Associated Press By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama thanked the Dalai Lama on Wednesday for offering condolences after 49 people were killed in the worst mass […]
Source: Time By Kim Wall / Shanghai Will Mickey Mouse and friends succeed in winning Chinese hearts and minds? Oscillating between drizzle and downpour, the weather is typical for Shanghai, though […]
Jun 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power George Orwell, the author of “Animal Farm” and “1984”, was the first person to use the phrase “Cold War” in a 1945 newspaper article, written just after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He argued that “the surface of the Earth is being […]
Source: The New Yorker By Alice Su The Martyr’s Memorial in Shadian, China, is a gray pillar topped with a crescent moon, set on a stone block engraved with names. […]
BEIJING: China has marked the start of Ramazan with its customary ban on civil servants, students and children in a mainly-Muslim region from taking part in fasting, government websites said as the holy month started on Monday.Muslims eat meals as they break fast on the first day of the holy fasting […]