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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Russia, China block US bid to slap North Korea sanctions

AFP | Russia and China on Thursday blocked a US request to add a Russian bank to a UN sanctions blacklist along with a North...

U.S. efforts to counter China’s hegemony has several challenges down the road

News Analysis | The United States of America is mulling over revamping of Indo-Pacific Strategy in a bid to counter the growing influence of China...

China deploys huge police force to prevent fraud protest

AFP | Hundreds of police patrolled the streets of Beijing's financial district Monday as Chinese authorities thwarted a planned protest against money lost in risky...

A decade on, Olympics changed China, but not how many hoped

AFP | A decade after Beijing hosted the 2008 Olympics, its legacy remains unmistakable from the smallest alleyways in the Chinese capital to the country's...

UK poisonings leave Soviet defector’s family in fear

AFP | The family of a Soviet defector who died in Salisbury in 2001 is living in fear following the recent poisoning of a Russian...

Chinese-American engineer charged with stealing GE technology

AFP | A Chinese-American engineer faces charges of stealing valuable technology from General Electric, sneaking it out hidden in a picture of the sunset to...

China wants military drills with ASEAN in disputed sea, excluding US

AFP | China wants to stage joint military exercises with Southeast Asian nations in disputed waters, according to a draft document but insists other countries...

Google developing censor-friendly search engine for China: source

AFP | Google is crafting a search engine that would meet China's draconian censorship rules, a company employee told AFP on Thursday, in a move...

Despite concerns, China sees a potential ally in Pakistan’s Imran Khan

James M Dorsey | Pakistani prime minister-in waiting Imran Khan’s ability to chart his own course as well as his relationship with the country’s powerful military...

US says China is increasing state’s economic control

AFP | The United States on Thursday accused China of falsely claiming that it was working to open its economy, insisting that Beijing's real goal...

Securing Xinjiang: China adds security component to belt and road initiative

James M Dorsey | China appears to be shifting gears in its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road initiative. Long projected as driven by economics and...

US-Russia-China triangle in flux, again

M K Bhadrakumar | In a conversation with the Financial Times last week, Henry Kissinger made a highly significant remark about President Donald Trump’s attempt...