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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

SPEAKING TRUTH: Chinese diplomat calls Asad Umar ‘man of integrity’

News Desk | Lijan Zhao, the acting ambassador of China to Pakistan came in defence of Asad Umar, the former finance minister of Pakistan at...

China wins Belt and Road fans but criticism persists

AFP | President Xi Jinping will lead a hard sales push at a Beijing summit this week, to corral more countries into a global infrastructure...

China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos

AFP | From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China's ban on accepting...

Malaysia revives massive China-backed project

AFP | Malaysia will revive a $34 billion Chinese-backed transport and property development that was abandoned in 2017, the prime minister said Friday, adding the...

China to complete $545 mn modernisation for Tajik smelter

AFP | China's state-owned engineering company CMEC will modernise Tajikistan's flagship aluminium smelter in a $545 million deal, a representative for the smelter told AFP...

Papa roach: Chinese farmer breeds bugs for the table

AFP | As farmer Li Bingcai opened the door to his cockroach farm in southwest China, an insect the size of a dart flew into...

Coming soon to China: the car of the future

AFP | Global automakers are positioning for a brave new world of on-demand transport that will require a car of the future -- hyper-connected, autonomous,...

WTO favours US in grain dispute with China

AFP | The WTO on Thurs¬day largely sided with the US in its Obama-era case against Beijing over Chinese restrictions on imports of American grain. The...

China seizes nearly 2,750 elephant tusks in huge bust

AFP | Chinese authorities have seized 7.5 tonnes of ivory — 2,748 elephant tusks — in one of the biggest busts in recent years as...

17 more detained over China blast that killed 78

AFP | Police have detained 17 more suspects connected to a chemical blast in eastern China last month which killed 78 and left hundreds injured,...

Zhao confirms Waqas’s detention in China over fraud charges

News Desk | Lijan Zhao, Deputy Chief of Mission at Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, has shared the full details of Pakistani man Waqas Ali in...

Pakistani woman says son is in Chinese police custody: Zhao takes notice

News Desk | Lijan Zhao, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Chinese Embassy has taken notice of the viral video of a woman claiming...