China
First German warship in almost two decades enters South China Sea
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German warship sailed into the South China Sea on Wednesday for the first time in almost 20 years, a move that sees Berlin joining other Western…
Britain scolds China over use of security law in Hong Kong
By Greg Torode and Guy Faulconbridge HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has scolded China for its broadening use of a national security law in Hong Kong, detailing attacks on the…
Britain to push back against China and Russia in cyberspace
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it would push back at what it casts as attempts by Russia and China to establish national sovereignty over the communications arteries…
Putin and Xi to discuss ‘aggressive’ talk from U.S. and NATO, Kremlin says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss tensions in Europe and "aggressive" U.S. and NATO rhetoric during a video call on Wednesday, the Kremlin…
China’s southern Guangzhou city detects one COVID-19 infection of Omicron variant
BEIJING (Reuters) - Health authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have detected one infection of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the state broadcaster CCTV said on Tuesday. The infected…
Ladakh is a Tinderbox
As China crosses the threshold in Eastern Ladakh, it is not the border dispute but its strategic intent that should concern India. There are no signs of it abating anytime…
By Phunchok Stobdan
China Comes Calling in Africa
The Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) had its 6th ministerial meeting on 29-30 November in Dakar, Senegal. The meeting was coordinated between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Senegal's…
By Gurjit Singh
Mainland China detects first case of Omicron coronavirus variant – state media
(Reuters) - Health authorities in northern China's port city of Tianjin have detected the first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the country's mainland, the state-run Tianjin Daily reported…
Some Chinese companies suspend production in Zhejiang province on virus outbreak
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -More than a dozen Chinese-listed companies said they had suspended production in coronavirus-hit parts of China's eastern Zhejiang province in response to local government's tightened COVID-19 curbs, causing…
Taiwan says confident Chinese invasion would be very hard
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - A full Chinese invasion of Taiwan with troops landed and ports and airports seized would be very difficult to achieve due to problems China…
China Has Not Changed. The Rest of The World Must.
Unlike India, which barred most US researchers from entering the country during the Cold War, China from the 1980s welcomed them, gave many of them tenured and other assignments, and…
By Prof Madhav Das Nalapat
China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin dominate the G7
By William James, Alexander Ratz and Humeyra Pamuk LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -While Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps the West guessing over Ukraine, it was the might of Chinese President Xi…
