China asks tech giants to share data
China’s leaders worry that the country’s tech giants could be using their extensive personal and corporate digital records to build alternative power
China tests its stealth bomber near Ladakh
Top government sources said that H-20 bombers are aimed at ending the edge India acquired through the acquisition of Rafale jets…reports Asian
China, US diplomats clash over human rights, Covid-19 origin
Yang said China was “gravely concerned” over what he called “absurd” stories that the virus escaped from the Wuhan lab….reports Asian Lite
Beijing’s support for Myanmar junta grows
Myanmar is on the verge of collapse, driving out many of the Western investors who had entered the country on hopes of
China Declines Pakistan’s ‘Mango Diplomacy’
Around the time when Pakistan and China were launching their ongoing diplomatic bromance in the 1960s, the juicy and pulpy fruit had
Bangladesh to buy Chinese vaccines
Earlier, the country had received seven million Covishield doses through a contract. Besides, India gave Bangladesh 3.3 million vaccines as a gift….reports
Indian-origin journo wins Pulitzer
Rajagopalan, who had previously reported from China but was barred from there for the story, travelled to neighbouring Kazhakstan to interview former
G7 To Counter China’s BRI
The G7 leaders and their delegations were still negotiating the details of a communique expected to be released at the end of
US Senate passes bill to counter China
The bill still needs to pass the House before going to President Joe Biden’s desk….reports Asian Lite News US Senate has passed
‘WHO cannot compel China on Covid origin info’
Mike Ryan, Director of the agency’s emergencies programme, said at a news conference that the “WHO doesn’t have the power to compel