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China asks last Indian journalist to leave country amid escalating tensions

China has asked the last Indian journalist to leave Beijing. Watch the video to understand the row over media.

China records its lowest number of marriages amid demographic crisis

China last year recorded its lowest number of marriages since public records became available, furthering a nearly decade-long decline in matrimony

US decides to rejoin UNESCO and pay back dues, to counter China influence

UN cultural and scientific agency UNESCO announced Monday that the United States plans to rejoin and pay more than $600 million in back dues after a decade-long dispute sparked by the organization's move to include Palestine as a member. U.S. officials say the decision to return was motivated by concern that China is filling the gap left by the U.S. in UNESCO policymaking, notably in setting standards for artificial intelligence and technology education around the world. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma submitted a letter last week to UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay formalizing the plan to rejoin. Azoulay informed ambassadors of the U.S. decision in a special meeting Monday. The return of the U.S. once the agency's biggest funder is expected to face a vote by its 193 member states next month, according to a UNESCO diplomat. The decision is a big financial boost to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizatio

Global manufacturing sputters with ongoing shift toward services spending

Business conditions in China's manufacturing industry, the largest in the world, improved in May, according to the Caixin manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index

Samsung ex-exec tried to set up semiconductor plant in China. It was a copy

Prosecutors said in a statement Monday they arrested a 65-year-old accused of stealing trade secrets from 2018 to 2019 to reproduce a chip plant in the northern city of Xi'an

China tells last Indian journalist in country to leave by this month

India's Foreign Ministry said earlier this month that Chinese reporters had been operating in the South Asian country without any difficulty, but this was not the case for Indian journalists in China

China to crack down on file sharing amid national security concerns: Report

China's cyberspace regulator is planning to issue new rules clamping down on file-sharing functions like Bluetooth and Apple's AirDrop amid national security concerns, The Straits Times reported

Wedding bells go silent: Marriages in China slump to historic low

China's birth rate fell last year to 6.77 births per 1,000 people, the lowest on record, from 7.52 in 2021.

'Decade of emerging markets' may be about to regain traction as rates peak

Developing-nation assets stand to finally take off in the second half, they say, as long as global interest rates peak, Chinese authorities prop up growth

China's state-run banks reduce interest rates on deposits: Report

China's largest state-run banks have reduced interest rates on deposits this week to boost consumer spending

China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019: US

China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence-gathering capabilities, according to a Biden administration official. The official, who was not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the US intelligence community has been aware of China's spying from Cuba and a larger effort to set up intelligence-gathering operations around the globe for some time. The Biden administration has stepped up efforts to thwart the Chinese push to expand its spying operations and believes it has made some progress through diplomacy and other unspecified action, according to the official, who was familiar with US intelligence on the matter. The existence of the Chinese spy base was confirmed after The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that China and Cuba had reached an agreement in principle to build an electronic eavesdropping station on the island. The Journal reported that China

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman calls on China to help shape AI safety guidelines

China has some of the best AI talent in the world and fundamentally, given the difficulties in solving alignment for advanced AI systems, this requires the best minds from around the world: Altman

Not Accurate: Pentagon on reports about China's Spy Station in Cuba

Ryder added that the Pentagon was not aware of China setting up any type of military base in Cuba or elsewhere in the region

China wants end to terror attacks on Pakistan-Iran border: Reports

For the first time, China, together with Pakistan and Iran, has decided to find ways and means to counter the threat of terrorism facing the region, media reports said

China offers South Africa help to bolster security for BRICS summit

China on Friday said it is ready to work with South Africa to bolster the security for the BRICS summit in August in light of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Russian President Vladimir Putin. BRICS is an international grouping comprising China, India, Russia, Brazil and South Africa. The 15th BRICS summit is set to take place in Johannesburg in August this year. The possible attendance of Putin who is the subject of a war crimes arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) has put South Africa's handling of the warrant and summit security under the spotlight. The ICC issued a warrant on Putin in March, accusing him of the unlawful deportation of children and transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. As a signatory to the ICC, South Africa will be obliged to execute the warrant if Putin visits the country for the BRICS Summit. On Thursday, the South African Police Minister Bheki Cele who is on a

Xi Jinping asks troops to forge 'wall of steel' in guarding China's borders

President Xi Jinping has called on China's border troops to forge a "great wall of steel" along the country's frontiers by enhancing their capabilities in border defence and control, the state media reported Friday. Xi, 69, who heads the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) and the country's Central Military Commission (CMC), the high command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), made a fact-finding trip on Wednesday to survey the work of border management and control and the development of frontier troops in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Chinese president asked troops to break new ground in border defence, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Xi has called on Chinese border troops to enhance their capabilities in border defence and control to forge a "great wall of steel" along the country's borders, it said. Unlike his predecessors, Xi, who came into power in 2012, has regularly visited troops in various border regions, including Tibet. In 2021, he made

Credit Suisse puts up China brokerage venture for sale due to takeover: Rpt

Credit Suisse and a joint venture partner are seeking buyers for their China securities brokerage business due to the Swiss bank's takeover by rival UBS

Cuba allows China to build spying facility on Island: US intelligence

Cuba has agreed to allow China to construct a surveillance facility on the island that could allow the Chinese to eavesdrop on electronic communications across the southeastern US

UK govt to remove Chinese surveillance equipment from sensitive sites

The UK government has laid out plans to publish a timeline for the removal of Chinese surveillance equipment from sensitive sites as part of stepped-up national security measures, weeks after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said China posed the "biggest challenge" to global security and prosperity. In amendments tabled to the government's Procurement Bill ahead of its Report Stage in Parliament next week, the UK Cabinet Office said on Wednesday that it is committing to publishing a timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment produced by companies subject to China's National Intelligence Law from sensitive central government sites. It says the move builds on action taken last year to halt the installation of new equipment on the government estate and will provide "reassurance" that departments are removing surveillance equipment from sensitive sites. These new measures will protect our sensitive sectors from companies which could threaten national security and are a firm deterrence

No normalcy with China until borders not peaceful: EAM Jaishankar

S. Jaishankar said that China tried to coerce India in 2020 during Galwan stand-off by violating agreements, so unless there was peace on borders, there cannot be normalcy in bilateral relations