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Britain targets influence in Indo-Pacific as counterweight to China

China should be brought into efforts to reduce the global stock of nuclear weapons, Johnson said.

Encrypted messaging app Signal blocked in China; UC browser removed

Users in China said Tuesday that they could not get the app to connect without a VPN service

China orders Jack Ma to dispose of its media assets with Alibaba group

Taking its war against billionaire Jack Ma's empire to a new level, the Chinese government has reportedly asked his conglomerate Alibaba to dispose of its media assets

China donates vaccine doses to United Nations peacekeeping mission

China's UN ambassador says China is donating 300,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to UN peacekeepers, with priority given to those serving in Africa

The margins of a nation

Book review of Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India

Beijing intensifies attacks on foreign media, journalists to curb coverage

China's move to ban the broadcasting of BBC World News last month for reporting on human rights violations in Xinjiang has exemplified Beijing's escalating attacks on foreign media and journalists

Precocious growth in India's skill-intensive sectors worrying: Paul Krugman

Krugman said skill intensive industries generate a lot of GDP and exports but they do not generate a lot of jobs

China asks Alibaba to curtail its media assets: Wall Street Journal

Discussions over the matter have been held since early this year, the report said, adding that officials were shocked at how expansive Alibaba's media interests have become

Tencent loses $62 bn in 2-day rout, wiping out value of fintech business

Like Ant, it will probably be required to establish a financial holdco

Brent crude hits $70 as China energy demand outlook brightens

China's industrial output growth quickened in January-February

No 'exclusive cliques' should be formed: China on first Quad summit

China accused some countries of trying to "drive a wedge" among regional nations

Sandstorm causes severe air pollution, traffic disruptions in Beijing

A strong sandstorm in the Chinese capital led to major traffic disruptions in the city on Monday morning

China's factory growth surges 35.1% as economic recovery accelerates

Retail sales in the period also rose in a boost to domestic demand, giving a strong lift to business activity on top of the recent upsurge in exports growth

China says economy could rebound sharply in first-quarter from year earlier

China's economy could rebound sharply during the first quarter from a year earlier, a spokeswoman for the statistics bureau said on Monday

China's statistics bureau says economy still going through recovery process

China's economy is still in the process of recovery, spokeswoman for the National Bureau of Statistics Liu Aihua said on Monday

Hong Kong faces brain drain as educated people plan to move abroad

A new survey revealed that a quarter of university-educated people under the age of 35 were planning to leave the city to work elsewhere, amid easing of immigration schemes by foreign countries

Beyond 'Indo-Pacific Nato'

Vaccine cooperation marks a new step for the Quad

Japan slams Beijing over electoral changes in Hong Kong, terms it 'setback'

Japan has said that it "cannot overlook" the resolution passed by China's Congress to change the electoral system in Hong Kong, with Tokyo calling the new laws as a major setback

China aims to vaccinate 70-80 per cent of its population by mid-2022

China is aiming to vaccinate 70-80 per cent of its population by the end of this year or mid-2022

Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer

Japan will not take part in China's offer accepted by the International Olympic Committee to provide vaccines for participants" in the postponed Tokyo Games and next year's Beijing Winter Games