China festival enters fourth year, online
Cyprus’ 4th China Festival will broadcast for free on Saturday and Sunday with cultural performances from China, Cyprus and elsewhere. The festival will start on...
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Cypriot products included list recognised by China
A total of four traditional Cypriot products, Zivania, Ouzo, Commandaria wine and Loukoumi Geroskipou – a type of Cypriot delight – have all been included...
Taiwan scrambles jets as 18 Chinese planes buzz island
Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island, including crossing the sensitive mid-line of the Taiwan Strait, in an escalation...
India, China accuse each other of firing in the air on tense border
India and China have accused each other of firing in the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a...
Australia evacuates journalists from China amid ‘national security’ probe
Two Australian foreign correspondents were rushed out of China for their safety with the help of Australian consular officials after being questioned by China’s Ministry...
Chinese university slammed for telling female students to spurn ‘overly revealing’ dress
A Chinese university sparked widespread outrage at the start of the academic year this week as female students discovered that they were not supposed to...
Coronavirus: authorities identify nine unsafe mask brands
Authorities on Tuesday released information on a number of brands of facemasks that are considered dangerous, nine in total. The masks of Chinese origin do...
China takes over U.S. consulate premises in Chengdu as ties worsen
China said it had taken over the premises of the U.S. consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Monday after ordering the facility be...
A New Cold War? No Sale!
By Gwynne Dyer Is there going to be a new Cold War with China? Probably not. Consider the case of Huawei. Mike Pompeo swept into...
China orders U.S. to shut Chengdu consulate, retaliating for Houston
China ordered the United States to close its consulate in the city of Chengdu on Friday, in a tit-for-tat response to being told to shut...
China state media blasts Houston consulate shutdown as Trump election gambit
The move by the United States government to shut down China’s consulate in Houston is an attempt to blame Beijing for American failures ahead of...
China launches independent, unmanned Mars mission (update)
China successfully launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday in its first independent mission to another planet, a bid for global leadership in space...
China and the US: lessons from Thucydides
Relations between China and the US are deteriorating rapidly. They are on a well-trodden path labeled by a Harvard professor as the Thucydides trap. Thucydides...
France stops short of banning Huawei
France will not completely ban the use of equipment manufactured by Chinese company Huawei, Director General of French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) Guillaume Poupard said...
China trades sanctions with U.S. in row over Uighur Muslims
China announced “corresponding sanctions” against the United States on Monday after Washington penalised senior Chinese officials over the treatment of minority Uighur Muslims in the...
China says it will hit back against new US sanctions over Uighur rights
China said on Friday it would take “reciprocal measures” against the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights...
China coerces hundreds of Chinese-born critics in US to return home, FBI chief says
The head of the FBI said on Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping was spearheading a program aimed at strong-arming Chinese-born people in the United States...
China challenges U.S. to cut nuclear arsenal to matching level
China would “be happy to” participate in trilateral arms control negotiations with the United States and Russia, but only if the United States were willing...
