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...
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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...
Chinese law professor who criticised leadership is detained, friends say
A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party and President Xi Jinping was taken away by authorities on...
Bubonic plague case forces Chinese authorities to take precautions
Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning on Sunday, one day after a hospital reported a case of...
U.S. House passes bill to sanction Chinese banks over Hong Kong
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation late Wednesday that would penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement a national security law that...
Hong Kong police fire water cannon at crowds protesting new security law
Hong Kong police fired water cannon on Wednesday to break up the first protest since China introduced sweeping security legislation and they made their first...
China passes Hong Kong security law amid global opposition
China’s parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony’s way...
Young Australian Cypriot takes on China
One of his Cypriot forebears fought the Germans occupying Greece in World War II, another was involved in the Eoka struggle against British rule. Now...
The Chinese way of war
Never bring a knife to a gunfight, the saying goes, but China does it differently. It brings clubs. Last Monday, China and India had the...
India impatient for Modi’s response to China after 20 soldiers die in border clash
India impatiently awaited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response on Wednesday to the death of at least 20 soldiers in a border clash with Chinese troops...
Beijing cuts flights to curb spread of mounting coronavirus cases
Scores of domestic flights in and out of Beijing were cancelled on Wednesday as officials ramped up attempts to contain a coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital...
Coronavirus resurgence in Beijing prompts reinstatement of tough measures (updated)
Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints, closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the novel coronavirus on Monday after...
China, scientists dismiss Harvard study suggesting COVID-19 was spreading in Wuhan in August
Beijing dismissed as “ridiculous” a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been...
Coronavirus: More aid arrives from China
China sent 24 tonnes of medical supplies and equipment to Cyprus on Monday to help in the fight against coronavirus. The flight was organised by...
Hong Kong and Beijing officials defend security laws, citing threat of terrorism
China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the city’s security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass...
Hong Kong residents fret over Beijing’s planned new security laws
Newspaper vendor Man, 60, was speechless when she saw the headline that Beijing plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong, and worried what...
Coronavirus: EU asks Ankara to play nice after supply plane denied entry to air space
The European Commission on Thursday called on Turkey to maintain a spirit of solidarity without discrimination after Ankara denied a plane transporting medical equipment from...
