CPEC under PTI: Qureshi discusses progress on megaproject in China
News Analysis | Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and expressed commitment of the current Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...
China’s 737 move shows growing global aviation clout: analysts
AFP | The key role China played in grounding the troubled Boeing 737 MAX 8 has demonstrated its growing clout in global aviation and may...
Putin in Crimea as Russia marks five years since annexation
AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin flew into Crimea on Monday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Moscow's annexation of the strategic peninsula from Ukraine...
Germany launches 5G auction amid row with US over Huawei
AFP | Germany launches its auction Tuesday for the construction of an ultra-fast 5G mobile network as a transatlantic dispute rages over security concerns surrounding...
China says nearly 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang
AFP | China on Monday defended its controversial security crackdown in the fractious far west region of Xinjiang, saying nearly 13,000 "terrorists" have been arrested...
Pentagon intel official pleads guilty in Chinese spying case
AFP | A former US Defense Intelligence Agency official will be jailed for 15 years after pleading guilty Friday to charges of attempting to sell...
Chinese pressure tactics put countries between a rock and a hard place – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Recent Chinese pressure on Myanmar to approve a controversial dam project and the arrest in recent days in Kazakhstan of a...
China is overtaking US in artificial intelligence: researchers
AFP | China is poised to overtake the United States in artificial intelligence with a surge in academic research on the key technology, an analysis...
China blocks UN bid to sanction Masood Azhar, again
News Desk | Beijing on Wednesday, 14th March delayed a request by the United States, Britain, and France, to inscribe Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Chief Masood Azhar’s name...
Xinjiang vocational camps: Events paint horrific picture
News Analysis | China has once again snubbed the international criticism that it is using coercion against the Muslims majority population of its Xinjiang region....
Energy projects under CPEC: Financial lifeline for Pakistan
Saud Bin Ahsen | Pakistan’s energy crisis, emanating from a significant gap between generation and supply became acute in the 1990s. By 2006, the gap...
Russia and OPEC: convenience but no marriage
AFP | Two years after they teamed up to take back control of oil markets, the alliance between Russia and OPEC continues to be effective....