Tag: Chinas

Hikers attempting to reach the peak of China's Mount Tai may find themselves facing an uphill battle of a different kind - a battle against wobbly legs and unsteady feet. A video has captured the comedic spectacle of adventurers struggling to maintain their balance as they ascended the ancient steps ...

RIYADH: Buoyed by the millions of Umrah performers and worshippers throughout the holy month of Ramadan, Saudi Arabia braces for a surge in travel for Eid Al-Fitr.  The spike is expected to result in a significant rise in the number of arriving and departing passengers from key Umrah airports.  ...

China set up the group in Shanghai along with Russia and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as a way of building trust and easing border tensions in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the time its priorities were stated as fighting the “three devils” of ...

Despite China’s professed commitment to stability on the Korean peninsula, its tolerance of North Korea’s nuclear programme undermines these claims, leading to criticism that China lacks credibility when advocating for strategic cooperation with the US or discussing security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region.Even when South Korea attempted to attain ...

The Third International Forum on Democracy: The Shared Human Values is held in Beijing on March 20, 2024. (Photo: Qian Jiayin/GT) Nearly 300 politicians, scholars and experts from around the world on Wednesday shared their thoughts on democracy at an international forum, during which they highly praised China's achievements ...

New Delhi: India on Tuesday strongly rejected China’s objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh, and asserted that the state “was, is, and will” always be an integral and inalienable part of India. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the Chinese side has been ...

Across Beijing, security guards stand shivering. Residents of the heavily monitored capital city are used to encountering security guards, members of an urban management force called chengguan, and police officers every few blocks. But this week, as China hosts its biggest political meetings of the year, even more muscle ...

A major data leak of internal documents from Chinese cybersecurity firm i-Soon, also known as Anxun, has shed new light on the inner world of China’s cyberespionage and its state-backed hackers for hire. Among the documents shared online were contracts, marketing presentations, product manuals, client and employee lists, chat ...

The ban was proposed in November by the AU’s specialised technical committee for agriculture, rural development, water and environment and ratified by the leaders, who were in Addis Ababa for the 37th ordinary session of the AU Assembly.Africa is home to about two-thirds of the world’s donkeys. Ethiopia – ...

This group, identified as an advanced persistent threat (APT) and active since at least November 2013, was first discovered and named “Bitter” by American security firm Forcepoint and “Manlinghua” by Chinese company Qihoo 360 in 2016.Over that time, the increasing exposure of Bitter’s activities has shed light on its ...