China-Pakistan economic corridor attracted US$25.4 bln in 10 years: Beijing
ISTANBUL: Beijing revealed Thursday that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) attracted US$25.4 billion in direct investment in the 10 years since being launched in 2014, reported Anadolu. “The projects are creating 192,000 jobs, generating 6,000MW of power, building 510 km (316 miles) of highways, and expanding the national transmission network by 886 km (550 miles),” […]
Food waste guideline takes aim at banquets
BEIJING: Banquets have been made a focus in a recently released draft guideline for curbing food waste, Xinhua quoted a China Daily report on Monday. The draft, currently soliciting public input, is the latest in a series of efforts by the Chinese government to promote a more sustainable approach to food consumption and encourage responsible […]
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes southwest China
BEIJING: A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake hit around 43 kilometres southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometres, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of any casualties. Tremors were felt in the nearby megacity of […]
Ice skating to raise minimum competition age from 15 to 17
BANGKOK: Ice skaters will have to be at least 17 to take part in senior competitions after the governing body voted to raise the minimum age from 15 on Tuesday. The decision by the International Skating Union congress in Phuket, Thailand, came months after a Beijing Winter Olympics drugs scandal involving then-15-year-old Russian figure skater […]
China makes second largest Taiwan defence zone incursion this year
TAIPEI: China has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan’s air defence zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more than 20 fighters. Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said late Monday it had scrambled its own aircraft and deployed air defence missile systems to monitor the latest Chinese activity. In recent years, […]
Beijing’s new visa ruling for foreigners
BEIJING: China is poised to ease border restrictions to allow some foreigners — including from the US, India and Australia — back in, provided they have taken a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine. The country has been closed to most foreigners since last March to stem the spread of the coronavirus, which has largely brought under control […]
Beijing locks areas down as new virus outbreak gathers pace
BEIJING: China’s capital city raced Monday to control a fresh coronavirus outbreak, with 75 cases linked to a single wholesale food market in Beijing where authorities have locked down neighbourhoods and launched a massive test and trace programme. The outbreak in China — where the disease first emerged last year — had largely been brought […]
China says virus pushing US ties to brink of ‘Cold War’
BEIJING: China said Sunday that its relations with the United States were “on the brink of a new Cold War”, fuelled partly by tensions over the coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 350,000 people worldwide and pitched the global economy into a massive downturn. Fresh tensions between Beijing and Washington emerged as virus restrictions continued […]
