China

April 12, 2021

China considers mixing COVID-19 vaccines to boost protection rate

Giving people doses of different vaccines is one way to improve vaccines that 'don't have very high rates of protection', Gao Fu, the director of the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said.

March 29, 2021
WHO says COVID likely passed from bats to humans through another animal

Draft copy of a WHO report says that the evolutionary distance between these bat viruses and SARS-CoV-2 is estimated to be several decades, suggesting a missing link.
March 26, 2021
Myanmar sees more protests as World Bank warns of economic slump

In a bid to increase pressure on the junta over the Feb. 1 coup, the United States and Britain imposed sanctions on conglomerates controlled by the military, with Washington calling it a response to the military's 'brutal repression'.
March 11, 2021
Chinese Olympic Committee offers vaccines for Tokyo Games

The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled for July 23 to August 8.
March 05, 2021
China hikes defence budget to $209 billion, over 3 times that of India

Defending the increase, Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the NPC, told the media here that China's efforts to strengthen the national defence do not target or threaten any country.
March 03, 2021
Column | Hotlines are not passé, India works them well to nip trouble on borders

Hotline has lost its early uniqueness as it is now in use at different levels of governments. Earlier the fact that the president or prime minister alone could speak to his or her counterpart on a dedicated phone line and thus settle issues lent the hotline a unique aura.
March 01, 2021
Chinese hackers behind Mumbai power outage, malware attack on SII, Bharat Biotech: report

Recorded Future, a Massachusetts-based company which studies the use of the internet by state actors, in its recent report details the campaign conducted by a China-linked threat activity group RedEcho targeting the Indian power sector.

China

China considers mixing COVID-19 vaccines to boost protection rate

WHO says COVID likely passed from bats to humans through another animal

Myanmar sees more protests as World Bank warns of economic slump

Chinese Olympic Committee offers vaccines for Tokyo Games

China hikes defence budget to $209 billion, over 3 times that of India

Column | Hotlines are not passé, India works them well to nip trouble on borders

Chinese hackers behind Mumbai power outage, malware attack on SII, Bharat Biotech: report

India takes giant step to counter Chinese influence in Indian Ocean Region

Column | Enigmatic China confounds with baffling actions on its India border

China releases Galwan clash video ahead of military delegates meet