Naypyidaw, April 17 (IANS) A global artery of commerce is slipping into the grips of Beijing as the US remains distracted with the ongoing conflict in West Asia, a report has highlighted. Antelope Reef in the South China Sea is being transformed into an artificial fortress by China – an example of what happens when the vigilance wavers, Linn Maung wrote in Mekong News. The report highlighted that, during the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the United States has redeployed its Carrier Strike Group…
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New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Chinese government and the ruling Communist Party of China (CCP) have not taken any steps to solve the problem of limited employment opportunities in the country, and the significant decline in the wages of workers in recent years, an article said. Despite these harsh economic realities, the expectation to display fake prosperity among the population has not eased, according to the article in Mekong News.This is evident in the Spring Festival, during which people fe…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) From the strict one-child policy to curb population, China is now pushing women to bear more children to boost the dwindling demographics, said a media report.The Myanmar-based MeKong News reported that over the past four decades, the state, not women, has been dictating the country’s birth policies. While the one-child policy, introduced in 1979, was justified as an urgent brake on population growth, the country is now forcing women towards more children as it stares a…