Beijing, Jan 14 (IANS) The disciplinary body of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called for reinforced anti-corruption efforts during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). The call was made in a communique adopted at the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, held from Monday to Wednesday in Beijing. Country’s President Xi Jinping, also the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, atte…
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Nara, Jan 13 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that cooperation between their countries is more important than ever, citing the complex and dizzying international order. Lee made the remarks at the start of summit talks with Takaichi, calling for the two nations to take steps toward a better future, despite the painful past caused by Japan’s occupation of the Korean Peninsula.”Amid a complex and dizzying international order, I beli…
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) Influential American lawmakers identified China as the principal strategic adversary of the United States and positioned India as the democratic counterweight critical to maintaining global balance and Indo-Pacific stability.Addressing a CSIS forum, Representative Ami Bera said there is no ambiguity in Washington’s assessment of Beijing. “We know clearly who our adversary is in Beijing,” he said.Bera said the competition with China is shaping US foreign policy acr…
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said Chinese President Xi Jinping will not move against Taiwan while he is in office, asserting that personal deterrence, American military strength, and economic leverage are restraining Beijing.Trump made the remarks in an interview with The New York Times, the transcript of which was released Sunday.“I don’t think he’s going to do it with me as president,” Trump said when asked whether China could apply the same logic used by Was…
Ottawa, Jan 11 (IANS) US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to make the human rights issue a key focus of his visit to China from January 13-17, asking him to press the Chinese government to end its repression in Xinjiang and ensure full compliance with international labour rights conventions. HRW has stated that Carney, during his visit to China, should raise key issues, including links between the Chinese government’s forced labour and imports to Can…
New York, Jan 10 (IANS) US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to make human rights abuses by Chinese authorities a central focus of his China visit scheduled for January 13-17. According to HRW, Carney’s trip to China — the first by a Canadian Prime Minister in more than eight years — comes amid strained Canada-China relations as Chinese President Xi Jinping has intensified repression both at home and abroad.The Chinese government…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The European Union (EU), beyond tariffs and sanctions, set to continue on its trajectory of diversifying its trading relationships away from China and sharpening its trade defence armoury, developed with China in mind, but Beijing “doesn’t seem much to care”, according to a new report.According to a report in Politico, the EU-China trade relations are “at a standstill”, as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is likely making his first visit to China next month.“…
Seoul, Jan 9 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating rose to 60 per cent this week amid positive public sentiment over his diplomacy, a poll showed Friday. The survey by Gallup Korea, conducted Tuesday through Thursday on 1,000 respondents aged 18 and over, showed that the positive assessment of Lee’s overall performance climbed 5 percentage points from the previous poll in mid-December.Thirty-three per cent gave a negative view, down from the previous survey’s 36 per cent,…
Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) Half a dozen members of an underground Protestant church based in Sichuan’s Chengdu have been arrested by the Chinese authorities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) mentioned in a statement. This is the latest in a series of arrests of members of prominent unofficial “house churches” in China in the past year, it stated. On January 6, the Early Rain Covenant Church stated that police conducted raid at the home of its current leader, Li Yingqiang, in Deyang and took him away. …
Beijing/New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) China is failing to boost its population even after a decade of ending the stringent, state-enforced birth control policy that skewed its demographics, according to a media report.The one-child policy, officially enacted in 1980, was targetted at reining in China’s runaway population growth. As the country faced significant demographic challenges, the notorious policy was ended in 2016.Even after the landmark change — and several other measures to encourage cou…