Top Chinese Diplomat meets Zimbabwe president to strengthen ties
Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi met with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa where both the leaders spoke of cooperation in expanding their partnership to a new high.
During the meeting in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, Yang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of...
US’s Blinken raises China’s ‘alignment with Russia’ on Ukraine
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and raised concerns about Beijing’s alignment with Moscow.
Both diplomats described their in-person talks on Saturday – which lasted for five hours – as “candid”, with their meeting taking place a day after they attended...
Govt Hands Over 4 Chinese Accused of Murder to Ethiopia
Ethiopian police stated that the four suspects fled to Kenya after the alleged killing of the victim, Fu Hui, at a Chinese restaurant in Addis Ababa.
According to the Ethiopian Federal police National Interpol Director, Tsegaye Haile, the four suspects, Huang Zhipeng, Liv Jie, Wang Ming and Chao Fu Xiuzaong, were arrested following a...
Kenya exporters protest expensive Chinese vetting
Kenyan exporters have raised concerns of high demurrage charges and loss of their agricultural produce over food certification required by China, making it difficult to trade.
The Asian country on January 1 implemented new registration requirements for companies that export food to China.
According to the regulations, all overseas manufacturers of...
Amnesty slams Pakistan for stifling press freedom with attacks on journalists
Amnesty International has accused the Pakistani government for stifling press freedom, following the arrest of prominent journalist Imran Riaz Khan.
“Amnesty International is alarmed by news of journalist Imran Riaz Khan’s arrest and urges authorities to stop punishing dissenting voices, as has been a worrying trend in Pakistan for many years,” it said.
MPs call for UK ban on two Chinese CCTV firms
A group of 67 MPs and Lords have called on the government to ban the sale and use of Hikvision and Dahua surveillance equipment in the UK.
Supporters range across the parties and include Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey and four ex-Conservative ministers.
Reports have linked the two companies with...
China: MI5 and FBI heads warn of ‘immense’ threat
The heads of UK and US security services have made an unprecedented joint appearance to warn of the threat from China.
FBI director Christopher Wray said China was the "biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security" and had interfered in politics, including recent elections.
MI5 head Ken McCallum said...
Nearly one billion people in China had their personal data leaked, and it’s been online for more than a year
A massive online database apparently containing the personal information of up to one billion Chinese citizens was left unsecured and publicly accessible for more than a year -- until an anonymous user in a hacker forum offered to sell the data and brought it to wider attention last week.
The leak could be one...
UN Rights Council: Taliban Seek to Erase Women, Girls From Public Life
Delegates attending an urgent debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council on the status of women and girls in Afghanistan are urging the international community to exert maximum pressure on the Taliban.
In opening Friday’s debate, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet accused the Taliban of systematic oppression and of the exclusion of women...
Pakistan Court Holds State Responsible for Enforced Disappearances
The Islamabad High Court has provided a glimmer of hope for hundreds of victims of enforced disappearances in Pakistan.
In a landmark decision last Thursday, Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued an order saying that “When there is sufficient evidence to conclude that it is, prima facie, a case of ‘enforced disappearance’ then it becomes an obligation of the State...