BEIJING — China hopes the Dalai Lama can “return to the right path” and is open to discussions about the Nobel Peace laureate’s future, as long as certain conditions are met, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism, who turns 90 this year, fled Tibet in 1959 for India after … Read more
HONG KONG — Marriages in China dropped by a fifth last year, the biggest drop on record, despite manifold efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and have children to boost the country’s declining population. More than 6.1 million couples registered for marriage last year, down from 7.68 million a year earlier, figures … Read more
Beijing — Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province raced against time Sunday to locate 28 people after a landslide triggered by rains killed one person and buried homes. Nearly 1,000 personnel were deployed following the landslide in the village of Jinping in Junlian county on Saturday. Some officers navigated through the remains of collapsed … Read more
BEIJING — China’s top economic planning agency said on Sunday it was taking steps to scale back subsidies for renewable energy projects after a boom in solar and wind power installations. China broke its own records for new solar installations in 2024 with installed capacity up 45% from the previous year. China now has almost … Read more
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, vowed to deepen cooperation with China to tackle the cyber scam centers that have troubled both countries, and she signed more than a dozen agreements to elevate bilateral economic ties between the two nations at the conclusion of her visit to China on Saturday. Some analysts say … Read more
A Chinese woman has been jailed after she staged a wedding with a man she met while hitchhiking and presented him as a ‘rich’ real estate businessman to her relatives to fleece them to the tune of Rs 14 crore ($1.6 million). According to a report in South China Morning Post, the 40-year-old woman from … Read more
WASHINGTON — The first week of February is marked by grief for Zubayra Shamseden not only because she lost loved ones nearly three decades ago, she says, but because China’s repressive policies toward Uyghurs continue. “I have been commemorating this day and protesting for the past 28 years, every February 5,” Shamseden told VOA. “The … Read more
A teenage girl from Shanghai, China, stole her mother’s jewellery worth approximately Rs 1.2 crore and sold it for 60 yuan (around Rs 700) to buy lip studs and earrings. According to the South China Morning Post, the 14-year-old sold her mother’s bracelets and a gemstone necklace at a jade recycling shop to buy artificial … Read more
A Chinese restaurant is receiving plaudits on the internet after it distributed over Rs 64 lakh in profits to its workers, according to a report in South China Morning Post. Huang Houming, the owner of the Qilichuan Hotpot Restaurant in southwestern China said sharing the spoils with his staff was a long-running tradition and not … Read more
China on Friday said it “regrets” Panama’s decision to withdraw from Beijing’s Belt and Road infrastructure programme after the Latin American nation ended its participation in the project in a concession to Washington. “Beijing regrets Panama’s decision,” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said, urging Panama to “consider the broader bilateral relationship and the long-term interests … Read more
Seoul, South Korea: South Korea’s defence and trade ministries said Thursday they had blocked DeepSeek’s access to work computers, following a request from the country’s data watchdog for the Chinese AI startup to clarify how it manages user information. DeepSeek launched its R1 chatbot last month, claiming it matches the capacity of artificial intelligence pace-setters … Read more
YouTuber and IT trainer David Bombal recently carried out an extensive test to determine whether the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek is deceiving its consumers regarding data protection or not. He used an Ethernet cable to connect his Android phone to the internet and a wiretap to capture the traffic in order to test this. … Read more