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China: Death toll from earthquake rises to 111, ‘all-out’ operation launched
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The epicenter Liugou Township is about 8 km from the county seat of Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu.
China: Loan defaults hit record high, over 8.5 million people blacklisted
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The Bank of China reported on September 1 that overdue unpaid credit in the first half of 2023 totaled RMB 89.646 billion yuan (approximately $12.3 billion), an increase of 3.54% compared to last year, VOA reported.
Delhi High Court dismisses China-funded NewsClick’s plea challenging orders passed by Income Tax Dept, demanding stay: Details
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The Delhi High Court has dismissed the News Portal NewsClick plea challenging the orders dated November 3 and February 20 passed by the Income Tax Department and said it has not been able to make out a prima facie case in its favour.
‘China destroying our identity’, says Tibetans after Chinese state media started substituting ‘Tibet’ with ‘Xizang’ in line with Beijing’s White paper
Chinese state-run media has drastically increased the use of the term “Xizang” to substitute “Tibet” in their English articles
Italy officially quits Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pet Belt and Road Initiative, informs China
A government source stated that Beijing had been given a letter "in recent days" informing the Chinese government that Italy would not be renewing the pact.
Meta removed thousands of China-based Facebook accounts influencing opinions in India and the US ahead of elections
The report underscored that these China-based fake accounts posing as journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders etc posted the same propaganda content on both Facebook and Elon Musk-owned X. In a bid to appear authentic false accounts commented on and shared each other's posts.
‘India needs to negotiate and make territorial adjustments with China’: Congress MP Manish Tewari suggests ‘give and take’ of border areas
Congress party has a history of pro-China stand when it comes to Indo-Chinese border issues. Manish Tewari reiterated it by talking about territorial adjustments along the Chinese border.
Walmart’s strategic pivot: Embracing India for a diversified supply chain and cost-efficient procurements while cutting imports from China
Walmart steadily increasing its reliance on India for imports to the US while cutting procurements from China
Union Health Ministry closely monitoring outbreak of avian influenza and respiratory illness in China, says low risk to India
According to WHO, Chinese authorities attributed the increase in respiratory diseases to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the circulation of known pathogens.
WHO asks China to give detailed information on the outbreak of respiratory illnesses and pneumonia in the country
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The WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children in the country.
