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According to an article by human rights advocate and freelance journalist Dimitra Staikou on Medium, China's lending practices and trade policies have significantly accelerated Maldives' financial deterioration.

An increasing number of foreign nationals have gone "missing" in China in recent years, with many later discovered to be in detention by the authorities, prompting a rights organization to publish a guide for families facing similar circumstances, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA).

China’s concern stems from the growing India-US partnership which includes defence co-operation between the two countries. Some important decisions relating strategic initiatives aimed at expanding mianding technology exchanges and strengthening bilateral ties were taken during the meeting.

China's foreign ministry has urged the US to adopt a rational approach to its domestic fentanyl crisis rather than using tariffs as leverage. “The US needs to view and solve its own fentanyl issue in an objective and rational way instead of threatening other countries with arbitrary tariff hikes,” the statement said.

Posts circulating on social media reveal that police across China have been targeting private business owners, freezing assets, and demanding money in return for releasing funds as per a report in the Voice of America.

With China confirming the de-escalation of border tensions in the Ladakh region and an agreement on border patrols, a Modi-Xi meeting on the sidelines during BRICS Summit may not be entirely surprising.

According to veteran journalist Kanchan Gupta, Sitaram Yechury wrote a 'glowing piece' hailing Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu before the latter's execution in 1989.

In San Francisco, Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted with protestors demanding freedom of Tibet, Hong Kong and Uyghurs

In its measures to clean up the city for the APEC Summit in San Francisco, the authorities have pushed the homeless to other parts of the city

The development comes ahead of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Washington this week