In an effort to relieve the soaring pressure on pension budgets, China is raising the retirement age for the working population. The reform is urgently needed as China is grappling with demographic challenges.

China retirement age raised to relieve pressure on pension budgets, reform to combat population woes

When a major Global IT outage that disrupted business and government operations across the globe struck on Friday there was one country that was unaffected unlike much of the world which was wrestling with widespread technical issues. Watch in for more details!

Crowdstrike's absence saves China from global tech meltdown

In a major strategic victory over China, India has secured operational rights of a terminal of Bangladesh’s Mongla port in the Indian Ocean. As per experts, it will give a major boost to India's maritime race to gain quasi-control of foreign ports, especially in its neighbourhood where China has sought to expand its influence.

India stuns China in Bangladesh, wins rights to operate terminal of Mongla port

China and the Philippines are in standoff again. China accused the Philippines of damaging coral reef ecosystem in the Nansha islands in the South China Sea. China said that 'illegal' beaching of Philippine warships at the Nansha islands had 'gravely damaged' coral reef.

Macros: Philippines can't yield its South China Sea position

Taiwan has curtailed its annual Hong Kong war games as Typhoon Gaemi barreled towards the island. The typhoon which is the first of the season is slated to make a landfall on the Northeast coast.

Typhoon Gaemi forces Taiwan to cut war games, make landfall on northeast coast

The United States is looking to boost intelligence collection in the Arctic and enhance cooperation with allies in the region, to prevent Russia and China from exploiting the cold and icy northern region at America’s expense.

US to amp up defence against Russia and China in the Arctic

The Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on Monday (July 22) that the online casinos catering to gamblers overseas have been banned, a major setback to the China-based gamblers operating Filipino online casinos.

Chinese gamblers get Filipino setback after Marcos announces POGOs ban

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the Laotian capital of Vientiane during next week’s ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting. Watch in for more details!

Antony Blinken to meet Chinese counterpart in Laos next week

The Philippines and China have agreed on an "arrangement" for resupplying Filipino troops stationed on a South China Sea reef, Manila said Sunday (Jul 21), after a series of escalating confrontations in the disputed waters.

Philippines, China reach ‘agreement’ on resupply mission to remote outpost in South China Sea

More than 700 professional rescuers and over 1,500 local people are searching for 31 people who are unaccounted for after their vehicles plunged into a flooding river due to a highway bridge collapse amid torrential rains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

China: 31 missing after bridge collapse amid torrential rain, search operation underway

The scientists in China have laid out a road map for creating network infrastructure between Earth and the moon which is expected to make space travel easier. As per the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and the Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering's researchers, the complete network of three lunar ground stations and 30 satellites will provide monitoring services, navigation and real-time communication to global users.

China plans to connect Earth with the moon through a communication superhighway

Chinese scientists have unveiled a road map to build infrastructure between Earth and the moon to meet national strategic needs and make space travel easier and safer for all. Watch in for more details!

China proposes information superhighway between Earth and Moon

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) rejected the Chinese embassy's labeling of the Tibetan government-in-exile as a "separatist" organization on Friday, stating that the US administration's enactment of a new law made it abundantly evident that Tibet is not a "internal affair" of China.

Chinese envoy calls Tibetan govt-in-exile a separatist political organisation

Torrential rain has caused a bridge to collapse in northern China, killing 11 people and leaving more than 30 missing. Watch in for more details!

At least 11 killed and 30 missing as Chinese bridge collapses amid floods

China and Russia have wrapped up a naval exercise in which warships from the two navies conducted live gun and missile firing in waters off China's southern coast. On Thursday, experts highlighted the high-level actual combat orientation displayed throughout the drill and the continued boosting of China-Russia military cooperation.

China-Russia joint maritime drills: Focus on joint response to Maritime security threats

Shanghai, China's financial hub, wants to cash in on what is now being dubbed the "Swift Effect." Pop sensation Taylor Swift is being likened to a "walking GDP" by government advisers in Shanghai stirring calls for policy changes on foreign stars in China.

Gravitas: Pop sensation Taylor Swift triggers calls for policy changes for foreign stars

China-Russia hold joint maritime drills: Exercise concludes with a fleet separation ceremony

Torrential rains battered China as extreme storms hit the Central and Northern provinces this summer. The Rains have forced many parts of China to intensify emergency response measures.

China: Year's worth of rain in a day in China town

President of Tibetan government in exile Penpa Tsering has said that back channel talks have been happening & dismissed claims by Beijing that no such talks have happened. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, he said,'China doesn't acknowledge, they are always in denial mode. They want to have the upper hand, they can dictate'.

Penpa Tsering, Prez of Tibetan Govt in Exile confirms back channel talks with China

What will a second Trump presidency mean for China? What does Vance bring to the table? Molly Gambhir decodes.

Gravitas: What will a second Trump presidency mean for China?

For decades, caviar connoisseurs looked to Europe and Iran for the finest quality. However, the landscape is shifting. China has emerged as the world's leading caviar exporter, with shipments reaching 276 tonnes in 2023.

China takes the crown as world's leading caviar exporter

The United States on Wednesday said it regretted China's decision to halt bilateral negotiations on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control over Washington's weapons sales to Taiwan, saying it undermined "strategic stability.

China halts arms talks, blaming US-Taiwan arms sales

China has suspended talks over arms control and nuclear proliferation with the US in protest against arms sales to Taiwan, the democratically governed island aligned with Washington that China claims as its own territory.

China suspends nuclear talks with US

China slams brakes on nuke talks with US over Taiwan arms deal

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