Hu Xijin, a leading Chinese nationalist journalist, who, as per reports, had close ties to President Xi Jinping, has emerged after a six-week absence. Xijin, whose disappearance had been a cause of puzzlement both in China and outside, revealed that he had been instructed to refrain from political commentary for three months.

Chinese nationalist Hu Xijin's disappearance mystery solved: Ex-Global Times editor ordered to keep quiet

Amid growing tensions between the US and China in the Indo-Pacific, state-run Global Times editor Hu Xijin in a tweet said Chinese warships could "show up near Hawaii and Guam one day" and "that day will come soon".

US Navy, China's Global Times editor in Twitter row

The Chinese regime's mouthpiece global times news is now using the Indian diaspora to push state propaganda. It is using private matters to 'emotionally blackmail' India.

Gravitas: China uses Indian diaspora to blackmail India