Beijing's Population Falls, First Time Since 2003
Official data released on Tuesday revealed that China’s capital Beijing experienced its first population decline since 2003 as the city’s death rate surpassed its birth rate in 2022.
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Chinese Regulator Accuses Chip Tycoon Zhao Weiguo of Corruption
China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) has placed Zhao Weiguo, the former chairman of computer chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup, under investigation, alleging he "took the state-owned company he managed as his private fiefdom."
Former Taiwan President to Make Historic China Visit
Taiwan’s former president, Ma Ying-jeou, will visit China next week in what will be the first trip of a sitting or former Taiwanese leader since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949 amid strained relations between Beijing and Taipei....
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India: Court Orders Bipartisan Panel to Select Election Officers
India's Supreme Court has ordered the creation of an independent panel to appoint members of the Election Commission. It will include the prime minister, chief justice, and either the leader of the opposition in the lower house of parliament or the opposition party with the highest number of hous...
Report: Half of Sri Lankan Families Are Reducing Children's Food Intake
Child rights charity Save the Children published a report on Thursday urging the Sri Lankan government and the international community to immediately take action to prevent the country's children from 'becoming a lost generation.' It found that half of the nation's families have had to reduce chi...
UK Navy Intercepts 'Iran Missiles' Likely Headed for Yemen
The British Royal Navy said on Thursday that it had seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat heading from Iran. It added that the boat was likely headed to Yemen in the Gulf of Oman when it was raided on Feb. 23....
US House Panel Approves Bill Allowing Biden to Ban TikTok
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 24 to 16 on Wednesday to give Pres. Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok, the social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance....