Apr 19 2024
Beijing: Beijing has been designated as the “National Forest City” by China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration due to its consistent efforts in increasing forest coverage. The city’s forest coverage rate has risen from 38.6 percent in 2012 to 44.8 […]
Northern China is currently experiencing a severe cold wave spell characterized by snow, blizzards, and plummeting temperatures, marking one of the most intense December cold snaps in the region. As a response, authorities in the capital have taken various measures, […]
Three prominent Hong Kong activists are facing jail after pleading guilty on Monday to inciting an “illegal assembly” outside the city’s main police station during last year’s revolutionary pro-democracy protests. Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have spent years […]
Indonesia rejected this year a proposal by the United States to allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there, according to four senior Indonesian officials familiar with the matter. U.S. officials made multiple “high-level” approaches in […]
Japan and Vietnam agreed to step up security and defence cooperation Monday, reaching an agreement in principle for Tokyo to export defence equipment and technology to the Southeast Asian nation. The deal comes as concerns mount over China’s increasing assertiveness […]
Earlier this week, the Beijing government tightened the noose around one primary school teacher, ripping them off the register, and going so far as to rendering them unable to land a job. Why? Because the teacher had allegedly chosen to […]
