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Blinken, Yi discuss holding Taliban accountable for their public commitments

In recent days, the security situation near Kabul Airport from where foreign countries are evacuating their citizens and vulnerable Afghans is deteriorating….reports Asian Lite News US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, spoke

August 30, 2021

-Top News·China·USA

China faces flight of manpower, capital from Hong Kong

At least a fifth of the island’s population is thinking of or currently in the process of emigrating….reports Asian Lite News A survey has China worried about growing disillusionment among the residents

August 30, 2021

-Top News·China

China eyes $1 trillion of rare earth minerals in Afghanistan

Afghanistan possesses a vast amount of intact mines and natural resources, including lithium reserves, as well as other valuable resources….reports Asian Lite News China is eyeing USD 1 trillion worth of untapped

August 27, 2021

-Top News·Afghanistan·China

‘BRI project causing environmental risks in South Asia’

South Asia is amongst the main regions likely to be hit severely by the negative environmental impact of climate change…reports Asian Lite News While China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promises to

August 27, 2021

-Top News·China·Environment

Does China’s BRI have a future in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan?

The fall of the Ashraf Ghani-led government in Afghanistan, backed by US military troops on Afghan soil since 2001, has revealed itself as an opportunity for China to step in America’s shoes….reports

August 26, 2021

-Top News·Afghanistan·China

Will Pakistan Benefit From China’s Pro-Taliban Move?

China hopes that the Taliban will prevent the resurgence of ETIM (East Turkestan Islamic Movement), but Beijing is unlikely to dirty its shoes in Afghanistan from the outset. Initially, it would push

August 25, 2021

-Top News·China·Pakistan

Taliban dy chief meets Chinese envoy in Kabul

China has kept the embassy in Kabul open after the Taliban rapidly took control of the Afghan capital more than a week ago…reports Asian Lite News Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head

August 25, 2021

-Top News·Afghanistan·China

Nuke tests by China killed 1.94 lakh people

The test produced a yield of 3.3 megatons–200 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima….reports Asian Lite News China has conducted around 45 successful nuclear tests between 1964 and 1996,

August 24, 2021

-Top News·China

China uses ‘cyber theft’ to strengthen its military

This is evident in the J-20 “Mighty Dragon” fighter, which was almost certainly based on stolen designs from the United States Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor….reports Asian Lite News The resemblance

August 24, 2021

-Top News·China

Hundreds protest in Gwadar against illegal fishing by Chinese trawlers

People gathered were shouting slogans like “Till the time labourers are distressed, the battle will go on”, “Take a step, we are with you.”…reports Asian Lite News Hundreds of people in Pakistan’s

August 24, 2021

-Top News·Pakistan

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