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Chinese President Xi Jinping all set to get endorsement for rare third term

Xi, 68, was elected delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the party's Guangxi regional Congress by a unanimous vote on Friday

Shanghai promises to improve food supplies, trade amid Covid curbs

Shanghai's cases accounted for 95% of the 18,598 new cases on China's mainland, of which 2,133 had symptoms

Dollar stands tall as US Federal Reserve eyes 50-basis-point hike

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Thursday a 50-basis-point hike was on the table at its next meeting in May

China's aid for Myanmar shows its preference for autocratic govts: Report

Sophie Richardson's write-up in Human Rights Watch notes, it is a "tenet of Chinese foreign policy" to have relations with and provide aid to even those governments that "abuse" human rights

Shanghai to launch new campaigns aiming to cut Covid transmission chains

Shanghai will also adopt different policies for Covid-19 testing and screening in different areas, they added

New Zealand, Japan boost security ties amid Russia, China concerns

The two leaders also raised concerns about the situation in the South China Sea, where China has militarised several artificially constructed islands and is pressing its extensive territorial claims

China calls for truce as Pakistan, Afghan Taliban ties turn violent

A worried China on Thursday called on Pakistan and the Taliban-led interim government in Afghanistan to resolve their "concerns" through talks after Pakistani air raids reportedly killed 47 Afghans

Pakistan passes orders to scrap China-Pak Economic Corridor Authority

Pakistan's new government has initiated a process to abolish the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority, with the planning minister saying it was a "redundant organisation"

Chinese credit card processor UnionPay rebuffs Russian banks: Report

UnionPay's decision affects Sberbank, Russia's biggest commercial bank, and smaller institutions, RBC reported Wednesday

China's Shanghai reports eight more Covid deaths, toll goes up to 25

Apart from Shanghai, 17 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local Covid-19 cases, including 95 in the north-eastern province of Jilin, and one in Beijing, the Commission report said

With surge in fresh infections, China reports 2,830 new Covid-19 cases

China on Wednesday reported 2,830 locally transmitted confirmed cases, the National Health Commission said

China inducts 3 warships into PLA Navy ahead of its founding anniversary

China has built many advanced warships like the Type 052D destroyer, the Type 055 large destroyer and the Type 075 amphibious assault ships over the past few years

India to provide additional $500-mn assistance to Sri Lanka for fuel

Meanwhile China, whose large loans and investments to the island nation led to allegations of debt diplomacy, has said it will provide "emergency humanitarian assistance" to Colombo

Chinese state-sponsored hackers target Indian power grid assets in Ladakh

Chinese state-sponsored hackers had targeted India's power grids in Ladakh possibly for information on India's critical infrastructure or to prepare for sabotage in the future.

US raises concern over security framework between Solomon Islands, China

United States, Australia, Japan and New Zealand expressed concerns about a proposed security framework between the Solomon Islands and China and its "serious risks to a free and open Indo-Pacific."

China aims to form international standard organizations for cyber dominance

Beijing has considerably improved its ability to secure approval for its initiatives and to reject those that it does not support using a variety of strategies

Covid situation in Shanghai still grim with 7 more deaths: Report

The deaths took the total death toll in Shanghai to 10, with the virus continuing to spread

Rahul Gandhi has no right to guide BJP govt on China: Anurag Thakur

On the sidelines of a function on Monday, Thakur told reporters those who 'had soup with Chinese officials should not try to guide the BJP leaders on how to work'

Shanghai reports 7 more Covid deaths as virus situation remains grim

Shanghai reported seven more deaths due to Covid-19 as the Chinese financial hub grapples with a record outbreak, taking the death toll in the country to 4,648 with over 21,400 new cases

China renews focus on financial self-reliance

The war in Ukraine has added urgency to its plans to internationalise the yuan and establish an alternative inter-bank messaging service