On Jan. 17, 2023, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which carries the death penalty for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. The new
China has strongly protested at the shooting down of its meteorological balloon that had strayed into US airspace “completely accidentally”. A US military fighter jet shot down
The Fed is trying to figure out whether last year's rate hikes have slowed the economy enough to get inflation near its target of about 2%. By raising what's
To further strangle China’s technology sector, the United States is reportedly considering banning all sales to Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei by US suppliers, including Intel and Qualcomm.
It's a case of déjà vu all over again on the debt ceiling debate. Republicans, who regained control of the House of Representatives in November
Sichuan province’s newly-amended regulation on birth registration requires no marriage certificate for anyone to register the birth of a baby. Which means a single parent or unmarried couple
That there has been no surge in novel coronavirus infections and no new variant of the virus has appeared on the mainland before and during the Chinese New
In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, justice has moved quickly. In fewer
With the refining of the COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures, the Chinese economy is set for a robust rebound in growth, and China took the World Economic
Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world – and until recently, by some margin. So news that the Chinese
China’s gross domestic product grew 3 percent year-on-year last year, the National Bureau of Statistics announced on Tuesday. This is a hard-earned result given the downward pressure the
The new year is traditionally a time when many people feel a renewed commitment to create healthy habits, such as exercising regularly, drinking more water or
Following the cessation of China’s zero-Covid policy last December, the rate of Covid-19 infections has skyrocketed, with Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the China Center for Disease Control and
With the United States’ federal debt expected to hit the existing ceiling on Thursday, the US Treasury Department has announced that it will have to take unusual means
The latest remarks from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on boosting relations with China are a welcome signal that Canberra is willing to join hands with Beijing to
No matter how far the small number of China-bashing politicians in the United States go in their efforts to besmirch China’s optimized COVID-19 prevention and control policies, they
This is the sixth and final installment in our series on where the global economy is heading in 2023. It follows recent articles on industrial action,
The ongoing visit of Foreign Minister Qin Gang to Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union headquarters and the League of Arab States headquarters from Monday to
The 2018 film “A Quiet Place” is an edge-of-your-seat tale about a family struggling to avoid being heard by monsters with hypersensitive ears. Conditioned by fear, they know
China’s implementation of its adjusted protocol for international travel on Sunday has spurred a handful of US politicians and media outlets to misinterpret it in order to smear
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