Category : China Watch

Hospital Fire Kills 29 In Beijing, Residents Kept In The Dark For Hours The deadliest fire to hit Beijing in two decades killed 29 people in a hospital but most people didn’t hear about it until several hours later. Flames tore through the Changfeng Hospital in Fengtai district from around 1 p.m. Tuesday, but according […]Read More

China Introduces Fresh Wartime Recruitment Rules, Veterans A Priority A set of revised rules regarding military recruitment has been released by the State Council and the Central Military Commission, aiming to provide institutional guarantees for consolidating national defense and building strong armed forces. The new regulation, which has 74 articles in 11 chapters, will according […]Read More

China Will Respond To India’s Unfair Treatment Of Chinese Journalists, Says FM Spokesperson Given India’s unfair and discriminatory treatment of Chinese journalists, China has no choice but to take appropriate countermeasures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese media organizations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday, urging India to “correct […]Read More

China Claims There Is No Taiwanese Minister Of Defence Tensions were raised recently at a press conference held by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs when a question was posed by a reporter on Taiwan’s “Minister of Defense.” Speaking on behalf of the Foreign Ministry, spokesperson Mao Ning stated that there is no such thing […]Read More

PLA Expels US Destroyer Trespassing In Chinese Territorial Waters, Says Spokesperson The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) expelled a U.S. destroyer when the latter trespassed into Chinese territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea on Thursday amid continued U.S. attempts to destabilize the region, said a senior Chinese army official. Without […]Read More