China’s Social Credit System

There were mixed feelings when news came that India had gone past China’s population of 1,425 million. Of late, there has been creeping self-doubt, even in official policy circles, whether the much-vaunted “demographic dividend” would play out the way one had imagined. In an ideal scenario, a growing young and educated working…

The US B-1B supersonic heavy bombers made their maiden appearance at the ongoing Exercise Cope India 2023, a joint drill held by the US and Indian forces not far from the India-China border. The bomber also known as Rockwell B1 Lancer ‘Bone’ participated along with other fighter aircraft in the…

COLORADO SPRINGS — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he supports continuing current restrictions on the agency’s ability to work with China in spaceflight as he warns of a “space race” between the countries. Nelson told members of the House Appropriations Committee’s commerce, justice and science subcommittee at an April 19…

Shares in China and Australia fell while benchmarks in Japan whipsawed. South Korea’s tech-reliant Kospi Index pulled back after getting close to a bull market. That tracked Thursday’s decline in the Nasdaq 100. Futures for US equity benchmarks were largely flat.  The dollar advanced against most of its G10 peers,…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR Daily Telegraph UK 21 Apr, 2023 01:26 AM2 mins to read China secretly imprisoned a Wuhan salesman for three years after he shared videos from hospitals and funeral homes at the beginning of the pandemic. Fang Bin uploaded videos daily on YouTube,…

On April 20th, a Zeekr 001 parked on the side of a street in Xi’an, China caught fire. Fortunately, there were no people inside the vehicle at the time of the incident and no casualties were caused by the fire. Zeekr responded today, stating that they highly value the vehicle…

The Chinese government denied reports in Western media that the country has exported drones to aid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as groundless — and accused the US of engaging in the spread of “fake information”.  Senior Russian officials, meanwhile, privately raised concerns some 10 months ago about the risks of…

India will overtake China to become the world's most populous nation by the middle of this year, the United Nations projected Wednesday, the culmination of decades-long trends and a position the South Asian country is likely to retain for centuries to come. It is a momentous change: China has generally…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR AP 19 Apr, 2023 12:52 AM2 mins to read China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says 'there is no such thing as an overseas police station'. Photo / AP China has denied all accusations of an overseas police presence, saying on Tuesday…

Apple opens first India store in market push by AFP Staff Writers Mumbai (AFP) April 18, 2023 Apple opened its first retail store in India on Tuesday, underscoring the US tech titan's increasing focus on the South Asian nation as a key sales market and alternative manufacturing hub to China.…