China’s Social Credit System

Chinese authorities have dismissed citizen reports about passport "clipping" and the seizure of green cards by border control, after the country's top immigration authority restricted travel in order to reduce inbound COVID cases. Unverified reports emerged after China's National Immigration Administration (NIA) announced a ban on "non-essential" foreign travel by…

Oppo’s Reno8 series is launching next Monday on May 23 and the leaks just keep coming. The series is actually listed on Oppo China’s online store revealing three models - Reno8, Reno8 Pro and Reno8 Pro+. We now have detailed official images of all three phones revealing their color options…

More doctors are using antipsychotic and anti-addiction injections that stay in the body for weeks or longer, drugs with mixed efficacy records and big price tags that are bolstering the bottom lines of manufacturers. Many patients being treated for mental-health problems or addiction missed appointments and stopped regularly taking medications…

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China is doubling down on mass testing as a key weapon against Covid-19 even as costs mount and the highly infectious Omicron variant exposes challenges with the strategy. Mass testing has become a part of daily life across the country. Similar to how many people in the West have had…

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G7 nations also call on China not to help Russia, including by undermining international sanctions. Published On 14 May 202214 May 2022 The Group of Seven leading economies have warned that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries, and urgent measures…

A federal operation underway since 2019 has seized tens of thousands of illegal gun silencers smuggled into the United States from China, leading to the arrests of felons and domestic extremists, authorities say.  The effort by four federal law enforcement agencies, dubbed Operation Silent Night, has seized 42,888 illegally imported…

BEIJING: Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday (May 13) that a joint EU-Japan statement that mentioned a territorial dispute between China and Japan was an attempt to smear China and interfere in its internal affairs. The statement, issued following a joint EU-China summit in Tokyo, expressed concern over…

Representative photo: ANI NEW DELHI: In a major boost for the Indian Army on the China front, the force has put up a proposal to the defence ministry for buying 12 Swathi weapon-locating radars developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The Indian Army has initiated this proposal…