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Dec 26, 2021 Associated Press (AP) The measure “maliciously denigrates the human rights situation in China’s Xinjiang in disregard of facts and truth,” said a foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian.
Oct 09, 2021 Associated Press (AP) Under President Joe Biden, the administration has maintained the higher tariffs and other policies that have elicited complaints from Beijing but has sought a more cordial tone in discussions between the sides.
Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng urged the US 'to change its highly misguided mindset and dangerous policy'
May 24, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau Biden's climate envoy, John Kerry, has said that the possibility of forced labor in Xinjiang “is a problem”
Senator Marco Rubio said that the CPC’s crimes should not be fuelled by American taxpayer dollars.
Both countries are currently engaged in a bitter confrontation over various issues, including trade and human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang region.
It will prohibit Chinese nationals from receiving the visas until the Secretary of State certifies that China has ceased its campaign of economic and industrial espionage against the US
Chinese Foreign Minister's comments come as Beijing is pressing the administration of President Biden to drop many of the confrontational measures adopted by his predecessor Trump.
World stock indexes were mostly higher on Thursday after President Joe Biden held his first conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since taking office.
A letter from Xi to Schultz reported Friday by the official Xinhua News Agency was a rare direct communication from China's paramount leader to a foreign business figure.
A two-thirds vote is needed in each chamber for the bill to become law without Trump's signature.
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Biden says he wants to maximise his leverage in future talks with the United States' geopolitical rival.
The US President-elect has pledged a ‘tough’ policy towards Beijing, while co-operating ‘where our interests converge’
Chinese observers forecast that whether it is Trump or Biden, they are expected to follow tough and hardline policies towards Beijing.
US, Sri Lanka share a democratic vision, says Mike Pompeo at joint news meet with Dinesh Gunawardena
The sanctioned firms included Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
Democratic Senator Mark Warner, Chairman of Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, in an interaction with members of the US India Security Council said China had emerged as a major problem for the US companies doing businesses in that country and intellectual theft was a big concern.
'This action will ensure that our goods and technologies are not used in the Chinese Communist Party's despicable offensive against defenseless Muslim minority populations,' said US Commerce Secretary.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
