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Pakistani politician glosses over plight of Uyghur Muslims, praises Xinjiang's 'development'
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Chinese company threatens international arbitration over delayed CPEC project
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China terms Indian minister's statement as 'unwitting confession'
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Nepal's trade with China struggles to bounce back
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China donates COVID-19 vaccine for Pakistan's armed forces
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China pressurised Nepal to accept its Covid vaccine: Leaked documents
Leaked documents of correspondence between Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu show that Beijing had put pressure on the Himalayan country to accept its Covid vaccine without its efficiency and efficacy being established
China builds 'Digital Silk Road' to bypass India for Pakistani internet traffic
As part of the broader Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China is set to lay the final stretch of a cross-border fiber optic cable in Pakistan that will create the Digital Silk Road, serving the geostrategic interests of both countries, Nikkei Asia reported
Sri Lanka's engine drivers boycotting Chinese made train carriages
China has rejected claims that Chinese-made railway carriages pose a threat to passengers in Sri Lanka
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China 500K COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal
China has announced that it will provide half a million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal
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Nepali traders have accused China of conducting an 'undeclared trade blockade' as their merchandise-laden container trucks have not been allowed to cross the border into Nepal for the past 16 months
New leap of Chinese economy beneficial for China-Pakistan cooperation
At the beginning of 2021, there comes encouraging news from China. According to the preliminary calculation of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, China’s GDP in 2020 reached 101.6 trillion yuan (around 14.7 trillion USD), increased by 2.3% from 2019. For the first time, China's GDP exceeded the 100-trillion-yuan threshold?achieving a historic leap
