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The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman reiterated China's claim while reacting to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's dismissal of the same.

The United States, which has repeatedly blocked calls for a truce in Gaza, will submit for a vote on Friday a draft to the Security Council on the need for "an immediate ceasefire".

Chief among the risks is China's real estate sector -- now under unprecedented strain with some major developers on the verge of bankruptcy and falling prices dissuading consumers.

The statement comes after Antony Blinken said his country stands by its commitments to defend the Philippines against armed attack in the waterway.

Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Sr Colonel Zhang Xiaogang made the remarks in response to India's enhancement of its military readiness through the Sela Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh.

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has affirmed that no Indian military personnel, not even those in civilian clothing, would be present inside his country after May 10.

Leaked documents from a firm called I-Soon have pulled back the curtain, revealing a seedy, sprawling industry where corners are cut and rules are murky and poorly enforced in the quest to make money.

China has the world's second-largest defence budget behind the United States, even though the country surpasses the US military by number of personnel.

Li said the government plans a "new development model" for housing market, including building government-subsidized housing, in a bid to ease a prolonged real estate slump that has hit the economy.

One burning issue dominates as the 2024 session of China’s legislature gets underway this week: the economy.

China may well be the “pacing challenge” that many in the US believe. But it also faces significant internal challenges that often go unrecognised in evaluating the country’s comprehensive power.

“Justice has been long delayed, but it must not be denied,” China’s Foreign Ministry’s legal adviser Ma Xinmin told the court in The Hague in the Netherlands on Thursday.

The chairman of the House of Representatives committee on China arrived on the self-ruled island with four other US lawmakers.

About the reasons for the change, sources said it was being done to counter the Chinese aggression along the LAC.

Taiwan's coast guard said a boat carrying four people was fishing about one nautical mile away from Kinmen, which Taiwan has claimed as a restricted area largely for military purpose.

A Chinese boat was carrying four people when it capsized on Wednesday near the Kinmen islands while pursued by the Taiwanese coast guard.

The International Monetary Fund did not give details of the Maldives' foreign debt but said there was a need for "urgent policy adjustment."

Zhang, the father of the two children, had begun an affair with Ye, who was initially unaware he was married and had children. She then urged Zhang to kill them.

The deal inked by Thai foreign minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi allows people from the two nations to travel to one anothers' country visa-free from March 1.

HONG KONG/WASHINGTON: US national security adviser Jake Sullivan pressed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during talks in Thailand to use China's influence with Iran to ease tensions in the Middle East. The officials also agreed to work…