Upper House passes unanimous resolution to show solidarity with China ISLAMABAD – The Senate of Pakistan has rejected the baseless propaganda against China from certain quarters, which stems from geopolitical rivalry and more an attempt to divert world attention from their own internal failings. As the Upper House resumed its proceedings on COVID-19 in Islamabad on Thursday, it passed a …
BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend a video meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers Wednesday, Mr Zhao Lijian, the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson of China announced Tuesday. Wang and other member states’ foreign ministers will discuss in depth issues including global cooperation on fighting COVID-19, international and regional situations, …
Construction of China’s space station moves a step closer with the successful maiden flight of its new large carrier rocket, the Long March-5B, on Tuesday. The Long March-5B was specially developed to launch the space station modules, said Wang Jue, chief director of the rocket development team at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) under the China Aerospace …
Shehryar Afridi says China, Pakistan set a new model of friendship, good neighbourly ties
BEIJING – China’s People’s Liberation Army dispatched its aircraft to transport a 10-member medical expert team and epidemic prevention materials to Pakistan to join the country’s efforts to battle the Covid-19 epidemic. The shipment arrived in Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Saturday where an exceptional and warm welcome was accorded to the Chinese military delegation. “2nd sortie of medical emergency relief …
Gwadar Pro ISLAMABAD – Opportunities grow for Pakistan in spurring the development of science and technology as China tops the international patent applications filed with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2019 while the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) second phase will put a high premium on technological cooperation. The technology spillover suggests that among multiple ways to boosting the evolvement …
BEIJING: China has warned the United States of America (US) against stigmatization campaign aimed in the name of Coronavirus pandemic, with its foreign ministry saying that Stigmatization of China will not benefit the US. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said that smearing campaign against China would not help the US save from Coronavirus as he urged the people of the …
BEIJING: China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and assured that China would continue to provide all possible support to help Pakistan overcome the Covid-19 epidemic as soon as possible. “We will continue to provide all possible support according to the needs of Pakistan to help Pakistan overcome the …
BEIJING: China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials, said an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Tuesday. An adenovirus vector vaccine, developed by a research team led by Chen Wei, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Institute of Military Medicine under the Academy of Military Sciences, …
Coronavirus tests can be difficult to come by in many countries including in hard-hit parts of the United States and Britain, but in Wuhan, the Chinese epicentre of the pandemic, they are fast, cheap and easy to get. My colleagues and I had just arrived in the central city where the novel coronavirus emerged in humans late last year, and …