Fruit trade between China and ASEAN countries has been thriving in recent years thanks to the increasingly close trade relations between the two sides. At a fruit trading center in Youyi township, Pingxiang, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, there are always constant streams of trucks loaded with various types of fruits. As the largest port city for fruit trade …
The impact of China’s first domestically built large cruise ship, the Adora Magic City, has continued to grow since its commercial maiden voyage on Jan. 1 this year. The cruise ship has made a splash in China’s tourism sector. So far, it has completed over 50 trips and served more than 200,000 tourists, accounting for around 40 percent of the …
“China is a leader in the green economy transition,” Beate Trankmann, the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) resident representative for China, told People’s Daily Online at a forum held in Beijing on Sept. 19. The remark was made during the East Asia Forum 2024, which focused on how China and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) can collaborate to address regional …
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on the United Nations Security Council to end Israel’s “genocidal war” against Palestine and impose sanctions, during the “Leadership for Peace” debate on Wednesday. “We must compel Israel to halt its genocidal war in Gaza and prevent its attempt to provoke a wider conflict in the Middle East,” he stated. “It is time …
RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister and incarcerated PTI founder, Imran Khan, has directed his party’s leadership to abandon all attempts at negotiating with the establishment, asserting that such talks only strengthen their adversaries. “There is no point in engaging with the establishment. The more we retreat, the more they crush us. This is not the institution’s policy but that of the …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) once again approached the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday seeking clarification on its order to grant reserved seats to the PTI. On July 12, the SC declared Imran Khan’s PTI eligible for seats reserved for women and minorities. However, in light of the Amended Election Act, 2017, the ECP remained unclear on implementing …
NEW YORK: US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu has hailed and expressed hope for a further improvement of the United States’ “strong relation” with the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government. Lu is the diplomat whose supposed warning to former Pakistan ambassador to the US Asad Majeed was the subject of a cipher sent by the envoy to Islamabad. It …
RAWALPINDI: Eight terrorists were killed after security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media affairs wing said on Thursday. According to a press release issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was conducted last night on the “reported presence of terrorists in the area”. The press release said that …
SHANGHAI: Pakistan and China on Thursday agreed to enhance bilateral relations, with a particular focus on the rapidly growing automotive sector, Pakistan’s Consul General in Shanghai, Shehzad Ahmad Khan affirmed at the 2024 Taizhou International Automobile Industry Expo. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the four-day event, Khan said Taizhou played a pivotal role as a trailblazer in China’s automobile …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that ballot papers hold more significance in determining the vote count than Forms 45 and 47, as they serve as the primary evidence of any election result. The observation came against the backdrop of the heated debate that ensued after the PTI claimed that its mandate in the Feb 8 elections was stolen, …