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Modi, a populist right-wing leader who secured a second term in office last year, has tried to frame the violence and subsequent de-escalation as a story of Indian success. The prime minister visited the border last week, telling troops: “History is witness that expansionist forces have either lost or were forced to turn back,” referring to Chinese forces in the region. But The New York Times reported this weekend that the Chinese have undertaken a major build-up of forces in the disputed area, setting up new tents and storage facilities supported by artillery pieces, boats and even tanks....

I will witness the Games through my unique perspective as an Uyghur-American, but also as the daughter of Dr. Gulshan Abbas, a Uyghur retired doctor and peaceful public servant who spent decades caring for the members of her community until she suddenly disappeared from her home in Urumqi in 2018. Since the day she vanished, my mother has been detained by the Chinese government in one of what it calls its “re-education camps....

Ties between top world powers China and the U.S. had been deteriorating for some time, and the international crisis only served to exacerbate them. As the Chinese leader spoke of hope for the new year, his officials issued a stark warning in response to the U.S. military posing a year-end challenge in the sensitive Taiwan Strait. In the latest affront, the U.S. Navy conducted a rare double-warship pass through the Taiwan Strait with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS John S....

Fuzhou, Nov 7 (PTI) Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the pre-quarterfinals with an easy victory but HS Prannoy exited after a straight-game loss in the opening round of the China Open World Tour Super 750 tournament here on Wednesday. Fifth seed Srikanth, ranked 9th, saw off France’s Lucas Corvee 21-12 21-16 in 35 minutes to set up a clash with Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto. India’s men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also entered the second round with a stunning 23-21 24-22 win over world no 6 Danish pair of Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding in a 53-minute hard-fought clash....

On Wednesday, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) in Beijing, rejected the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), the 1979 law that requires that the United States provide the island with defensive arms while also maintaining its own capability to resist any attempt to resolve differences across the Taiwan Strait by other than peaceful means. The TRA forms part of the U.S.’s “one China” policy, under which the U....

A survey released by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) found that many Europeans had a worse opinion of China as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, with more than 60 percent of French and Danish citizens saying their view of Beijing had changed for the worse. According to the polling data published Monday, 62 percent of French and Danish respondents had a poorer view of China amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, while fewer than 10 percent reported their opinion of Beijing improving....

Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the hawkish Chinese Communist Party newspaper Global Times, shared a screenshot of a Twitter user’s observation that the Democratic presidential candidate could “normalize” relations between the world’s top two economies. “If Biden elected, i really sure relation between China and USA gonna be normalized. Because Beijing is For-Biden City [sic],” the anonymous tweet referencing the country’s former imperial palace turned museum read. Hu, like others in his position, have remained largely silent about the Chinese leadership’s preference in the 2020 U....

Zetao’s time equalled the one set by Federico Grabich for fourth in the world rankings as the 22-year-old moved into the top 5 in the world. At the 2014 Asian Games, he won gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle, 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay and 4 x 100-meter medley relay Ning, the Asian record holder of the event, has set a modest goal of reaching the final which has long been dominated by non-Asians, reports Xinhua....

The 36 year-old Liang hopes to join Zhang as champion in Macau after making history in June when he became the first Chinese golfer to play in all four Major championships when he teed off at the US Open at Pinehurst. With a recent runner-up finish in Japan, the Zhongshan native is feeling upbeat ahead of his appearance at the Venetian Macau Open. “I am looking forward to competing at the Venetian Macau Open again,” commented Liang....

The 600,000 or so people working in the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone will have their movements restricted for a week until November 9, district officials said. Along with other Zhengzhou neighborhoods with positive cases, the industrial area will undergo mandatory daily testing for the virus. Non-essential personnel and vehicles aren’t allowed on the streets, while certain—but unspecified—key businesses will continue to operate in a “closed loop,” officials said. It’s unclear what sort of deal Foxconn has struck with local authorities, but the supplier said production at its plant in “iPhone City” would continue as normal....

After going months without major weapons tests, North Korea has reportedly fired a handful of missiles since September. The resumed tests from the North coincide with renewed offers of conditional peace and communication to the South amid the tensions. South Korea’s military said that the ballistic missile launched Tuesday was likely designed to be fired from a submarine, and that it and the U.S. military were conducting an analysis. The launch spurred South Korean authorities to call a national security meeting where they voiced “deep regret” over continued weapons tests from the North despite its efforts to smooth over relations....

Chen Weihua, the EU Bureau Chief and a columnist for China Daily, tweeted a response to the U.S. embassy. “That is more like the amount of donating to a nursing home, not a whole country,” he wrote. Each vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine can be diluted to contain six doses, according to updated guidance given by the FDA. Therefore, the vaccine donation to Trinidad and Tobago from the U....

A “joint letter” written by the Chinese mission and circulated among other member states in a bid to collectively lobby the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed “grave concern” about the UN’s report, the content of which Beijing has already seen. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet was panned by human rights groups in late May when she accepted the Chinese government’s invitation to visit Xinjiang and returned with inconclusive results....

China’s The Global Times, an English-language daily tabloid published by the Chinese Communist Party, argued that the impeachment showed the “hypocrisy of partisan politics” and asserted that impeachments in the U.S. have “led to negative perceptions of Western-style democracy.” “Comments on the impeachment made by prominent Democrats and Republicans were poles apart, but all sounded just and upright. However, what lies beneath are political calculations for their own party. Political hypocrisy has become legitimate and been brought into the open in the U....

“The September 11 attacks was suicide attacks by 19 terrorists, but it was not the ‘suicide attack’ of the terrorism. Terrorism will accumulate power to launch the next deadly attack. Time will prove that it is a mistake for the US to regard China as its biggest adversary,” tweeted Hu Xijin, who leads the Chinese Communist Party tabloid the Global Times. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the U.S. after two hijacked commercial planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a fourth into a field in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 20 years ago Saturday....

The Eagles’ head coach responded for the first time Thursday to what McCoy, traded to the Bills in March, said to ESPN suggesting Kelly was racist. MORE: Bet on Tim Tebow making Eagles’ final roster | Helmets a big part of football’s problem | Hall of Fame game “You see how fast he got rid of all the good players,” McCoy said earlier this month. “Especially all the good black players....

This article discusses the potential causes of chordoma and the research being conducted to know more. Common Causes The exact cause of chordoma is unknown, and many cases are thought to occur randomly. But what researchers do know is that these tumors develop from leftover cells of a tissue known as notochord. During the growth process of a human embryo during pregnancy, notochord tissue helps develop the baby’s spine. Usually, the notochord disappears before the baby is born, but sometimes notochord cells are left behind in the spine and the skull....

“There’s a huge amount of pressure on me for this fight, absolutely. This is the first time I’ve ever said it throughout my career: if I lose this fight, I retire,” Eubank told Good Morning Britain last Friday, where he appeared alongside Benn to promote their bout. As Tyson Fury has shown recently, retirement talk from boxers should be taken with a heavy dose of salt or whatever else Eubank prefers to use as seasoning for his various Instagram fast-food treats....

The former WWE Champion and current AEW wrestler tagged the Olympic Gold medallist in a post celebrating his son Ash’s victory in a wrestling competition. Here’s what Chris Jericho wrote in his Instagram post: Chris Jericho was clearly paying Kurt Angle the ultimate compliment with the post. Angle, who was a legitimate Olympic athlete as well as a WWE superstar, was one of the most respected wrestlers in the Unites States after his iconic 1996 Olympic victory in Atlanta, Georgia....

Nilan's former mother-in-law was a longtime partner of Bulger, the notorious Boston crime kingpin who on Monday was found guilty on 31 charges, including involvements in 11 killings. An FBI informant from 1975-90, Bulger was captured two years ago after 16 years on the run. Nilan, an enforcer on the Montreal Canadiens' 1985-86 Cup team, had at least something of a relationship with Bulger, who was a father figure to his ex-wife....