BEIJING: Beijing, China’s first megacity to achieve population reduction, has kept its permanent population below the 23 million cap for six consecutive years since 2017, according to a municipal conference held on Thursday. According to a report by the research team of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, while Beijing’s […]
Beijing: Beijing has been designated as the “National Forest City” by China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration due to its consistent efforts in increasing forest coverage. The city’s forest coverage rate has risen from 38.6 percent in 2012 to 44.8 percent presently, Xinhua reported. The city boasts 2,088 species of vascular plants and 608 species […]
Northern China is currently experiencing a severe cold wave spell characterized by snow, blizzards, and plummeting temperatures, marking one of the most intense December cold snaps in the region. As a response, authorities in the capital have taken various measures, including suspending train services, closing schools, and urging people to stay indoors. A cold air […]
Three prominent Hong Kong activists are facing jail after pleading guilty on Monday to inciting an “illegal assembly” outside the city’s main police station during last year’s revolutionary pro-democracy protests. Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have spent years campaigning for democracy, becoming activists when they were just teens. Joshua Wong Arguably the most […]
Indonesia rejected this year a proposal by the United States to allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there, according to four senior Indonesian officials familiar with the matter. U.S. officials made multiple “high-level” approaches in July and August to Indonesia’s defence and foreign ministers before Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, rebuffed […]
Japan and Vietnam agreed to step up security and defence cooperation Monday, reaching an agreement in principle for Tokyo to export defence equipment and technology to the Southeast Asian nation. The deal comes as concerns mount over China’s increasing assertiveness in the contested South China Sea, with Beijing expanding its military presence in the region. […]
Earlier this week, the Beijing government tightened the noose around one primary school teacher, ripping them off the register, and going so far as to rendering them unable to land a job. Why? Because the teacher had allegedly chosen to discuss an ‘illegal’ pro-independence political party with their students. Similarly, a high schooler was suspended […]
