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Iran may be using a Chinese satellite navigation system to target Israel and United States military assets in the Middle East, intelligence experts say. Former French foreign intelligence director Alain Juillet told France's independent Tocsin podcast this week that it is likely that Iran has been provided access to China's BeiDou satellite navigation system because its targeting has become much more accurate since the 12-day war with Israel in June. "One of the surprises in this war is that Iranian missiles are more accurate compared to the war that took place eight months ago, raising many questions about the guidance systems of these missiles," Juillet, who served as the director of intelligence for the General Directorate for External Security from 2002 to 2003, told Tocsin. In response to the US-Israeli attacks that began on February 28 and the killing of top Iranian figures, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iran has launched hundreds of ballistic missil...

BEIJING — China said it hopes this year will be a "landmark year" for its relationship with its biggest competitor, the US, striking a largely positive tone ahead of an expected summit between the leaders of the two countries later this month. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking Sunday (March 8) at a press briefing on the sidelines of an annual meeting of China's ceremonial legislature, said that it was a "big year" for the relationship between the two world powers.  He said that while there are many differences, "the two heads of state have personally maintained good exchanges at the highest level", providing a level of "strategic guarantee" for the bilateral relationship. US President Donald Trump is due to visit Beijing for a summit with China's President Xi Jinping at the end of March.  While Wang did not confirm the visit, he signaled that Beijing is looking for a less fraught relationship. "The agenda for high-lev...

SHANGHAI: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in a phone call that disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan should be resolved through dialogue and consultation, not force, the foreign ministry said in a statement published on Friday (Mar 13). Wang urged both sides to remain calm and exercise restraint, hold face-to-face talks as soon as possible, seek an immediate ceasefire and address differences through dialogue, according to the statement. The further use of force would only complicate the situation and intensify tensions, Wang said. The ministry's statement came after Pakistan on Friday bombed the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Afghanistan's Kandahar airport, stepping up the neighbours' worst conflict in years, despite China's efforts to mediate. Wang and Muttaqi also exchanged views on t he situation in Iran, the statement said. Wang told Muttaqi, according to the statement, that Beijing is willing to w...

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Photo: VCG The Xinhua News Agency, on its official WeChat account, published a piece on Sunday introducing OpenClaw — along with a risk warning. The move by the state-run news agency came as the buzzword "raising crayfish" gained Chinese netizens' attention on Sunday, with related topics being some of the most discussed on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, the Global Times learned. Commenting on the move, ratsxp, an X user with more than 17,000 followers, wrote that "China's enthusiasm for technology, and even its belief in it, runs deeper than anywhere else in the world." "Raising crayfish" refers to the OpenClaw autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent, due to its logo resembling a crayfish. The agent integrates multi-channel communication capabilities with large-language models (LLMs) to build customized AI assistants equipped with persistent memory and proactive task execution. It can also be deployed locally in private en ...

By Fion Khan / Staff writer US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to visit China with US President Donald Trump later this month after appearing to show little interest in previous invitations from Beijing, the South China Morning Post reported today. Rubio, the first sitting US secretary of state to be sanctioned by China, had been invited to visit but had not been "receptive" until recently, the Hong Kong-based newspaper said, citing anonymous sources. Rubio's attendance could smooth over some of the issues surrounding Trump's visit to China, the report said, adding that frustration has been mounting in Beijing because of the lack of preparation for the trip. China imposed sanctions on Rubio in 2020 when he was still a senator — once in retaliation for US san...

Social media platforms are buzzing with reports from citizens in China who have found themselves locked out of their own money. The trigger for these financial freezes is surprisingly simple: typing words like "Dogecoin" or "USDT" into the memo field of a standard bank transfer. According to these reports, once an account is flagged and frozen, the path to recovering the funds is nearly non-existent. A report from Techub.info highlighted a startling example of this strict monitoring. Two customers of China Construction Bank—the world's third-largest financial institution—recently saw their accounts frozen after a transfer of 250 yuan, or roughly $36. Their mistake was including the phrase "Dogecoin this week" in the transaction note. The bank's risk management system immediately flagged the small transfer under its virtual currency control program. Related: JPMorgan predicts massive shift by mid-year The news is spreading rapid...

BEIJING (AP) — China adopted a sweeping law Thursday to promote what it calls "ethnic unity," a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authorities cement a push toward assimilation. The law, approved by the country's ceremonial legislature , is designed to foster "a stronger sense of community among all ethnic groups in the Chinese nation," said Lou Qinjian, a delegate to the National People's Congress who introduced the proposal to the whole body. The proposed law lays out the need to promote ethnic unity by all government bodies and private enterpri ses, including local governments and state-affiliated groups like the All-China Women's Federation. "The people of each ethnic group, all organizations and groups of the country, armed forces, every Party and social organization, every company, must forge a common consciousness of the Chinese nation according to...

Chairman of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao Leji today congratulated Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on assuming office as the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. In a message, he said China and Bangladesh enjoy a long-standing friendship and reaffirmed that China is ready to work with Bangladesh to advance friendly exchanges and cooperation between the National People's Congress of China and the Parliament. Zhao Leji also said China wants to promote the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership between the two countries to a higher level.

BEIJING (AP) — China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls "ethnic unity," a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authorities cement a push toward assimilation. The law, expected to be approved by the country's ceremonial legislature Thursday, is designed to foster "a stronger sense of community among all ethnic groups in the Chinese nation," said Lou Qinjian, a delegate to the National People's Congress who introduced the proposal to the whole body. The proposed law lays out the need to promote ethnic unity by all government bodies and private enterprises, including local governments and state-affiliated groups like the All-China Women's Federation. "The people of each ethnic group, all organizations and groups of the country, armed forces, every Party and social organization, every company, must forge a common consciousness of the...