Hong Kong: UK set to suspend extradition treaty with Chinese territory
UTV | COLOMBO – Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UK’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London...
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Coronavirus: Chinese economy bounces back into growth
UTV | COLOMBO – China’s economy grew 3.2% in the second quarter following a record slump. The world’s second biggest economy saw a sharp decline...
US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong security law
(UTV | COLOMBO) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington is imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials believed to...
Flight from London was carrying Chinese citizens
(UTV | COLOMBO) – SriLankan Airlines says the flight that arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport this afternoon, was carrying Chinese nationals and not Sri...
Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead at home
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The Chinese ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, was found dead at his residence on the outskirts of Tel Aviv on Sunday,...
China worried over refusal to entertain Chinese nationals at restaurants, taxis
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Chinese ambassador CHENG Xueyuan, in a statement, said yesterday it was worrisome that some taxis, hotels and restaurants were refusing to entertain Chinese...
Chinese birth rate falls to lowest since PRC was formed
(UTV|BEIJING) – China’s birth rate has fallen to its lowest since the formation of the People’s Republic of China 70 years ago – despite the...
Hong Kong protests: Twitter and Facebook remove Chinese accounts
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Twitter and Facebook have taken steps to block what they described as a state-backed Chinese misinformation campaign. Twitter said it removed 936 accounts it said...
‘love mother’ who adopted 118 children jailed for fraud
(UTV|COLOMBO) – A 54-year-old Chinese woman who was once hailed as a philanthropist for adopting 118 children has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Li...
Hong Kong protests: Chinese state media blames ‘foreign forces’
(UTV|COLOMBO) – “Foreign forces” are seeking to “to hurt China by trying to create havoc in Hong Kong”, Chinese state media said after mass protests in...