A court in western Thailand sentenced five poachers to prison terms of five years each for killing a female tiger and her cub in a national park last year.

At the Saturday morning session of the National People's Congress, China's ceremonial parliament, Li Qiang, was appointed prime minister of China, Li was nominated by Chinese President Xi Jinping, and appointed to this post a day after Jinping received a third five-year term as head of state, making him rule for life.

 China said Wednesday it will take measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast.

 China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that “conflict and confrontation” with the United States is inevitable if Washington does not change course, delivering a stern and wide-ranging rebuke of US policies for his first press conference in the new role.

In a trip to counter China's influence, US Vice President Kamala Harris will pay a visit to a number of African countries aimed at deepening and reshaping US relations in Africa, focusing on economic development, climate change and food security .the trip, which begins Sunday and lasts for a week, includes three nights in Ghana, two nights in Tanzania and one in Zambia, before Harris returns to Washington.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is paying a visit to China amid international expectations that will get hints clarifying China's position on theRussian-Ukrainian war .

China has always had a close relationship with Lukashenko. But his visit also illustrates the depth of Beijing's ties with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his allies.

The US bans visas for most graduates of the institutions nicknamed the 'Seven Sons of National Defence' amid allegations that they play a key role in training staff for China's forces and espionage.

As relations between the two countries, which stretch back more than 80 years, deteriorated, Taiwan's foreign ministry said in a statement that it would recall its ambassador to Honduras "to express its strong dissatisfaction" with Honduras sending its foreign minister and a delegation to Beijing this week.

 On a 10-day foreign trip, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, despite China's condemnation, embarked on a diplomatic mission to Central America that includes transit in the United States

As she left for her overseas trip, Tsai said Taiwan has every right to " connect with the world."

 Undoubtedly, this rapprochement between the two regional rivals dealt a blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who took the threat posed by Tehran as a diplomatic priority for his government, but this caused disappointment, along with pointing fingers at Netanyahu, who was accused of focusing on his personal interests at home while neglecting abroad

 Billionaire Maurice Chang, the former CEO of a Taiwan company and founder of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturing plant, warned that the US government's efforts to shift the production of processor chips from Asia to the United States will double their cost and slow down the spread of their use in phones, cars, and other products

 The European Union must be prepared to develop measures to protect trade and investment that China might exploit for its own security and military purposes, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned on Thursday.

Ukraine’s president invited his  Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to visit his nation, saying they haven’t been in contact since the war began and he is “ready to see him here.”

  Sameh Shoukry, an Egyptian foreign affairs minister said Egypt would have to rely on the transfer of technology “from our friends and partners” to wean itself off fossil fuels and ramp up the use of renewable energy. The country has already benefited from a number of deals and investments to green its economy in recent years.

Referring to the fact that more than 200 million people have received the necessary treatment and that it has the lowest mortality rate in the world, senior officials in China declared a "decisive victory" over the covid-19 pandemic

Chinese President Xi Jinping affirms his country's intention to work with leaders of African countries to build a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future.

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BEIJING, Feb. 7- 2023
source |(Xinhua)

China planned to be the biggest investor in the world in high technology.

HONG KONG, Jan. 13 (Xinhua)

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China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

The Philippine coast guard accused a Chinese Coast Guard vessel of pointing a "military" laser at some of its crew members, temporarily blinding them on a ship in the disputed waters of southern China last week.