Amid escalating geopolitical tensions including the Israel-Iran conflict and renewed strife between India and Pakistan, China is leaning on regional diplomacy to safeguard its strategic interests. Central Asia stands out as a zone of stability, offering Beijing both geographic proximity and strategic opportunity. On June 17, the leaders of China and five Central Asian states…
Two cargo planes flew just 100 feet (30 metres) vertically from one another after being cleared for take off 13 seconds apart at Hong Kong International Airport, a preliminary investigation by an independent civil aviation authority has found. The Civil Aviation Department also published the results of its initial investigation on Monday, which found air…
A mid-air close call between two cargo planes taking off from Hong Kong’s airport on Thursday has triggered an investigation, authorities said Friday, removing air traffic control personnel from frontline duty. A Cathay airplane Hong Kong international airport. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The incident occurred on Thursday around 7 am (Wednesday 2300 GMT) when two aircraft…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Sports Association and Olympic Committee demanded disciplinary action on Monday for what it called the “deliberate attack and injury” of Hong Kong athletes by Turkmenistan contestants after an ice hockey match at the Asian Winter Games. Two injured players taken to hospital were in stable condition, the Association said…
Hong Kong officials have demanded action after members of the men’s ice hockey team were assaulted in a shocking attack following their 5-1 Asian Winter Games win over Turkmenistan on Sunday. In a statement, the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC), said it “strongly condemned” the incident, which happened at the…
China’s far west region of Xinjiang is seeking closer ties and cross-border cooperation with Pakistan and Central Asian countries in a bid to counter US sanctions and consolidate its role as a gateway under the Belt and Road Initiative. Khunjerab port – the sole border crossing connecting China and Pakistan – in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous…
China is keen to expand energy cooperation with Turkmenistan, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday. Wang met his counterpart Rashid Meredov, who is also Turkmenistan’s vice-president, on the sidelines of the China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Chengdu, state news agency Xinhua reported. Wang also said China was willing to further expand the scale…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has started his visit to the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan and arrived at the venue of an international conference he is due to speak at later on Friday, video released by the Kremlin showed. The conference in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat is expected to be attended by…
The Golden Age of exploration is long gone – or so we tend to think. All that’s left to investigate on our long-suffering planet are the murky depths of our oceans – and perhaps a few scraps of jungle. In this, the era of the sat nav and Google – when everything is accessible at…