Californian-born Chines sensation Eileen Gu topped qualification for the women's freeski halfpipe at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, as she aims for her third medal of the Games. Gu, who has already bagged one gold and one silver in the Chinese capital, set the standard in qualifying with a first-run score of
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Will the US be forced to co-operate?
The US and China are meeting at least after a few months of hostility. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Politburo member Yang Ji talked in Zurich hoping for a possible Sino-American summit. While the US is defensive and hoping it satisfies the domestic audience, the Chinese sound
Did Russia and China jointly produce the new Taliban?
Let Afghans decide what they want with Russian-Chinese help
China a trusted partner of Bangladesh: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for exploring more avenues to take the strategic partnership with China to a new height, calling Beijing a trusted partner in socio-economic development of Bangladesh. "We would like to explore more avenues to take the Bangladesh-China strategic partnership to new heights and also work
Never worry about debt trap: Li Jiming
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said Bangladesh should never worry about bad debt or so-called debt trap, noting that Bangladesh has managed foreign debt very well with an excellent system in place. "I would say that you've managed foreign debt very, very well, and there's no such bad debt
Bangladesh and the new cold war
Sinopharm Vaccine: Efforts underway to normalise things after price disclosure
The government is putting in its best efforts through diplomatic channels to "make things normal" and procure 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China as planned though the scenario looks "different" to some extent following price disclosure, officials said. "The scenario looks different to some extent after the incident. We're
Engaging US intelligence in virus origins probe unacceptable: Inu
US President Joe Biden's order to engage U.S. intelligence agencies in the investigation of COVID-19 origins is intended to "cover up the country's failures" in controlling the pandemic and is "not acceptable," former Bangladeshi minister Hasanul Haq Inu said. Inu, now chairman of Bangladesh's Parliamentary Standing Committee for Ministry of Information
China’s AI and Western anxiety
China’s tech advances may well end up ending the conventional Western notions of “freedom and democracy” in the world. Leading Western tech leaders are concerned that the emergence of an AI-powered bloc led by China could completely dominate this century’s geopolitics. US opinion makers and leaders may know that no