Beijing

China has blocked a listing by the United States and India to blacklist Pakistan-based terrorists under the UN Security Council's sanctions committee for the second time in less than two months.

A belligerent China has reportedly admitted to crossing the median line, with local media reports suggesting that the People's Liberation Army got close enough to visually confirm Taiwan's coastline and mountain ranges.

China fumes as United States House SpeakerNancy Pelosidisregardedits stern warnings and lands in Taiwan. Beijing has warned that Americans will bear the responsibility and pay the price for undermining China's sovereign security interests

Chinese government mouthpiece, the 'Global Times' highlighted how President Xi Jinping's recent statements had galvanised the armed forces and boosted their morale. Xi had recently remarked that only nations that have the capability to fight can stop battles, and only those who are prepared for war do not have to fall into a war.

The company will take up to CNY 600 (roughly Rs. 7,100) off the price of its top-tier iPhone 13 Pro series between July 29 and Aug 1.

The data comes at a time when serious questions are being posed about the sustainability of the country's real estate sector and the credibility of its banking sector. China's National Bureau of Statistics said that the 'resurgence' of the pandemic was effectively contained and that the 'national economy registered a stable recovery'.

"Our aim is to restore the status quo prior to April 2020 in eastern Ladakh. Re-establishing trust and tranquillity on both sides,"Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande told Asianet Newsable.

As COVID-19 cases continued to rise, Beijing registered 51 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 4 asymptomatic cases on Sunday, local media reports stated.

Beijing's statement comes just a day after three Chinese nationalists died in an attack at the Karachi University.

Authorities in Beijing, a city of over 20 million people, have ordered mandatory Covid tests in the Chaoyang district and locked down some areas of the national capital.