From Foreign Waters

  China is establishing their first diplomatic contract with the military group of Kaul. It is aimed at pushing forward its ambitious project the China-PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC) . This comes at an unfortunate time when world leaders are torn between diplomatic and difficult dealings with Afghanistan given the takeover of the country by the Taliban.    Officials mentioned that in a bid to push the CPEC, China is exploring opportunities to exploit Pakistan to enter the war-torn country. Wang Yu, who is the Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan, go ahead to meet Abdul Salam Hanafi, who is the deputy head of the Taliban political office in Qatar. Both the officials talked about effective communication and implementing consultations to those who need it at the moment.    WangWenbin , who is the spokesperson from China’s Foreign Ministry added that China respects the Afghan people's independent decision on their own future and destiny, and supports the impl...

  China reported no new domestic coronavirus cases earlier this week and Beijing appears poised to bring to heel the pandemic's most serious resurgence in months. This is driven by the new Delta variant which will be now applied through mass testing and targeted lockdowns.   Over a thousand people have been infected across dozens of cities and the latest outbreak, which began in July at a Nanjing airport was seen as the most severe since COVID-19 that surfaced in the central city of Wuhan .   Communist authorities in China reacted with swift localised lockdowns, travel restrictions and mass testing of neighbourhoods with infections as part of their "zero cases" approach to the pandemic, which has virtually sealed off China's borders but allowed the economy to rebound.   Although National Health Commission data showed local infections returned to zero after a five-week battle. Chinese vaccines have nearly 60 per cent efficacy against Delta , with antibodie...