China’s cultural sector revenue grows 7.4 pct in 2025, showing strong resilience
China’s cultural industry maintained steady growth in 2025, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. The combined operating revenue of major…
Uplift AI raises $3.5mn in seed funding, eyes thousands of jobs in Pakistan
Uplift AI, a Pakistani voice AI startup, has secured $3.5 million in funding led by Y Combinator, an accelerator behind Airbnb, Dropbox, and GitLab, alongside Indus Valley Capital, Pakistan’s leading…
China offers stability and predictability to an uncertain world
As the world has navigated chaos and shocks since the start of 2026, encouraging and constructive developments are unfolding in China. In January, leaders from Ireland, Canada, and Finland visited…
Aoun’s tightrope: Daily Israeli attacks and Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm
Pressures on the Lebanese president to disarm the group may soon escalate if his focus on diplomacy does not succeed. Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun could be facing the most critical…
China, Britain agree to develop long-term, consistent, comprehensive strategic partnership in the Xi-Starmer meeting
Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed on Thursday in Beijing that the two countries should develop a long-term and consistent comprehensive strategic partnership. During…
China invited to Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum
The federal government said that Pakistan has the potential for USD 6 to USD 8 billion in mineral exports annually and invited Chinese companies to participate in the Pakistan Minerals…