Canada is abandoning free trade negotiations with China amid a host of disagreements on a range of topics, Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in an interview on Friday

China is leading in the development of a vaccine against COVID-19 and thus Beijing does not need to steal vaccine-related data from other countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Friday, commenting on media reports claiming that Chinese hackers had allegedly stolen data on coronavirus vaccine development from Spain

China is conducting clinical trials of 11 vaccines against the coronavirus disease, four of which are in phase 3, the country's Science and Technology Minister Wang Zhigang said on Friday

China's recent aggressive behavior illustrates why it poses a threat to the rules-based international order, US Assistant Secretary for East Asia David Stilwell said in congressional testimony on Thursday

India is committed to peaceful dialogue with China on settling the existing disputes regarding the situation in the border region of Ladakh, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said on Thursday

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday spoke at the country's parliament on China's territorial claims in the disputed region of Ladakh and accused Beijing of the illegal occupation of the territories there