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DJ Mumdance to perform in India in September

London-based DJ Mumdance is scheduled to play in India in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru next month as part of his Asia tour.

Aug 28, 2017, 17:20 PM IST

Two dead, 25 missing in China landslide: State media

Rescuers pulled six people out of the rubble, including two who died.

Aug 28, 2017, 13:09 PM IST

China, Russia to sign agreement to boost space cooperation

In 2020, China plans to send a mission to Mars with a robot vehicle for scientific research, and last year inaugurated the world`s largest radio telescope, half a kilometre in diameter.

Aug 28, 2017, 13:03 PM IST

Cambridge University Press may face boycott over China censorship: Report

The appeal came after it emerged that the Cambridge University Press, the world`s oldest publishing house, had complied with a Chinese instruction to block online access to more than 300 politically sensitive articles from its highly respected China Quarterly journal. 

Aug 21, 2017, 12:39 PM IST

China to launch world's fastest train in September

China will launch the world`s fastest train in September which will shorten the travel time between Beijing and Shanghai by more than an hour, authorities said on Monday.

Aug 21, 2017, 11:56 AM IST

China won't share hydrological data until India withdraws from Doklam

China will not agree to carry out normal cooperation on hydrological data with India unless it agrees to withdraw troops from Doklam,

Aug 20, 2017, 23:41 PM IST

Crowds rally in Hong Kong after activists jailed

Protesters stayed on until the evening Sunday as campaigners addressed the crowds and messages of solidarity were projected onto the building of the Court of Final Appeal.

Aug 20, 2017, 21:11 PM IST

Five killed in house fire in China

Five people were killed on Saturday in a fire that engulfed a house in north China's Inner Mongolia.

Aug 19, 2017, 17:03 PM IST

Peace with North Korea a 'possibility': Top US general

Peace with North Korea is a "possibility", America`s most senior uniformed officer said Thursday, but warned the US has "credible, viable military options" for dealing with the errant regime.

Aug 17, 2017, 17:36 PM IST

China military criticises wrong US moves on Taiwan, South China Sea

The wrong actions of the United States on Taiwan, its South China Sea patrols and deployment of an advanced anti-missile system in South Korea have had a large, negative influence on military trust, a senior Chinese officer said on Thursday.

Aug 17, 2017, 16:54 PM IST

China, US agree to boost military ties amid North Korea crisis

In recent months, China has joined with Russia in calling for the US to suspend annual military drills with South Korea in exchange for Pyongyang halting its missile and nuclear tests as a first step toward direct talks.

Aug 16, 2017, 18:57 PM IST

Chinese mother wraps new-born baby in plastic, parcels to Orphanage

The baby girl was sent to a local hospital for further care and investigation.

Aug 15, 2017, 19:12 PM IST

China bans coal, iron, lead, seafood imports from North Korea

The ban, to come into force on Tuesday and in accordance with the sanctions approved by the UN Security Council on August 5, excludes imports authorised before that date and which will be allowed to enter Chinese territory until September 5.

Aug 14, 2017, 16:42 PM IST

Chinese airline staff 'misbehave' with Indians, Delhi takes up complaint

The matter has been taken up with the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Pudong airport authorities after it was brought to the notice of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, sources told PTI.

Aug 13, 2017, 16:48 PM IST

Indian Army is in 'no war, no peace' mode in Doklam: Sources

India and China have been locked in a face-off in the Dokalam area of the Sikkim sector for 50 days after Indian troops stopped the Chinese Army from building a road in the area.

Aug 09, 2017, 22:31 PM IST

China accuses Japan of meddling in South China Sea dispute

China claims almost all of South China Sea and also laid claims on the Senkaku islands under the control of Japan in East China Sea and resorted to aggressive patrols in the last two years.

Aug 09, 2017, 20:39 PM IST

Bhutan acknowledges Doklam as part of China, claims Chinese official

In a stunning -but unsubstantiated- claim, a senior Chinese official said today that Bhutan has acknowledged that the Doklam area where the Indian and Chinese troops are engaged in a standoff does not belong to it.

Aug 08, 2017, 18:00 PM IST

China scores diplomatic coup in sea row

Vietnam, the most determined critic of China on the issue, had insisted during two days of negotiations that ASEAN insist the code be legally binding, arguing otherwise it would be meaningless.

Aug 06, 2017, 23:08 PM IST

Will continue working with Russia, China to deal with North Korea diplomatically: US

The sanctions will slash North Korea`s annual export revenue of $3 billion by more than a third, according to a statement from the office of Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations. 

Aug 06, 2017, 16:24 PM IST

Vatican official says the Pope Francis 'loves China'

This June, Rome expressed "grave concerns" over the fate of a clandestine or underground church bishop who was detained mid-May.

Aug 04, 2017, 23:24 PM IST