Chen Guangcheng, who is in a hospital in Beijing, has said that he wants to leave China as he and his family no longer feel safe. ...
10:19 AM, May 04, 2012
Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has left for a three-nation Asia tour beginning with Beijing where the top American diplomat hopes to have a wide range of discussions with the Chinese leadership including the issue of human rights. However, just like US President Barack Obama, Clinton too refrained from making specific comment on the Chinese dissident who is now believed to have been taking shelter in the US...
08:30 AM, May 01, 2012
Beijing: India has been pursuing an independent foreign policy based on its national interest, including good ties with Beijing, an influential Chinese daily said on Friday, dismissing perception that New Delhi's 'Look East Policy' is aimed at collaborating with US to contain China. "India lately held a trilateral dialogue with the United States and Japan, and it has also close contacts with Vietnam, Myanmar and some other Southeast Asian countries,"...
08:26 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Beijing: A high level Indian delegation would visit China in May to streamline mutual investment opportunities between the two countries and discuss steps to remove impediments in this regard, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said. A delegation headed by Planning Commission Member BK Chaturvedi would visit China next month to discuss investment related opportunities with Chinese officials, he told reporters after attending the Boao Forum for Asia in...
05:07 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Indians are big losers because the Indian Railways lack drive, ambition and imagination. How? Delhi and Mumbai (1,380 km) are about as distant as Beijing ...
04:22 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Beijing: China's first aircraft carrier is likely to be commissioned on August 1 and deployed in the disputed South China Sea, boosting its blue water aspirations. "The military authority plans to let the aircraft carrier be commissioned this year," Deputy Commander of Chinese navy Xu Hongmeng said. The yet to be named carrier has taken part in four sea trials in the Pacific since August last year, Shanghai Daily quoted...
12:24 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Beijing: An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit near the east coast of Japan's Honshu island on Wednesday, the Hong Kong Observatory said. The epicentre of the temblor that struck at 2:33 GMT, about 150 km southeast of Tokyo city, was initially determined to be near 35.2 degrees north latitude and 141.4 degrees east longitude, Xinhua reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property....
03:16 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Beijing: A sharp downturn in Europe could cut China's economic growth rate nearly in half, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday, adding to warnings about a possible severe global slowdown this year. The IMF said Beijing should be ready to launch a multibillion-dollar stimulus to ward off a slump in the world's second-largest economy. The IMF is forecasting 8.2 per cent growth this year for China but said that...
08:55 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Davos: China is keeping its currency below its fair value and it represents a "formidable challenge" to the global trading system, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday. Sharply criticising the Communist giant's state-led economic system, Geithner said, "China does represent a really unique and formidable challenge to the global trading system because the structure of its economy... is overwhelmingly dominated by the state." Chinese trade practices, including subsidies...
09:11 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: An Israeli website has suggested that India has agreed to pay Iran in gold for oil purchases, but Indian authorities have called the report "speculative". In an "exclusive report" on Jan 23 this year, the website, debka.com, quoted Iranian sources as saying that "India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of US dollars". However, Indian government officials...
03:52 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Beijing: Doctors who rushed to attend an emergency call to save a "girl" in Beijing were in for a shock when the patient turned out to be a female pet dog suffering from cardiac complications. The Beijing News on Sunday reported the first-aid station hospital in Xicheng District of Beijing received a call requesting the emergency service that "a six-year-old girl with inborn heart disease" was in critical condition. When...
02:25 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: The fresh round of India-China Special Representative talks, which were postponed in November after the Chinese protested the Dalai Lama's scheduled participation in a programme in New Delhi, will now be held on January 16-17 in the capital. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs said the Indian delegation to the talks will be led by National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon while the Chinese...
12:16 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Beijing: China and the US on Tuesday pledged to enhance their cooperation to advance the global economic recovery. The global economic recovery must remain the priority for all nations as the world economic situation is still "very complex and grim", Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan said. He was speaking to visiting US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Beijing on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. As important G20 members, China and the US...
04:39 AM, Jan 11, 2012
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