New Delhi: Would you like to star in a Bollywood movie? Any international actor visiting India is asked this question and when put to Jackie Chan today, his answer was an emphatic "definitely, absolutely".
The 'Rush Hour' star, who enjoys a huge fan following in India, inaugurated the first ever China Film Festival which opened with Chan-directed 'The Chinese Zodiac'. The actor- director-producer also took to mic to perform his popular song 'Country' live for the Indian audience.
In a press conference earlier, Chan, who introduced Mallika Sherawat to the world through his 2005 film 'The Myth', charmed the media by declaring his love for all things Indian -- be it Aamir Khan's '3 Idiots', Bollywood or dishes like 'Kadahi chicken' and 'biryani'....
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11:43 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Indian movie buffs have loved his action avatar for years, but Hollywood actor Jackie Chan, here for the inauguration of the China Film Festival on Tuesday, showed his jolly side much to the delight of the star-struck audience. He says he is growing old, but it's the audience's love that keeps him going. "Namaste! Please sit down, sit down," Chan told the over-enthusiastic audience, which stood up and...
09:59 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Beijing: China Monday announced that it has built the world's fastest supercomputer which is capable of performing 33.86 quadrillion operations per second, surpassing the US Titan supercomputer. The Tianhe-2 has a peak performance speed of 54.9 quadrillion operations per second, according to the National University of Defence Technology, which built the computer, reported Xinhua. The computer's predecessor, the Tianhe-1A, was the world's fastest supercomputer from November 2010 to June 2011,...
07:38 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Beijing: China Open organisers have confirmed the participation of 12-time major champion Rafael Nadal of Spain at this year's tournament, making it his first appearance here in four years. "We are excited to present the best players in the world in Beijing for our fans. Rafael Nadal is a global superstar and his participation is a great way for the fans to celebrate the China Open's 10th anniversary," Alfred Zhang,...
03:42 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Chinese badminton is once again coming under fire after world number three Du Pengyu's shock loss to unranked Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka at the Indonesia Super Series event. The sport's governing body, the Badminton World Federation, has long been concerned about players withdrawing from 'smaller' events and team mates pulling out of matches to avoid competing against each other. The issue blew up at last year's London Olympics when four women's...
01:49 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Vienna: Britain has stepped up efforts to let India join an influential global body controlling nuclear exports, a move that would boost New Delhi's standing as an atomic power but which has faced resistance from China and other countries. The diplomatic tussle centres on whether emerging power India should be allowed into a key forum deciding rules for civilian nuclear trade, even though it has refused to join an international...
06:20 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in energy, mass transit, industrial cities and road projects. The MoU was signed by officials of Pakistan's Water and Power Ministry and China's Norinco International in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. A Chinese delegation headed by Norinco's vice president Wang Yitong is currently visiting Pakistan. According to the MoU, Norinco and the Pakistan government will...
03:11 AM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: India's campaign ended at the China Open Super Series after paddler Neha Aggarwal lost to Viktoria Pavlovich 0-4 in the women's singles event in Changchun on Friday. Aggarwal (373) proved no match for the world number 13 from Belarus and surrendered meekly 7-11, 7-11, 1-11, 6-11 in the first round encounter of the main draw. She was the only Indian entrant into the top-32 women's singles competition. Earlier...
05:43 PM, Jun 14, 2013
London: Lord Patten, chancellor of Oxford University, one of the speakers at the inaugural India Day @ Oxford, turned the question - of whether India can become a superpower, one of the implications of its matching its economic power with political power - and asked 'should it?'. Right now India doesn't seem to be too keen on asserting its power globally, and gives an impression that it would focus on...
04:53 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Indian paddler Neha Aggarwal on Thursday entered the main draw of women's singles competition in the China Open Super Series at Changchun, while Achanta Sharath Kamal failed to make the cut in the men's section. Despite going down fighting to Wing Nam NG (79) of Hong Kong 3-4 in the final qualification match, 23-year-old Neha sealed a spot among top-32 paddlers for the competition by finishing second in...
03:13 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Action superstar Jackie Chan, best known for 'Rush Hour' series, 'The Myth' and 'The Karate Kid', is all set to visit India this month as part of the China Film Festival to be held in the capital. Indo China Economic and Cultural Council (ICEC), State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and People's Republic of China are jointly organizing the China Film Festival, which will be...
11:15 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Huairou: A Chinese court on Sunday sentenced the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on charges of fraud in a case that rights activists have called another example of official retribution on the Liu family. Supporters of Liu Hui say his case was trumped up, aimed at thwarting the increasing attention by the rights community on the plight of Liu Xia, who...
10:56 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Washington: Welcoming "peaceful rise" of China as a world power, US President Barack Obama on Saturday greeted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at Palm Springs in California for a two day summit, with both leaders calling for a new approach to ties between Washington and Beijing. "The United States welcomes the continuing peaceful rise of China as a world power and that, in fact, it is in the United States'...
10:42 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Rancho Mirage: President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) have opened two days of meetings with a handshake at a California retreat. Obama is welcoming Xi to a sprawling desert estate for talks on high-stakes issues, including cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear threats. It's the first meeting between the two leaders since Xi took office in March. Obama and Xi, in suit coats and white shirts but...
07:58 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Beijing: A fire on a bus in southeastern China has killed 47 people and is being investigated as a "serious criminal case", state media said on Saturday, just days after 120 people died in a fire at a poultry plant. The bus caught fire during rush hour on Friday as it was operating on elevated tracks in the coastal city of Xiamen, the official Xinhua news agency reported, without elaborating...
07:47 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Shillong: BJP on Tuesday alleged that government's rejection of CBI plea to question former coal secretary HC Gupta was to "shield" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during whose tenure as Coal minister, coal blocks were allotted to private companies. "This is being done to save the Prime Minister," BJP leader Prakash Javadekar told PTI in Shillong. He said CBI plea to question the former coal secretary was to obtain clues as...
01:20 AM, Jun 05, 2013
Beijing: China told an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that Pyongyang should stop conducting nuclear and missile tests, but the North showed little sign of heeding the request, said a source with knowledge of the talks held late last month. Kim dispatched Choe Ryong-hae, vice chairman of the country's top military body, to explain North Korea's recent actions but he got a lukewarm reception from his Chinese hosts,...
12:51 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: Telecommunications carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd has submitted its final bid for a telecoms licence in Myanmar, a company spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. Myanmar, one of the world's last major untapped mobile markets, has called bids for two mobile licences and short-listed 12 international consortia. Vodafone and China Mobile, which were among the 12 to reach the short-list, last week pulled out of the race saying the conditions...
11:45 AM, Jun 04, 2013
Beijing: The death toll from the fire at a poultry plant in northeast China's Jilin Province had risen to 120 with about 70 people injured. The fire broke out on Monday at a poultry processing workshop owned by the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Company in Mishazi Township in the city of Dehui, about 100 km northeast of the provincial capital Changchun. Over 300 workers were in the plant when the accident...
09:14 AM, Jun 04, 2013
Beijing: Fire raged through a poultry plant in northeastern China on Monday, trapping workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killing at least 119 people, reports and officials said. Several dozen people also were hurt in the blaze in Jilin province's Mishazi township, which appeared to have been sparked by three early morning explosions, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The provincial fire department, on its microblog, attributed the blasts to...
04:38 PM, Jun 03, 2013
