Cannes: Jackie Chan is landing his last punch as an action star, but says he is stepping into retirement having made one of the most important films of his career. The Hong Kong actor told the AP on Friday that his latest film "Chinese Zodiac" will be his last action movie. Chan, launching the movie at the Cannes Film Festival with co-stars Kwone Sang Woo, Yao Xingtong and Liao Fan,...
05:18 PM, May 19, 2012
Beijing: Chinese athletes training hard to take part in London Olympics virtually turned vegetarian, giving up meat products due to fears of disqualification by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Yang Hongbo, head of catering for 700 always-hungry, high-performance athletes at the Jiangsu Sports Training Centre, said he is having a terrible time to find beef that is "safe" for his charges to eat. He is worried if the athletes eat the...
10:03 PM, May 07, 2012
Beijing: China's blind dissident Chen Guangcheng is expected to leave for the US soon to join a fellowship programme in the New York University, under a deal struck between Beijing and Washington to end a messy diplomatic row. Formalities regarding issuing passport to Chen and his wife and two children, whose entry into US embassy overshadowed the two-day high level strategic and economic dialogue between the two countries this week,...
04:04 PM, May 06, 2012
Beijing: China will soon start issuing a new type of passport that will contain an electronic chip to record the passport holder's personal information. According to the ministry of public security, the new passports will look similar to traditional ones but the electronic chip will contain the holder's name, date of birth, photo and fingerprints, Xinhua reported. Under preparation for three years, the new passports will be available from May...
11:31 AM, May 05, 2012
Beijing/Washington: China said on Friday blind dissident Chen Guangcheng could apply to study abroad, suggesting an end may be near to a diplomatic crisis that has soured relations between Beijing and Washington. But some sounded a note of caution over expectations of any quick resolution to an issue that is bound to be contentious for China's leadership, which may fear that being soft on Chen could unleash more dangerous challenges...
03:01 PM, May 04, 2012
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
Beijing: China will start issuing a new type of passport with an electronic chip that will contain a record of cardholder's personal information. The new passports will look like the traditional ones but a chip containing information like the cardholder's name, his date of birth, photograph and finger prints will be installed in them, a statement by Ministry of Public Security said on Friday. Under preparation for the past three...
10:06 AM, May 04, 2012
Beijing: Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng wants to leave for the United States rather than stay in China, telling Reuters his safety cannot be assured under a US-China deal that had persuaded him to give up refuge in the US embassy in Beijing. Chen left the embassy on Wednesday, where he had taken refuge for six days after escaping house arrest, appearing to be satisfied with a diplomatic solution which...
10:39 AM, May 03, 2012
Shanghai: Of the many Formula One victories that Ross Brawn has celebrated over an extraordinary career spanning several decades, Nico Rosberg's first with Mercedes in China offered a particular satisfaction. The burly, bespectacled Briton, who followed Michael Schumacher from Benetton to Ferrari as technical director and then won a title with his own Brawn team in 2009 before it became Mercedes, was barely a toddler when Mercedes last won a...
06:50 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Shanghai: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso says his team is not "stupid" enough to think they can fix their problems overnight. Ferrari are struggling and failed to build on Fernando Alonso's surprise win at the Malaysian Grand Prix last month, with the Spaniard placing ninth at the Chinese GP on Sunday and teammate Felipe Massa finishing down in 13th. "There's no point denying we are disappointed," team principal Stefano Domenicali said....
11:42 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Shanghai: Once-dominant Formula One champions Red Bull are considering their technical options after failing to make the podium for the second race out of three so far this season. Team principal Christian Horner told reporters after the weekend's Chinese Grand Prix that they could go down a similar route to Mercedes whose controversial rear wing has been declared legal. Mercedes' German driver Nico Rosberg took a crushing first Grand Prix...
02:39 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Shanghai: After dominating Formula One last season, Red Bull find themselves in an unfamiliar position this year: off the podium. After Nico Rosberg opened up a significant lead before winning the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, Red Bull teammates Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel battled the two McLaren cars for second and third place. In the end, however, they couldn't hold on and missed out on the podium for the...
08:08 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Shanghai: Sahara Force India missed out on points for the first time this season with Paul di Resta finishing 12th and Nico Hulkenberg ending 15th at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. It was difficult for both the drivers since their position on the grid was not that good. Paul had started 15th, just ahead of teammate Nico on the grid, and to their credit, at least improved on those...
05:31 PM, Apr 15, 2012
In cricket, the number 111 known as Nelson's figure, isn't considered to be auspicious. The famous on-field hop of umpire David Shepherd, when the team ...
04:39 PM, Apr 15, 2012
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