Beijing: Facing a host of territorial disputes with its neighbours, China on Monday said its 2.3 million-strong military's focus will be winning "local wars" using cyber as well as modern technology. "The most important thing is to win local wars under information-age conditions," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in his work report presented to the National People's Congress on Monday highlighting Chinese military strategy which also underlined that the military...
07:22 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Beijing: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao cut his nation's 2012 growth target to an eight-year low of 7.5 per cent and made boosting consumer demand the year's first priority as Beijing looks to wean the economy off its reliance on external demand and foreign capital. He lowered the target from a longstanding annual goal of 8 percent, a move investors anticipated so that Beijing has some economic leeway to rebalance the...
03:40 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: India and China on Tuesday agreed to set up a working mechanism on border management to deal with matters related to maintaining peace and tranquility in the frontier areas. The mechanism, mooted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, was finalised at the conclusion of the 15th meeting of the Special Representatives (SR) on the boundary question " National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo in...
07:20 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Beijing: China is set for "sweeping" leadership changes next year as President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao are due to retire, an official media report said without confirming the widely held view that Vice President Xi Jinping would succeed Hu. "Only the murkiest of crystal balls can't foresee that only China is certain to have a new President and Premier," state-run Global Times, which is also the official organ...
02:23 PM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: India and China are set to hold the 15th round of boundary talks in New Delhi in mid-January after these were deferred following the Chinese objection to the Dalai Lama speaking at an international Buddhist conference in Delhi. The two sides are also expected to sign a landmark border mechanism to curb incidents of intrusion. Both sides are working on the dates, said government sources. India's special representative,...
06:04 PM, Dec 20, 2011
Bali: President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao conferred on Saturday in a surprise meeting on the sidelines of a major Asian summit, focusing on the economic matters that have prompted disputes between the two major world powers. The session was not a formally planned moment of diplomacy but rather a late add-on to let the two men continue their conversation from a group dinner the night before. "We...
02:27 PM, Nov 19, 2011
Bali: There was enough space for both India and China to flourish, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday in their opening remarks at talks being held in the backdrop of persisting tensions between the two nations. Stating that they had long agreed to meet again to exchange views on important issues, Wen reminded Manmohan Singh of his comment that there was enough space...
02:19 AM, Nov 19, 2011
Nusa Dua: Tension between the United States and China spilled over into meetings of Asia-Pacific leaders on Friday as the two countries jostled over how to handle competing claims to the South China Sea. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said "outside forces" had no excuse to get involved in the complex maritime dispute, a veiled warning to the United States and other countries to keep out of the sensitive issue. "It...
12:17 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: It has been a busy day for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Bali. He held back-to-back meetings with US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit. Manmohan Singh, in his 55-minute long meeting with his Chinese counterpart for 55 mins asserted India's right to explore oil in the South China Sea, which china claims as its exclusive domain....
08:37 PM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: On the busy day when he had meetings with two of the most powerful leaders of the world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told President Barack Obama that US should start nuclear trade with India and also met Chinese premier Wen Jiabao reasserting India's right to explore oil in the South China Sea. He held back-to-back meetings with Obama and Wen on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit. Singh...
06:12 PM, Nov 18, 2011
The Hindu Bureau Chief Praveen Swamy speaking on the meet between Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart said its important that tensions don't flare up between both the countries. ...
10:46 AM, Nov 18, 2011
New Delhi: Persisting terror threat from Afghanistan and Pakistan and implementation of civil nuclear deal are expected to figure prominently when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama meet in Bali, Indonesia, on Friday, their first since the latter's visit here last year. Singh will also have a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits taking place in...
06:53 PM, Nov 16, 2011
Jinggangshan: Bracing for key leadership changes, China's 80-million strong Communist Party is getting ready for yet another long-haul with an ideological makeover to avert a Soviet Union-style collapse which spelled doom for communism worldwide. Celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) is going through the phase of "nervous sixties" as it completed 62 years in power, according to some of the party officials. "The Soviet Communist...
07:27 AM, Jun 21, 2011
On Board: The PM sounded optimistic on India's standing relations with China after he met Chinese President Hu Jintao earlier this week. He was on-board a special flight on the way back from Kazakhstan when he spoke to the media, expressing hope that the discussions would lead to the set up of new bilateral mechanisms on border management with China. Singh said they spoke about a wide-range of issues including...
08:21 AM, Apr 17, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh departed for China on Tuesday in a bid to boost economic ties between the two nations. Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao had agreed to take measures to promote Indian exports in China when Jiabao had visited India in December 2010. The two countries have agreed to increase bilateral trade to $ 100 billion by 2015, up from $ 60 billion in...
07:32 AM, Apr 12, 2011
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