New Delhi: After the popularity of Bollywood hit film "3 Idiots" in China, official level talks were held here Tuesday on working out ways to screen more Indian films in that country as well as enter into film co-production.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari held delegation level talks with his visiting Chinese counterpart Cai Fuchao here over lunch.
According to the details worked out, China is to be the guest country at next year's India International Film Festival at Goa. It will also have a presence at this year's Goa film fest with a selection of classical Chinese films.
The film academies of both countries - the Film and Television Institute of India and the Beijing Film Academy - are to have regular exchange programmes....
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06:07 PM, Jun 18, 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
Beijing: Piqued over Japan's warm ties with India, an influential Chinese daily on Tuesday said New Delhi's wisdom lies in dealing with its disputes with Beijing calmly undisturbed by "internal and international provocateurs". As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh undertook a visit to Tokyo amid reports of defence deals between the two sides, the ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece, the People's Daily, on Tuesday lashed out at Japanese politicians, terming them as...
05:10 PM, May 28, 2013
Seoul: North Korea sent one of its top military officials to Beijing on Wednesday as a "special envoy" of its leader Kim Jong-un, state news agency KCNA reported. There were few details of Choe Ryong-hae's visit, which came amid strained relations between China and North Korea after Beijing backed UN sanctions on Pyongyang for its February nuclear test. Choe is the most senior North Korean official to visit Beijing since...
08:59 AM, May 22, 2013
Beijing: Describing Pakistan as the "iron brother" of China, Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday hailed Islamabad's "positive contribution" towards maintaining peace and stability, combating terrorism and promoting development in South Asia. Heading to Pakistan on Wednesday after his successful visit to India, Li promised to announce a number of lucrative deals to firm up 'all-weather' ties between the two long-time allies. Li termed Pakistan as an "iron brother" of China...
11:10 PM, May 21, 2013
Beijing: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived in Beijing on Thursday on a two-day visit for the talks with Chinese leaders, just days after the resolution of a row over Depsang Valley in Ladakh where the troops of People's Liberation Army intruded recently. Besides talks with his counterpart Wang Yi, Khurshid is expected to meet new Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is planning to visit India later this month, making...
11:40 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is to go ahead with his May 9, 2013 Beijing visit amid the stand-off between the two countries over the incursion by Chinese troops in Depsang area of Ladakh. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said on Thursday, in answer to a question, that Khurshid has said that "he intends to go and that is the last word". He said that the Chinese...
04:25 AM, May 03, 2013
Army chief General Bikram Singh on Wednesday briefed the Cabinet Committee on Security on the Chinese incursion. ...
08:03 PM, May 01, 2013
Beijing: Over 200 people were killed and 11,500 others injured in the devastating 7-magnitude earthquake in southwest China, which continued to be rocked by hundreds of aftershocks on Sunday, while relief teams made frantic efforts to save hundreds trapped under tonnes of rubble. After suffering the shallow quake on Friday, the Lushan county battered by over 1,300 tremors. The severest aftershocks measured as high as 5.4 magnitude, jolting the area...
10:31 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Beijing: At least 161 people were killed and more than 5,700 injured when a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, flattening more than 10,000 homes in a seismic mountainous region that suffered a catastrophic quake in 2008. The quake struck the province on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau at 8.02 am, prompting a major relief and rescue operation in the same area where 90,000 people...
08:21 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Beijing: Over 110 people were killed and more than 3,000 injured on Saturday when a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan province, causing massive destruction in a region that suffered a catastrophic quake in 2008. The quake hit Lushan county of Ya'an city in southwest China's Sichuan province at 8:02 am local time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicentre of the earthquake was reported to...
04:20 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Beijing: The new strain of deadly bird flu spread in Beijing as one more case was reported from the Chinese capital, raising the total number of people affected from the avian influenza in the country to 61. On Saturday, a 7-year-old girl had become the first person in Beijing to be infected with the H7N9 bird flu. Earlier, the flu had been confined to the eastern city of Shanghai and...
01:23 PM, Apr 15, 2013
The North Korean missile test threat has brought two unlikely allies - US Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese President Xi Jinping - together. Kerry has reached out to China to help defuse the growing tension in the Korean Peninsula. CNN's Cristina Mutchler reports that both US and China will work together to uphold peace and advancing de-nuclearization of the Korean peninsula. China is considered North Korea's biggest benefactor ...
10:04 AM, Apr 14, 2013
Beijing: The deadly new bird flu, which has caused 11 deaths in China so far, spread to Beijing as the capital reported its first case on Saturday, increasing the total number of cases in the country to 44. A seven-year-old child in Beijing was suspected to have been infected with H7N9 strain of bird flu, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted local health officials as saying. It needs to be confirmed...
07:35 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Beijing: The number of people infected with the new H7N9 strain of bird flu in China stands at 38 with the detection of five more cases, while a four-year-old boy who had experienced slight symptoms made a complete recovery. Ten people have died of the virus. By regions, Shanghai continues to have the greatest number of cases, with 15, followed by Jiangsu with 10, Zhejiang with 6 and Anhui with...
08:29 AM, Apr 12, 2013
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08:30 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Beijing: China continues to grapple with rising numbers of bird flu cases as three more people were on Sunday confirmed infected with the deadly H7N9 strain, taking the total to 21, while official media blamed the virus on intense farming and density of population. Shanghai, China's biggest metropolis with 23 million people, is bearing the brunt of the new avian influenza as two more cases confirmed there raising the total...
09:38 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Beijing: Two more persons on Thursday died in China due to the H7N9 bird flu, taking the death toll from the new strain of avian influenza to five in the country even as officials traced the new deadly virus to pigeons in Shanghai. Also, the total number of cases of the virulent disease in the country rose to 14 with fresh cases coming to light. A person died in Shanghai...
02:55 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Beijing: One more person on Thursday died in China due to the deadly H7N9 bird flu, taking the death toll to four, even as the total number of cases of the new strain of avian influenza in the country rose to eleven. A 48-year-old man died of H7N9 bird flu in east China's Shanghai Municipality on Thursday, the third in the municipality and the fourth in the country, state-run Xinhua...
06:33 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Two primary school boys were allegedly beaten to death by a staffer in southern China, in the latest case of violent attacks against children in the country. ...
07:17 PM, Mar 29, 2013
