Donald Trump keeps it friendly with Xi Jinping at G20 on North Korea threat
Trump campaigned in last year's presidential election on cracking down on China for its trade practices, but he softened his rhetoric after taking office, saying he wanted to work with China on the nuclear issue.
Jul 09, 2017, 10:40 AM ISTEgyptian police said to detain Chinese Uighurs in wide sweep
Egyptian police have detained scores of Uighur students, including 20 from Cairo's Al-Azhar University who were stopped in the city of Alexandria on their way out of the country late on Wednesday and told they would be deported to China, said Abduweli Ayup, a Uighur activist in Turkey.
Jul 07, 2017, 13:48 PM ISTHeavy floods kill several in China's Hunan province
At least 44 people have been killed or are reported missing in Ningxiang County since June 22.
Jul 07, 2017, 11:46 AM ISTChina plans to launch cargo service to Pakistan through China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
The new line will start from Lanzhou, capital of northwestern China's Gansu Province, travelling through Kashgar in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the Gwadar Port of Pakistan, Xu Chunhua, director of Lanzhou International Trade and Logistic Park, was quoted as saying by state-run Xinhua news agency.
Jul 06, 2017, 15:21 PM ISTChina urges calm after US says ready to use force against North Korea
China fully implements United Nations sanctions on North Korea.
Jul 06, 2017, 14:08 PM ISTHong Kong student leaders say they won't contest Occupy protest charge
The Hong Kong protests that Wong and others helped drive represented one of the biggest populist challenges in decades to the leaders of China's Communist Party since the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement in Beijing.
Jul 06, 2017, 14:00 PM ISTChina shuts Nathu La pass for pilgrims, says willing to discuss possibility of alternative arrangements
The China on Wednesday said it was willing to discuss the possibility of alternative arrangements through other routes for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims who had planned the journey via Nathula Pass, suggesting that the mountain pass in Sikkim was not open anymore for the pilgrimage.
Jul 05, 2017, 23:51 PM ISTDonald Trump denounces China trade with North Korea, casts doubt on cooperation
United States President Donald Trump denounced China`s trade with North Korea on Wednesday and cast doubt on whether Beijing is working with Washington to counter the North Korean nuclear threat.
Jul 05, 2017, 20:17 PM ISTSikkim stand-off: China says India 'trampled' on Panchsheel
China on Wednesday said India "trampled" on the Panchsheel pact by entering Chinese territory, asking New Delhi to pull back troops to avoid a "worsening of the situation" on their border.
Jul 05, 2017, 14:36 PM ISTChina's floods roil hydropower, corn supplies
More than 750,000 hectares (1.85 million acres) of crops have been damaged and direct economic losses totalled more than 25.3 billion yuan ($3.72 billion).
Jul 05, 2017, 09:26 AM ISTChina rules out any compromise with India on Sikkim border stand-off, calls situation 'grave'
Amid the continuing military standoff in the Sikkim section, China on Tuesday ruled out any compromise with India and put the onus on New Delhi to resolve the situation to what it described as 'grave'.
Jul 04, 2017, 20:40 PM IST42 killed in China rains
Flooding has destroyed homes, uprooted trees, and damaged vehicles, roads and crops, while thousands of people have been evacuated.
Jul 04, 2017, 12:01 PM ISTEight dead, 35 injured in gas pipeline explosion in China
The explosion occurred at around 10 am local time in Shazi town in Qinglong County.
Jul 03, 2017, 09:21 AM ISTUS warship challenges Beijing's claim yet again, sails close to South China Sea island
The USS Stethem destroyer passed less than 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers) from tiny Triton Island in the Paracel Islands archipelago, which is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam, the official told AFP.
Jul 02, 2017, 23:29 PM ISTChina's Xi Jinping sees "challenges" in Hong Kong autonomy as protests gather steam
Chinese President Xi Jinping`s visit comes amid heightened tension between China and the former British colony.
Jun 30, 2017, 16:46 PM ISTBeijing parents protest at being denied primary school choice
At least 30 police, many with video cameras, filmed the parents as they chanted slogans about allowing their children to go to their local school.
Jun 30, 2017, 15:43 PM ISTChina bans 'time-bomb' toothpick crossbows
So-called toothpick crossbows were designed to shoot just that -- toothpicks -- and in recent weeks became the must-have "toy" for young children in Chinese schools.
Jun 30, 2017, 11:36 AM ISTAustralia accused of spying on China: Chinese media
An investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Fairfax Media found the country's political elite had been warned two years ago about taking donations from two billionaires with links to the Chinese Communist Party.
Jun 29, 2017, 15:51 PM ISTChina's Xi Jinping tells Hong Kong he seeks ''far-reaching future'' for its autonomy
Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, under a "one country, two systems" formula which guarantees wide-ranging freedoms and judicial independence unseen in mainland China.
Jun 29, 2017, 14:00 PM IST
Bhutan protests to China over border road dispute
Bhutan's ambassador to New Delhi, Vetsop Namgyel, said his government had called on China's People's Liberation Army to stop building the road in the district of Sikkim at a point where the Bhutan, Indian and Chinese borders meet.
Jun 29, 2017, 12:34 PM IST