China downplays Japanese PM`s visit to India

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 17:12

China on Monday downplayed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s visit to India as a bilateral issue, even as the state-media termed the trip as a failure for not succeeding in pinning down Beijing.

Delhi`s air more polluted than Beijing`s, reveals new study

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 12:36

An examination of daily pollution figures collected from New Delhi suggests that the air in the national capital is laden with dangerous small particles of pollution.

Japan`s Abe says China`s prosperity rests on trust, not tensions

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 01:06

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said China`s continued economic growth will require building trust, not tensions, with other countries, according to an interview broadcast on Sunday.

23 militants killed in clashes with Chinese and Kyrgyz forces

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 19:05

Twenty-three militants were killed during separate clashes with Chinese and Kyrgyz security forces as violence rocked China`s volatile Xinjiang province, bordering PoK, for the second day on Saturday.

12 killed in China violence

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 17:53

At least six people were gunned down by police and six others killed in explosions in China`s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, authorities said Saturday.

China to start regular patrols from island in South China Sea

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 16:05

China will base a 5,000-tonne civilian patrol ship on one of the main islands it controls in the disputed South China Sea and begin regular patrols, an official newspaper said on Tuesday, a move likely to add fuel to territorial disputes with neighbours.

Knife-wielding man injures three at Chinese airport

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 15:10

A knife-wielding man injured three security staff members at an airport in northwest China on Monday.

Chinese PM hears public opinion to formulate key policies

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 15:48

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang heard the opinions and views of people from fields of science, education, culture, medicine and sports along with the general public at a forum before drafting a government work report on policy making to be presented at the NPC session next month.

One killed, 33 injured in explosion at China restaurant

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 00:34

One person was killed and 33 others were injured in an explosion in a restaurant in Hebei Province of northern China on Saturday.

China paper attacks `malicious` detained Uighur academic

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 13:52

China must punish the "brains" behind terrorists and fight against those who preach with "malicious intent", a state-run newspaper said Saturday in an editorial justifying the arrest of a prominent Uighur academic.

China ramping-up navy with more ships amid maritime disputes

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 19:05

China is ramping-up its naval surveillance fleet in big numbers as part of attempts to assert its control in the disputed South and East China Sea to fend off emerging challenges from US and Japan in the region.

China detains prominent Uighur academic: Wife

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 22:33

Police in China have detained a prominent Uighur academic and outspoken critic of government policy towards the mostly Muslim minority, his wife said on Thursday.