Chinese president praises Manmohan for contribution to Sino-India ties

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 19:39

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s contribution to the improvement of Sino-India relations.

Chinese president meets Russian PM on ties

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 20:49

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev here Tuesday.

PM Manmohan Singh arrives in Beijing on three-day visit

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 19:05

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day visit during which India and China are expected to ink several key pacts, including an agreement on a mechanism to prevent incursions by Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control.

BJP asks PM to raise stapled visa, border issues during China visit

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 11:58

BJP leader Captain Abhimanyu said Dr Singh`s foreign visits have not yielded tangible results so far.

Xi Jinping constitutes special team to probe top leader

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 17:31

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday formed a special team to probe corruption charges against a recently retired high ranking Communist Party leader regarded by many as disgraced politician Bo Xilai`s "Godfather".

China`s new leadership should use `common sense`: Dalai Lama

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 12:23

The public talk by the Tibetan leader capped two days of spiritual discourse which he gave to over 3,000 people in sessions hosted by Hollywood actor Richard Gere`s foundation.

Mayor of top Chinese city sacked over corruption

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 17:08

China on Saturday sacked the mayor of the the major eastern city of Nanjing for alleged embezzlement of USD 3.3 million from state funds, the latest high-profile case in a nationwide crackdown on corruption.

US businessman accused of being mob boss in China

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 08:39

When cops swooped in to arrest 40 suspected gangsters in southern China last year, the alleged kingpin was a US businessman who had hoisted an US flag amid a crowd to welcome Xi Jinping, now China`s president, to California.

China arrests blogger in widening crackdown against `online rumour-mongers`

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 12:49

The Chinese police have reportedly arrested a blogger in its widening crackdown on internet rumour spreaders.

Xi Jinping attends symposium on persecuted father

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 19:44

China`s ruling Communist Party today held a symposium praising President Xi Jinping`s father Xi Zhongxun, who was purged and imprisoned by party founder Mao Zedong for his liberal views.

China casts doubt on reports of Japan, China handshake

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 17:19

Relations between the world`s second- and third-largest economies have been troubled for months because of a sovereignty dispute over tiny islands in the East China Sea known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.