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![]() Beijing (AFP) June 19, 2011 An Indian military delegation arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a six-day visit, an Indian official said, marking the resumption of defence ties that were frozen for a year over a visa dispute. The eight-member delegation, headed by Major General Gurmeet Singh, will visit the Chinese capital and the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang, a senior Indian defence official told AFP earlier. A spokesman for the Indian embassy in Beijing confirmed the delegation arrived Sunday afternoon but could n ... read more |
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![]() S. Korean soldiers fire at Asiana passenger jet South Korean troops fired at a passenger jet flying from China with 119 people on board after mistaking it for a North Korean aircraft, amid increasingly fraught relations on the divided peninsula. ... more | .. |
![]() Myanmar state media blames rebels for clashes Myanmar state media on Saturday accused ethnic minority rebels of starting deadly fighting near the Chinese border as an official confirmed civilians were fleeing the clashes. ... more | .. |
![]() Taiwan military bases bar Chinese tourists Taiwan Friday told travel agencies not to bring Chinese tourists to military camps, citing concerns that some might be spies, amid a security scare after one mainland group got inside a base. ... more | .. |
Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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![]() India resumes military exchanges with China India will send a military delegation to China on Sunday, marking a resumption of defence ties that were frozen for a year over a visa row, government and defence officials said. ... more | .. |
![]() China arrests 19 over riots Authorities in China have arrested 19 people suspected of "provoking incidents" during three days of riots in the country's southern industrial heartland, state media said Saturday. ... more | .. |
![]() China says corrupt officials flee with $120 bn Corrupt Chinese officials siphoned more than $120 billion out of the country in less than two decades, the central bank has said in a study highlighting the widespread scourge of government graft. ... more | .. |
![]() More than one million evacuated in China floods More than one million people in China have been evacuated following downpours that have raised water levels in rivers to critical highs, and triggered floods and landslides, the government has said. ... more |
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![]() Wife of jailed China dissident disappears: report The wife of prominent jailed Chinese rights activist Hu Jia has gone missing ahead of her husband's expected release and may have been taken into custody, a Hong Kong newspaper said Monday. ... more | .. |
![]() Flood-hit China braces for more storms Flood-hit areas of central and southern China braced for more heavy rains Monday with several major rivers already swollen after downpours that have affected millions and left scores dead or missing. ... more | .. |
![]() China claims its place at Paris airshow China aims to claim its rightful place at the Paris International Airshow this week alongside giants Airbus and Boeing, laying down a marker for its ambitions to be a major player in global aviation. ... more | .. |
![]() Vietnamese hold anti-China rally amid sea spat Up to 100 Vietnamese rallied outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi for the third weekend in a row on Sunday over an escalating maritime row with Beijing. ... more |
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![]() US, Vietnam in joint call amid China tension The United States and Vietnam on Friday jointly called for freedom of navigation and rejected the use of force in the South China Sea, amid simmering tensions between Beijing and its neighbors. ... more | .. |
![]() China says EU debt crisis 'important' to Beijing China said Friday the ability of eurozone countries to overcome their debt problems was "extremely important" to Beijing, while calling on EU nations to offer more work permits to Chinese investors. ... more | .. |
![]() Singapore urges China to come clean in dispute Singapore on Monday urged China to be more open about the extent of its territorial claims in the South China Sea, saying Beijing's ambiguity was causing international concern. ... more | .. |
![]() Mongolia, US join hands on democracy, energy Mongolia promised Thursday to give US companies a role in its booming energy sector as President Barack Obama reached out to the young democracy that is also being courted by neighboring China. ... more |
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![]() China's nuclear reactors pass inspections All 13 of China's operating nuclear reactors have passed safety inspections, said China's Vice Environment Minister Li Ganjie. ... more | .. |
![]() US lawmakers press for jets to Taiwan US lawmakers across party lines stepped up pressure Thursday on President Barack Obama to sell F-16 jet fighters to Taiwan, with some accusing the administration of showing deference to China. ... more | .. |
![]() Myanmar rebels eye China mediation in clashes Myanmar ethnic minority rebels on Thursday appealed for China to help end a deadly standoff with government troops as Beijing called for calm after people fled across the countries' shared border. ... more | .. |
![]() Blind China activist beaten unconscious: wife A blind Chinese activist who exposed abuses in Beijing's population control policy was beaten unconscious by dozens of men led by a communist party official, his wife said in a letter released Thursday. ... more |
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![]() China detains 'rumour-monger' over riots Police in southern China have announced they have detained a person suspected of spreading rumours on the Internet that triggered violent clashes and a major security clampdown. ... more | .. |
![]() Nepal marks becoming land mine-free A huge controlled explosion marked the end of Nepal's deadly land mine areas and the beginning of it as Asia's second land mine-free country alongside China. ... more | .. |
![]() CTDC to Expand and Invest in Europe Development Group has announced during the Intersolar Europe 2011 in Munich, that CTDC has entered into a strategic cooperation framework agreement with two other listed companies from China and Hon ... more | .. |
![]() Gas deal elusive as Hu visits Russia Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday talked up a deal to pump Russian gas to China for the next three decades but failed to clinch agreement on a final contract. ... more |
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![]() China's Alibaba splits online shopping unit Taobao China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group announced Thursday it has split its consumer online shopping platform Taobao into three firms to adapt to an increasingly competitive landscape. ... more | .. |
![]() China nuclear safety checks to run until October China has finished inspecting nuclear reactors operating around the country and will complete checks on more than two dozen still under construction by October, the environment ministry has said. ... more | .. |
![]() Carstens makes IMF case in China Mexico's candidate to lead the IMF was set to make a lightning visit to China on Thursday to try to win Beijing's support in what he himself has called an "uphill battle" to defeat Christine Lagarde. ... more | .. |
![]() China's Hu seeks gas breakthrough in Russia Chinese President Hu Jintao was Thursday to meet Russian counterpart Dmitry Mevdvedev in search of a breakthrough in stalled negotiations on a mega-contract for Russia to pump gas to China. ... more |
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![]() Villagers flee as Myanmar rebel clash 'spreads' Deadly clashes between Myanmar troops and ethnic minority rebels near the Chinese border have spread with hundreds, possibly thousands, of people fleeing their homes, reports said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
![]() China, Russia press Ahmadinejad at rare meeting The leaders of China and Russia on Wednesday pressed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to show more cooperation to resolve the Iranian nuclear standoff, in a rare meeting at a regional security summit. ... more | .. |
![]() Faced with unrest, wary China flexes muscle China has put on a display of force to quell recent violent bouts of unrest - events that analysts say highlight resentment towards an unresponsive government grappling with economic and social strife. ... more | .. |
![]() Lead-poisoned Chinese children denied care: HRW Chinese officials in provinces with heavy industrial pollution are restricting access to lead testing or even falsifying test results, and denying children treatment, a US rights group said Wednesday. ... more |
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