China denies report of plan to build tunnel to divert Brahmaputra waters

China on Tuesday rejected as “false and untrue” a media report that it was planning to build a 1,000-kilometre long tunnel to divert water from the Brahmaputra river in Tibet close to......

Here are the best photos from the World Press Photo Awards

The winners of the 60th annual World Press Photo Contest have been announced. The winning shot was taken by Turkish Associated Press photographer called Burhan Ozbilici, with an image he has simply......

Nehru's Aksai Chin Blunder

'Delhi was not concerned.''It would continue sleeping for several more years, with the result that Indian territory is still occupied by China today,' says Claude Arpi. IMAGE: A sketch of Prime......

New Chinese air route links border town with Pak

Ahead of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Pakistan, Beijing has inaugurated the first air cargo route linking Islamabad with border town Kashgar in northwest Xinjiang province. The cargo......