Tensions escalate as China simulates 'strikes on targets in Taiwan'

Beijing performed "simulated coordinated precision strikes on important targets in Taiwan" on the second day of the drills, adding to the ongoing tense situation between Taiwan and China, Al......

China sends warships, fighter jets as Taiwanese prez returns from US

China on Saturday began military exercises around Taiwan to test the capabilities of its forces to 'seize control of the sea, air and information', days after a meeting between the United States......

US, China aircraft carriers in rare showdown in Taiwan Strait

China and the US flexed their naval might by deploying aircraft carriers in a rare showdown in the Taiwan Strait, the narrow channel that separates the Chinese mainland from Taiwan, as Beijing......

Taiwan getting ready for war with China: Report

As China is increasing its military activities near Taiwan in line with its stated goal of reintegrating it with the mainland, Taipei also started taking concrete steps to defend and train itself......

Alibaba's Jack Ma to step down in 2019, names company CEO as successor

Daniel Zhang will be promoted to the executive chairman on September 10, 2019, while Ma remains a director on Alibaba’s board. IMAGE: Jack Ma grew from an English teacher to China’s......

How Paytm is gearing up for the festive season

The firm will invest over Rs 1,000 crore in marketing, cash backs and promotional spends Planning to make a splash this festive season for its first major sale Paytm Mall, owned by Paytm Ecommerce......

With fatter wallet, Paytm goes for the kill

The mobile wallet player plans to add more Chinese sellers to its  e-commerce platform and boost technology for its soon-to-be-launched payments bank Go big or go home: chances are......

Start-ups master the art of deal making

No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising From operating from rented apartments to having offices in prime locations with thousands of employees,......

Trip of the year

'If I was a neuroscientist, my prime exhibit would be the brain of filmmaker Abhishek Chaubey.''At a time when priapic sex comedies are ruling the roost in Bollywood, Udta Punjab is nothing less......

Amu, Veera-Zara strike chord in Berlin

The Berlin film festival's Golden Bear went to U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, a stunning film from South Africa, directed by Marc Dornford-May. The film sets the popular opera Carmen in the shanty township......

World's Top 40 directors

Filmmaking is primarily a director's medium. And Guardian Unlimited's panel of judges recognise that. Peter Bradshaw, Xan Brooks, Molly Haskell, Derek Malcolm, Andrew Pulver, B Ruby Rich and Steve......

Asian Games: Bronze medal eludes Judoka Tulika Maan

IMAGE: After losing her quarter-final, Tulika Maan stayed alive to fight for the bronze medal with a win in the repecharge round. Photograph: Kind courtesy Olympic Khel/X Indian judoka Tulika Maan......

Will Sindhu end long wait for Commonwealth Games gold?

IMAGE: PV Sindhu won a bronze medal and a silver in the last two editions of Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images Star shuttlers, including P V Sindhu, will chase individual......

Day 15: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Sweden beat Britain to win men's curling gold IMAGE: Sweden's Christoffer Sundgren, Vice Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranaa and Daniel Magnusson react after winning the curling men's gold medal game......

PIX: Baseball, soccer seasons get underway in Taiwan

IMAGE: Cardboard cutouts of fans and Robots at the courtside prior to the CPBL season opening game between Rakuten Monkeys and CTBC Brothers at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium, in Taoyuan,......

China TV drops NBA exhibition games; league defends free speech

IMAGE: NBA chief Adam Silver. Photograph: NBA National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver said on Tuesday it is not up to the NBA to regulate what players, employees and team owners......