'He still has to deal with party norms and traditions and has been careful to follow the order of seniority,' points out Claude Arpi. Nearly thirty years ago, Belgium-born Simon Leys, one of the......
China's new advisory legislative body on Sunday began its annual session commencing the once-in-a-decade power transfer to a new leadership headed by Xi Jinping from the outgoing government led by......
A Myanmari drug lord and three other foreigners, sentenced to death for killing 13 Chinese sailors in a vicious attack on the Mekong River in 2011, were paraded on live state-run television in......
In the wake of North Korea's third nuclear test, China has stepped up monitoring of radiation levels at its borders with close ally Pyongyang as the test site is situated about 100 km from the......
China's ruling Communist Party on Monday unveiled a new generation of leadership, including Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, as members of the key Central Committee of CPC to lead the party and country......
Veering from his historical dramas like the 1993 arthouse hit Farewell My Concubine and the little seen erotic thriller Killing Me Softly, master Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige offers a classy......
IMAGE: PV Sindhu is a former champion at the Madrid Spain Masters. Photograph: Yohan Nonotte via PV Sindhu/X Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu progressed to the second round of the Madrid Spain......
IMAGE: P V Sindhu advanced to the second round after her opponent Li Yvonne Li of Germany retired after the first game at the All England Championships. Photograph: BAI Media/X Double Olympic......
IMAGE: Sachin out-punched Uzbekistan's Shakhzod Muzafarov through a 5-0 verdict to win the gold medal in the men's 57kg at the 75th Strandja Memorial tournament. Photograph: Boxing Federation of......
IMAGE: HS Prannoy has been at his consistent best and had a last-four after being ousted by eventual champion Yu Qi Shi of China in the Indian Open last week. Photograph: BWF/X Singles ace HS......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy Team India/X Injured HS Prannoy's absence hurt India as they went down fighting 2-3 against badminton powerhouse China to sign off with their first-ever silver medal in......