Chinese officials have refuted allegations of the country's army assisting militants in northeast India, saying such charges are "absurd" and such a linkage is "impossible".
The death toll in the ship capsize in Yangtze River, China's worst shipping disaster in 70 years, rose to 434 after two more bodies were found on Monday.
The death toll in the Chinese cruise ship that capsized in the mighty Yangtze river on Saturday jumped to nearly 400 as hundreds more bodies were found by disaster teams, making it China's deadliest boat disaster in 70 years.
The death toll in the tragedy in the mighty Yangtze rose to 65 as rescuers retrieved another 39 bodies till morning.
China has virtually rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal to clarify positions on the Line of Actual Control and said it prefers an agreement with India on a Code of Conduct to maintain peace along the border.
China is opposed to India's oil exploration in the South China Sea because it is a disputed area, but regards its ambitious US $46 billion (Rs 2.9 lakh crore) economic corridor through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir a "livelihood project" with issues left over from history.
More than 4,000 rescue workers are racing against time to find survivors amid rough weather conditions.
A cruise ship carrying over 450 people, mostly elderly, capsized because of a cyclone in the murky waters of Asia's longest Yangtze River in China's Hubei province as rescuers on Monday raced against time to find survivors with hundreds missing and at least five dead.
China continued to have pockets of poverty despite massive development.
A massive fire engulfed a private nursing home for senior citizens in central China, killing at least 38 residents who were charred beyond recognition and prompting authorities to order nationwide safety checks of public buildings.
China would be an influential player in the bank
Infosys to open first overseas campus in China
Chinese Premier Li wants to get UN recognition for Tai Chi.
India and China will sign several business agreements worth about $10 billion at the India- China Business Forum.
Chinese smartphone market, world's largest, shrinks in Q1
The PM on Tuesday officially announced his visit to China from May 14 to 16.
The 3.9 million yuan ($630,000) fine is the biggest-ever.
Gao Yu was found her guilty of leaking an internal Communist Party document to a foreign website.
Xiaomi easily broke their record from the same event last year.
China has welcomed Modi remarks on border, and has said it has a 'positive attitude'.
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