Indian officials said Doval's visit will be rescheduled as he is preoccupied with the handling of the Pathankot incident.
Users on popular Chinese microblog Sina Weibo chastised the translation as 'a blasphemy against a classic'.
Two persons were pulled out alive after being buried for over 60 hours in a landslide that struck an industrial estate in China's Shenzhen city.
Parts of north China will see the worst smog so far this year the National Meteorological Centre said on Saturday.
As Shinzo Abe begins his crucial visit to India on Friday looking to clinch a slew of deals including bullet trains and amphibious defence planes, the Chinese media on Friday said the Japanese premier is trying to rope in India as part of a strategy to contain arch rival China.
China is keen to get Indian bullet train deals as it would provide a major opening for it to win projects abroad.
Under the red alert, which is the highest in the four-tier emergency response system created in 2013, all schools have been ordered to be closed, and outdoor construction halted.
Air quality in the city of 16 million is usually bad in winter.
Both sides to enhance cooperation in combating international terrorism.
He is due to call on Premier Li Keqiang later on Thursday and hold talks with China's Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun, who is also the State Councillor in the CPC, a rank above the minister.
E-commerce has become a success in China as it overtook the US as the world largest online retail market.
China has for the first time permitted official media websites to report news but retained monopoly over the media by omitting popular private social media portals like Sina which has millions of users.
The C919 - a twin-engine, narrow-body aircraft seating up to 174 people - is similar in size to the Airbus 320.
China must maintain medium-high growth for the next five years.
India is devoting itself to promoting a strategy of diversifying its energy sources.
China has overtaken the US as the world largest online retail market with $442 billion compared to US.
The government has set seven per cent as the GDP target for this year.
Recent IMF forecast said China's growth is expected to slow down.
Both sides are fielding the same number of troops for the joint exercises, which will culminate on October.
China has launched a host of reforms to halt the slow down of the economy, which is hovering around seven per cent with forecasts that it would dip down further.
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