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11 workers killed in Chinese coal mine fire

Eleven mine workers were killed because of carbon monoxide poisoning in a coal mine in northern China. They died after an air compressor caught fire inside the mine in north China's HebeiProvince,......

Worst cold front in decades hits China

China’s worst cold front in decades on Saturday swept the country with snow falling in some parts for the first time in years, forcing authorities to issue an orange alert, the second most......

Chinese team rescues Indian sailor

Chinese rescuers have saved a drowning Indian seaman off Qinhuangdao in China's Hebei Province. Partsiban Viknesh, a member of the Indian freighter Patalztutra, fell into water about 40 nautical......

Fireworks kill 9 in China

At least nine people have been killed in separate explosions in three illegal fireworks factories in north China's Hebei Province. The first blast occurred around noon on Thursday in Hengshui City,......

Beijing reports first case of rabies in 11 years

Beijingers have been asked to keep an eye on their pet dogs and regularly take vaccine against rabies following the death of a man from hydrophobia.The man died this week, the first death caused by......

China sends officials to villages to eradicate poverty

Stepping up its campaign to eradicate rural poverty, China has launched a new scheme under which its provincial officials have to live in villages and develop those areas, where most of its over......

Chidambaram in Beijing for G-20 meet

Finance Minister P Chidambaram would be attending a key G-20 ministerial meeting on various developmental issues and hold bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Jin Renqing.Chidambaram......

China SEZ woos Indian businesses

Yanjiao Economic and Technological Development Zone located in Sanhe City, an ancient town to the east of Beijing, has invited Indian business fraternity to set up shop to serve the large Chinese......

An elevated bus that allows cars to drive under it!

China has found a solution to cut down pollution and traffic woes with a futuristic elevated bus. IMAGE: TEB-1 to reduce traffic woes. Photograph: Reuters The unique transport......

Coronavirus scare: India may soon run short of antibiotics, diabetes drugs

Indian pharmaceutical companies are heavily dependent on China to source fermentation-based active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates to manufacture these medicines, but the coronavirus......

Soccer coach jailed for 20 years in China

IMAGE: China coach Li Tie. Photograph: Ibraheem Al Omari/Reuters China's crackdown on corruption in soccer claimed a notable figure on Friday when former Everton midfielder and national team......

World No.1 TT player injured

The top women's table tennis player Zhang Yining broke her tailbone during a training session in Zhengding in Hebei province, the state media reported.Zhang, the singles runner-up at the World......

Beijing marks 100 days to Winter Olympics amid COVID, rights concerns

IMAGE: Beijing Winter Olympics will kick off from February 4. Photograph: Reuters With 100 days until the start of the Winter Olympics, Beijing is promising a "simple and safe" 2022 Games -......

PIX: Actor Jackie Chan carries Olympic torch atop Great Wall

IMAGE: Actor Jackie Chan speaks to the media after taking part in the Beijing Winter Olympics torch relay at the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Yanqing district on Thursday. Photographs:......

Will coronavirus affect Tokyo Olympics in July-Aug?

IMAGE: Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto said organisers are not considering cancelling the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which start on July 24. Photograph: Kyodo/via Reuters Japanese Prime Minister......