Third seed Sindhu lost 17-21, 21-16, 18-21 to Zhang in another tough opening encounter that lasted 56 minutes.
China has asked Olympic-bound athletes and coaches to sign a pledge not to use banned drugs and pass a written test, as it seeks to enforce its zero-tolerance stance on doping, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
According to Chinese officials, its current investments in India stands at $1.1 billion, mostly in Gujarat.
Details of massive fraud and abuse of the popular H-2B work visa programme have been made public by a government report, which shows that in one of such cases more than 87 Indian nationals paid at least $20,000 each to enter the US illegally.
The Indian duo edged the Chinese pair of Liu Jiangchi and Gao Jianmei 28-27 in the gold-medal match.
'She was gutsy and rebellious enough to take on roles other more conventional actresses wouldn't dare and she excelled in them.'
A yuan stress test conducted by the government in March this year, showed profit margins of labour-intensive textile companies would drop by one percentage points if the it appreciates by one per cent.
A committee set up by the Bharatiya Janata Party to study the reported incursion by Chinese army into Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district claimed that the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has come 50 km within India from the McMohan Line since the Sino-Indian war of 1962.
China took it easy in this week's 2-0 friendly defeat to Portugal for fear of injuring Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and ruling him out of the World Cup, according to coach Gao Hongbo.
Morey's tweet of support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong prompted Chinese sponsors and partners to cut ties with the league and forced the National Basketball Association (NBA) to answer difficult questions about free speech.
China were confirmed winners of the women's 10 metre air rifle team event at the Asian Games on Monday after judges overturned an earlier decision to disqualify them.
P V Sindhu's title defence lay in tatters after suffering a shock straight-game loss to hitherto unknown Chinese Gao Fangjie in the quarter-finals of the China Super Series Premier in Fuzhou.
Top Indian Achanta Sharath Kamal received a mauling from Dimitrij Ovtcharov in a lopsided semi-final and the German then downed Korean Seo Hyun Deok to lift the men's singles title in the ITTF Indian Open Pro Tour Table Tennis tournament, which concluded on Sunday.
Seventh seed Chetan beat Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark 21-15, 21-15 in 30 minutes, while 10th seed Arvind went past another Dane, eight seeded Jan O Jorgensen, 21-13, 22-20 in 33 minutes.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Kishenchand Advani congratulated Bharatiya Janata Party's three MP's -- Ashok Argal and Faggan Singh Kulaste from Madhya Pradesh and Mahavir Baghora from Rajasthan -- who exposed Congress MP Ahmed Patel's attempt to buy them to stay away from the trust vote.
A tired and weakened Germany got their Asian Tour got off to a lacklustre start when they were held to a 1-1 draw by a young China team in an international friendly on Friday. Showing the clear effects of a gruelling season, Germany needed an equaliser from Lukas Podolski to cancel out Hao Junmin's opener and avoid an embarrassing defeat to the Chinese, who are 95 places below them in the FIFA rankings.
'(The) PM has surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression. If the land was Chinese: Why were our soldiers killed? Where were they killed,' he asked on Twitter, tagging the prime minister's remark.
'Nobody is for sale that we don't want to sell and so he is not for sale in this window. We have said it more than once'
Seeking special financial packages for the north-eastern state, Kiren Rijiju and Tapir Gao also urged the Prime Minister to consider implementation of their demand that the status of populated areas of both sides of the McMahon Line should not be altered to enable a permanent solution to the border dispute with China.
A golden pheasant has become a star in China because people think he has the same hairstyle as Donald Trump.
China's hopes of qualifying for next year's World Cup finals hang by the thinnest of threads after an injury time goal from Ahmed Al Saleh saw Syria hold Marcello Lippi's team to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday evening.
A whitepaper released by the Chinese government gave a lengthy explanation to refute the allegations of cover up and delay by Beijing on reporting the COVID-19 outbreak last year in Wuhan. United States President Donald Trump and leaders of several countries have accused China of not being transparent in reporting the deadly disease, leading to huge human casualties and economic crisis across the world.
The Indian ace was beaten in the men's singles semi-finals of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
India on Sunday opened a third hotline in view of 'large number' of phone calls from the Indians who are mostly students, the Indian Embassy in Beijing said.
It was the first meeting between the countries in more than two decades and has been dubbed 'The Earth Derby' as it features nations that are home to a third of the world's population.
BJP Members of Parliament from Assam, Rajen Gohain and Narayan Chandra Borkotoky, have been appointed in-charge of Mizoram and Nagaland respectively.
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to give Indian companies and products - especially including those made by the pharmaceutical, farming and fuel industries - greater access to Chinese markets.
Guo Jingjing made it five Athens Olympic diving titles out of seven for China when she twirled to a comprehensive victory in the women's three-metre springboard final.
During President Jinping's visit, China committed $20 billion investment over the next five years
The confirmed cases climbed to 571 mostly from the city of Wuhan with 17 deaths so far. The Wuhan government required all people in public places such as hotels, restaurants, cinemas, parks, shopping centres and public transports to wear masks to prevent the spread of the virus, according to an announcement on Wednesday night. The rule took effect immediately.
The 44 legislators, including Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who deserted the Congress party on Friday and joined the People's Party of Arunachal are set to form a new government with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led North East Democratic Alliance.
'I would like to dedicate this win to my parents and thank Gagan Sir and my coaches at GFG who have been working continuously behind me to make a shooter capable of winning titles at the world stage'
Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy crashed out in the second round of the China Open Super Series after suffering straight game defeats in their respective events.
Sandeep Chaudhary claimed the top honours with a best throw of 60.01m, which he managed in his third attempt.
After a year of heady gains, Chinese markets have been buffeted by increasing signs that economic growth is faltering.
Almost 36 hours after China's worst industrial disaster, the cause of the massive blasts in Tiajan remains unclear. But here is what we know
Devendra Bevendra improved his own world mark to win the gold medal in the Javelin Throw, category F44/46.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
China's Su Bingtian held off his opponents with a late burst of speed to win the event in 9.92 seconds.
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