News for 'Xinhua'

US snubbed on Tiananmen

US snubbed on Tiananmen

Rediff.com6 Jun 2005

Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said China opposes US efforts to use human rights as an excuse to "interfere with other countries' internal affairs."

Bank of China launches world's biggest IPO in HK

Bank of China launches world's biggest IPO in HK

Rediff.com1 Jun 2006

Bank of China Limited launched on Thursday the world's biggest initial public offering in six years in Hong Kong stock exchange.

Missing jet: Chinese ship detects pulse signal in Indian Ocean

Missing jet: Chinese ship detects pulse signal in Indian Ocean

Rediff.com5 Apr 2014

A Chinese patrol ship searching the crashed Malaysian airliner on Saturday picked up a pulse signal from its black box detector in the southern Indian Ocean, China's official media reported, in a possible breakthrough in the nearly month-long multinational hunt for the jet.

Chinese migrants clash with Russian police

Chinese migrants clash with Russian police

Rediff.com16 May 2005

20 Chinese labourers were injured after clashing with the police in Siberia over identity cards.

China's foreign minister's mysterious visit to Tibet

China's foreign minister's mysterious visit to Tibet

Rediff.com20 Aug 2020

Was Wang Yi'S visit intended to remind India of 1962, asks Claude Arpi?

7 killed, 66 injured as blast rocks kindergarten in China

7 killed, 66 injured as blast rocks kindergarten in China

Rediff.com15 Jun 2017

The blast happened around 4:50 pm at the front gate of the kindergarten in Fengxian County in east China's Jiangsu Province when children were leaving the school, officials were quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.

Chinese bourse, NSE in pact

Chinese bourse, NSE in pact

Rediff.com2 Nov 2005

China and India, the 'twin engines' of Asian economic growth, have decided to step up their cooperation in the stock exchange sector for the first time with both sides inking an agreement to this effect.

Can the Chinese ogre be peaceful?

Can the Chinese ogre be peaceful?

Rediff.com6 Apr 2005

Tibet earthquake toll rises to 25, rescuers struggle to reach out

Tibet earthquake toll rises to 25, rescuers struggle to reach out

Rediff.com28 Apr 2015

The death toll in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region due to Saturday's earthquake and its aftershocks, climbed to 25 on Tuesday, even as rescuers continued to reach out to the affected people in the remotest of areas.

China: Coal mine blast kills 34

China: Coal mine blast kills 34

Rediff.com3 Oct 2005

China: Explosion in coal mine kills 34

China puts curbs on news sites

China puts curbs on news sites

Rediff.com26 Sep 2005

Play constructive role in South China Sea dispute, Xi Jinping tells Obama

Play constructive role in South China Sea dispute, Xi Jinping tells Obama

Rediff.com4 Sep 2016

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday asked the United States to "play a constructive role" in maintaining peace and stability in the disputed South China Sea, asserting that Beijing will "unswervingly" safeguard its sovereignty over the area.

Panchen Lama back home after 11 years

Panchen Lama back home after 11 years

Rediff.com30 Aug 2006

Gyaincain Norbu was approved as the 11th Panchen Lama by the Chinese government in 1995, disregarding the wishes of the exiled Dalai Lama, who had nominated Gendun Choekyi Nyima.

12 kids killed in bus fire in China

12 kids killed in bus fire in China

Rediff.com9 Mar 2005

Xinhua news agency reported that the mishap, which occurred on Tuesday, killed five kids on the spot.

Chemical blast in China kills 11

Chemical blast in China kills 11

Rediff.com14 Sep 2005

The homes of some 17 families were completely destroyed.

Hu poised for total control

Hu poised for total control

Rediff.com4 Mar 2005

Chinese President Hu Jintao is all set to succeed Jiang Zemin as the Chairman of the State Central Military Commission (CMC), further consolidating his grip on power in world's most populous nation.

64 people missing in China landslide presumed dead

64 people missing in China landslide presumed dead

Rediff.com16 Aug 2015

The 64 people missing after a massive landslide in northwest China's Shaanxi Province were presumed dead on Sunday, after rescuers failed to detect life at the site four days after they were buried under about 1 million cubic metres of mud.

15 killed in China coalmine accident

15 killed in China coalmine accident

Rediff.com26 Aug 2005

A gas explosion in a coalmine in China left 15 miners dead.

37 missing in China cargo ship capsize

37 missing in China cargo ship capsize

Rediff.com17 Feb 2006

All 37 sailors on board a cargo ship are missing after the vessel sank late Thursday night after striking a reef on the sea near Dongjia island in east China, official sources said.

Liver transplant record goes to China

Liver transplant record goes to China

Rediff.com8 Feb 2005

Doctors at the hospital conducted 507 liver transplants and helped other hospital workers in completing 300 similar operations last year, accounting for one-third of the operations conducted nationwide, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Kuwait smashes terror cell

Kuwait smashes terror cell

Rediff.com1 Feb 2005

Five people were killed and several wounded in the shootout Monday.

Zhao Ziyang cremated

Zhao Ziyang cremated

Rediff.com29 Jan 2005

China: All out efforts on to rescue miners

China: All out efforts on to rescue miners

Rediff.com8 Aug 2005

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have directed southern China's Guangdong provincial government to make all out efforts to rescue 102 miners who remain trapped in a flooded coal mine.\n\n

Nine killed in China mine explosion

Nine killed in China mine explosion

Rediff.com22 Jan 2005

the coal mine, in a disused tunnel, started to spontaneously combust when 13 miners were reinforcing it. The leaked gas lit and caused an explosion.\n

Death toll rises to 723 in China coronavirus

Death toll rises to 723 in China coronavirus

Rediff.com8 Feb 2020

Eighty-six deaths were reported in mainland China with 3,399 fresh cases from 31 provincial-level regions, the country's National Health Commission said on Saturday.

5,000 candidates for Iraq polls

5,000 candidates for Iraq polls

Rediff.com16 Dec 2004

Deadly attacks continued throughout the country as campaigning began officially Wednesday.

Pak will show flexibility on Kashmir: Kasuri

Pak will show flexibility on Kashmir: Kasuri

Rediff.com26 Jun 2005

Asserting that it desired peace with India as it wanted to focus on development, Pakistan said it was prepared to show 'flexibility' in resolving the Kashmir issue if New Delhi did the same.

China will vote against UNSC plan

China will vote against UNSC plan

Rediff.com22 Jun 2005

New Hong Kong leader named

New Hong Kong leader named

Rediff.com21 Jun 2005

Landslide in China; 65 missing

Landslide in China; 65 missing

Rediff.com3 Dec 2004

The landslide, around 0030 IST, destroyed 25 houses, in which an estimated 108 people were sleeping.

Mine blast kills 16 in China

Mine blast kills 16 in China

Rediff.com2 Dec 2004

A similar blast had devastated a coal mine in northwest China's Shaanxi province on Sunday, which killed 166 miners and injured over 40.

Iraq dossier author heads MI6

Iraq dossier author heads MI6

Rediff.com7 May 2004

The appointment of John Scarlett, who authored the disputed Iraqi weapons dossier, as the new head of MI6 has sparked off a political controversy.

'Snakehead' caught in China

'Snakehead' caught in China

Rediff.com10 Nov 2004

Police have bust a major illegal emigration racket by capturing a snakehead, or human smuggler, taking people out of China.

Corporate jets for China's rich

Corporate jets for China's rich

Rediff.com23 Nov 2005

The idea of owning a private jet seems to have caught the attention of China's growing number of rich people.

Secret US, N Korea talks fail

Secret US, N Korea talks fail

Rediff.com20 May 2005

US envoy Joseph Di Trani and the Department's Korean Affairs office head James Foster met with North Korean officials in New York last Friday, but with no apparent outcome.

Chinese scribe gets 10 yr jail for leaking secrets

Chinese scribe gets 10 yr jail for leaking secrets

Rediff.com30 Apr 2005

The ruling was handed down by the Intermediate People's Court of Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Xinhua news agency reported.

World's first quantum computing machine built in China

World's first quantum computing machine built in China

Rediff.com3 May 2017

Last year, the researchers had developed the world's best single photon source based on semiconductor quantum dots.

Hu Jintao takes over PLA's reins

Hu Jintao takes over PLA's reins

Rediff.com19 Sep 2004