After foreign minister, China sacks missing defence minister

After keeping mum for nearly two months, China on Tuesday formally sacked its missing defence minister Gen. Li Shangfu who met the same fate as his former Cabinet colleague and foreign minister Qin......

Settle border issues for 'legal ties': China to Bhutan

China has asked Bhutan to establish diplomatic ties with it and resolve the boundary issue "as soon as possible" to transform the relations between the two neighbours into "legal form". Bhutanese......

Israeli diplomat attacked in China amid war against Hamas

An Israeli embassy staffer has been hospitalised after being attacked in China's capital city Beijing, The Times of Israel reported citing Israel's foreign ministry. IMAGE: Religious Jewish men......

BRICS Expansion: Boost For China

This could become tricky territory for India, given its basically adversarial relationship with China, its moves to block imports and investment from that country, and to deny market access for......

In Covid times China reports Q1 GDP growth of whopping 18.3%

China's GDP jumped a record 18.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, riding on strong domestic and foreign demand and aided by recovery from a low base in early 2020 when Covid-19 stalled the......

Covid-hit Chinese economy grows 4.9% in Q3

China's economy, which suffered 6.8 per cent slump in the first quarter due to the coronavirus pandemic -- the worst in 44 years -- bounced back posting 4.9 per cent growth between July and......

Chinese economy is first to recover from coronavirus crisis

Analysts, however, predict it would be an uphill climb for export-reliant China's economy going forward as it faced intensified conflict with the US and the negative fallout on its external trade......

Down 6.8%, China posts worst economic growth since Cultural Revolution

China's GDP took the worst hit since the disastrous Cultural Revolution in 1976, plummeting by 6.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 as the country took unprecedented measures to fight the......

World body threatens to bar Indian wrestlers from Olympic qualifiers

This threat from UWW comes days after the Delhi High Court was considering an application filed by four wrestlers including Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia after the IOA dissolved the......

Japan will not send government delegation to Beijing Olympics

IMAGE: Japan, while a partner of the United States, also has strong economic ties to China. Photograph: Reuters Japan will not send a government delegation to February's Winter Olympics in......

Hopeful of India winning 5-6 medals in Tokyo: Bindra

IMAGE: Abhinav Bindra is optimistic about a strong performance by the Indian shooting contingent at the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later July this year. Photograph: Abhinav Bindra/Instagram......

China bans big sports events to curb second wave of infections

IMAGE: Chinese women wear protective masks as they are dressed in traditional clothing from the Qing Dynasty era outside a park in Beijing, on March 29, 2020. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images......

Coronavirus puts Chinese Formula One race in doubt

The outbreak has affected numerous international sports events in China. Among them was the world indoor athletics championships scheduled to be held in Nanjing on March 13-15, which have been......