The new service will travel through 18 countries and each bus will accommodate 20 passengers.
The overall confirmed cases on the mainland have reached 81,518 as of Monday, which included 3,305 people who died of the of disease.
Meanwhile, Pakistan's Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa discussed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir with China's Central Military Commission Vice-Chairman Xu Qiliang when he visited the Pakistan Army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi with a high-level delegation on Monday
'China can't stop any company from relocating to India.'
Gains in realty, teck, IT, power, consumer durables, banking and oil & gas stocks helped both the key indices to score gains.
General Zhao Zongqi is well known in India for having commanded the Chinese troops during the Dokalam episode. Zhao knows every inch and corner of the Indian border, at least the Eastern and Central sectors, including the Naku La area which witnessed fist-fights between Indian and Chinese troops in April/May. Claude Arpi introduces us to the PLA generals masterminding the Chinese aggression in Ladakh.
State-backed media attacked apple over warranty policies. Chinese consumer, however, scoffed the press.
The Wuhan local administration earlier announced that people who are not quarantined and seeking special treatment or stranded in the city can leave in batches.
The total deaths from the more than two-month-old outbreak as reported on Thursday stood at 1,367, with the total number of confirmed cases mounting to 59,804, health officials were quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.
India has opposed the CPEC project and protested to China as it is being laid through PoK.
He praised the "very bold move" taken by China's central bank to stop financial transactions with North Korea.
However, dealers said that most of the rupee's gains were lost on consistent dollar demand from state-run oil refiners and other importers.
'Our biggest advantage is that the troops are much better trained and motivated than the Chinese and can improvise and manage with a part of the resources.'
Spot gold was bid up at $1268.30 in early European trading and silver also moved up at $17.42 an ounce.
It moved in a range of 66.9250 and 66.70 per dollar during the day
China, which had built up a huge network of silos to store foodgrains, imported the largest quantities of grains in its history last year to beef up reserves to avoid a food shortage this year.
A provisional regulation by the General Offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council says party and government officials, whose spouses and children have migrated overseas, will now be subjected to strict examination while applying for private passports and travelling abroad.
China on Thursday launched fresh broadside against exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama ridiculing his India links and his assertions that Arunachal Pradesh was part of India.
The country opened its airspace for all flights except for New Delhi, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur on March 27.
Gold futures for February delivery closed at in the red on weekly basis after reaching a record $1,432.50 an ounce on December 7. This week, the gold dropped 1.51 per cent or $21.30, the most since mid-November on concern that China may tighten monetary policy eroded demand for precious metals.
Credit cards debt 180 days past the due repayment date stood at 7.92 billion yuan ($1.19 billion) by the end of the third quarter, up 8.5 per cent from the second quarter, the People's Bank of China said.
United States President Barack Obama has reiterated his administration's commitment towards building an active, cooperative and comprehensive relationship with China, which requires strong diplomatic and military ties. Obama's assurance to China came during his meeting with Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, at the White House. Obama recalled his two previous meetings with the Chinese president.
With the recovery of five more bodies, the death toll in the gas explosion that hit a coal mine in China's central Henan province rose to 26 on Sunday while 11 others are still trapped underground.
According to official sources, the primary objective of Wei's visit is to deliberate with Indian defence establishment on implementation of decisions taken by Modi and Xi in their informal summit in Wuhan in April.
China's central bank said late on Saturday it was ready to make the Yuan more flexible.
Equity markets across the world made handsome gains after China announced plans to make its currency, the yuan, more flexible against the dollar. China on Saturday said it would allow its currency to appreciate against the US dollar.
China has said that its doors are open for talks with Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, but reiterated that no concessions would be made on issues concerning national sovereignty.
The chairman of the organising committee Karma Gelek Yuthok said almost 7,000 pilgrims had returned to China, citing pressure from authorities there, the Global Times report said.
China and India have 'no fundamental conflicts' in their relations, a senior Communist Party official said on Thursday as the two neighbours launched a new round of border talks in Beijing."China and India have no fundamental conflicts, but share broad common interests," Li Yuanchao, a Politburo member of the ruling Communist Party of China Central Committee said while meeting Communist Party of India leader C K Chandrappan in Beijing.
Brokers said a flurry of buying by investors in blue-chips mainly influenced the sentiment.
Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, 50, and Chen Dong, 37, were blasted off into space by Shenzhou-11 (heavenly vessel) spacecraft.
Silver also reclaimed the Rs 34,000 per kg mark.
Chinese economy slowed down to 6.9 per cent last year.
China's central bank will drop former leader Mao Zedong's face from six million new 10 yuan ($1.46) notes to mark next month's Olympic Games.
China's central bank has finally acknowledged that the nation's booming red-hot economy is facing increasing pressure from spiralling prices and inflation risks are "worthy of attention".
Index heavyweights were the top losers along with bank shares.
China chose a sports contest to announce the change of the name of Taiwan, a self-governed cash-rich island.
There is a sense of relief in Beijing that Modi will be at the helm of affairs in Delhi at a critical juncture in the geopolitics of the region, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The abbot of China's ancient Shaolin Temple will fly to Germany to watch the World Cup final at the invitation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter, state media reported on Wednesday.
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