China lauds India's 'great efforts' to help Lanka, says S Asia its priority

China on Wednesday praised India for making "great efforts" to help Colombo to tide over its worst financial crisis even as it refuted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's remarks that Beijing......

PLA Unrest: Why Xi Is Worried

Protests at this time when efforts are underway to strengthen the PLA and keep morale high would be worrying for the military leadership, observes Jayadeva Ranade, the retired senior RA&W officer......

World's largest ice festival kicks off in China

The world’s largest ice festival has opened in north-eastern China, featuring frozen castles, glistening snow sculptures and lots of snowmen. Here’s a glimpse of the frozen world. Ice......

China's Kingdom of Ice dazzles one and all

Harbin, China is considered to be one of the coldest places on Earth. It’s a superlative the city’s million million residents don’t take lightly. In fact, for the last......

How real is Trump's 100% tariff threat on BRICS?

President-elect Donald Trump's warning that BRICS countries will face 100 per cent tariffs if they choose to move away from the US dollar is unclear to what extent he will carry out his threat, as......

Anil Ambani for boosting Rupee-RMB-Dollar trade

Billionaire industrialist Anil Ambani on Monday said business leaders from India and China should enhance Rupee-RMB-Dollar trade for furthering co-operation between the two nations. RMB is the......

RMB funding in S Asia: Singapore to be conduit

Singapore is set to play a leading role in providing renminbi-based funding for multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects in South Asia, DBS Group Chief Executive Officer Piyush Gupta said on......

RMB devalues by 2% as China seeks to bolster sagging economy

China's central bank on Tuesday devalued its tightly controlled currency by two per cent to improve central parity system, amid slowing down of the world's second-largest economy and recent stock......

China's swimming champ Sun served three month ban

Yang Sun of China. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images China's world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang served a three-month ban earlier this year after testing positive for a......