China: News

16 Jun 2017

World

22-year-old gets 13kg of poop surgically removed; Shit gets serious!

If you haven't been considering constipation a real health hazard, think again!

15 Jun 2017

India

In a major goof-up, Pakistani tableau features Red Fort

The world knows that Pakistan claims Jammu and Kashmir as its territory. But Delhi's Red Fort?

14 Jun 2017

India

Indian flyers can now avail services from Chinese, Turkish carriers

Indian flyers can now avail the services of affordable airlines including the well-networked Turkish Airlines as well as Chinese flight carriers.

14 Jun 2017

India

China backs Pakistan's plans for Indus Basin dams, India opposes

Bringing in another-dimension to multiple confrontations in the sub-continent, Pakistan is looking to construct a mega-dam on the Indus in Gilgit-Baltistan region by 2018.

13 Jun 2017

Technology

Record-breaking drone swarm: China launches 119 drones at once

China broke a world record by launching a swarm of 119 fixed-wing drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

11 Jun 2017

Pakistan News

Chinese ships arrive in Pakistan on "goodwill" visit

Three Chinese warships arrived in Karachi on June 10 for a "goodwill and training" visit, reported Pakistani and Chinese media.

10 Jun 2017

Education

China's "Gaokao" exams are a different kind of scary altogether

Millions of Chinese students are giving their "Gaokao" this week, which is China's annual university exams and authorities are bringing in an arsenal of surveillance equipment, like metal detectors, facial and fingerprint scanners, mobile-signal blockers, wireless detectors, drones and more, to nab cheaters.

09 Jun 2017

India

Modi, Xi Jinping to hold talks at SCO summit

Official sources have confirmed that PM Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the ongoing Shanghai Co-operation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.

09 Jun 2017

Apple

Chinese black market - Apple users' personal data on sale!

Tech giant Apple's data protection is known to be the world's best.

08 Jun 2017

Beijing

China making preliminary preparations for manned lunar mission

According to a senior Chinese space official, the Asian superpower is making "preliminary" preparations for sending a man to the moon.

05 Jun 2017

India

Chinese helicopters intrude Indian airspace: IAF commences probe

Marking fourth such incident, two Zhiba helicopters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) intruded into Indian airspace, hovering over the Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

31 May 2017

World

China to implement controversial cyber security law from June

Come June, China's walls are going to get a little bit higher as Cyber Security Law (CSL) which aims to protect consumers from data siphoning by online service providers, comes into effect.

30 May 2017

Asia

Rela, popular gay dating app in China, blocked

The gay rights movement in Asia is a pretty mixed bucket right now. Just after Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage, Rela, a popular dating portal for gay women, has been blocked in China.

30 May 2017

India

Dhola-Sadiya bridge: China warns India to be cautious, exercise restraint

Reacting to the inauguration of the Dhola-Sadiya bridge, linking Assam to Arunachal Pradesh, China has issued a sharp warning to India to "be cautious and exercise restraint on building infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh".

30 May 2017

India

China's cashless economy is a valuable lesson for India

The NDA government is pushing for a cashless economy and we may achieve it eventually in the future but right now, the focus is on how one of the biggest economies, China, has gone cashless, its benefits and disadvantages.

26 May 2017

Pakistan News

Two Chinese nationals abducted in Pakistan, Beijing raps Islamabad

Beijing has expressed displeasure at the kidnapping of two of its nationals inside Pakistan, saying Pakistan needs to take more concrete measures to ensure protection of Chinese nationals.

26 May 2017

India

UN reports say CPEC could worsen Indo-Pak relations

A report compiled by the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia, has stated that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor could spell disaster for Indo-Pak relations and could potentially deteriorate the regional security scenario.

25 May 2017

Donald Trump

US warship sails past disputed SCS island

In the first provocative action since Donald Trump took office, a US warship sailed 12 nautical miles away from an artificial island that China constructed on a disputed part of the South China Sea.

25 May 2017

India

China overstating census, India world's most populous country

China has been overstating its population data for decades, according to data compiled by University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Yi Fuxian.

25 May 2017

India

Xiaomi to launch Mi Max 2 tablet in China

Xiaomi has unveiled the Mi Max 2 phablet, the successor to the Mi Max phablet at an event in China today.

25 May 2017

India

Moody's downgrades China's rating, Beijing cries foul play

The Great Wall of China is finally cracking up or at least rating agency Moody's thinks it is, as for the first time in 28 years it has scaled down China's rating from Aa3 to A1.

24 May 2017

Asia

US to revive Asian infra projects to counter China

The Trump administration has revived 2 infrastructure projects in Asia, providing brief details in their maiden annual budget.

24 May 2017

India

New regulations to bar Chinese firms from Indian power sector

Stressing on reciprocal foreign investment policy in India's power sector, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, recently noted that India will not allow investments from foreign countries that bar India from doing business in their countries.

23 May 2017

Xi Jinping

'A Chinese Lawyer who just disappeared from earth'

Chinese lawyer Wang Quanzhang was detained in Aug'15 as part of '709' crackdown on human rights activists and lawyers under President Xi Jinping.

22 May 2017

India

Indian doctors stranded in China after 'miscommunication' between tour operators

A tour to Hong Kong turned into a nightmare for some Mumbai doctors, when they realized their Indian travel agent had failed to pay dues to his Chinese counterpart.

Report reveals China's crackdown on CIA operations

Reports have indicated that Chinese officials identified and killed over a dozen CIA operatives in China between 2010 and 2012.

21 May 2017

India

Exercise vigilance against Chinese border transgressions: Rajnath Singh

In the background of escalating tensions with China, Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh asked the governments of Himalayan states and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) guarding these areas to remain vigilant.

20 May 2017

India

China's new attack helicopter takes maiden flight

China has unveiled the Z-19E, an indigenously developed attack helicopter aimed at the growing arms export market.

19 May 2017

US Air Force

Chinese fighters intercepts US warplane over East China Sea

A US Air Force (USAF) WC-135 radiation detection plane was intercepted by two Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets over the East China Sea on May 17, according to the US military.

17 May 2017

Philippines

China installs rocket-launchers on disputed SCS reef

China has installed rocket launchers on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, in the latest move that has sparked fresh tensions in the region.

17 May 2017

India

Switch to renewable energy: Will India beat China?

The growth of India and China as large economies has been fired by coal. Recent developments including international pressure to address climate change have forced these two economic giants to plan power generation around renewable sources.

16 May 2017

India

China eyes up Pakistan: Dawn newspaper leaks CPEC master plan

In a shocking instance, reputed Pakistani daily Dawn leaked the Long Term Plan for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), currently under discussion at China's ongoing OBOR summit. The document had not been circulated to provincial governments for assent yet.

16 May 2017

India

Chinese state media ridicule India's boycott of OBOR Summit

Chinese state media has suggested that India's "shallow analysis of state interests, and an outdated understanding of geopolitics," led to its boycott of the recent Belt and Road forum.

16 May 2017

India

Is China making Pakistan its newest economic colony?

Analysts have pointed out that China seems to be making Pakistan its new economic colony through the CPEC project.

15 May 2017

Pakistan News

Internal dissent rises against CPEC in Pakistan

Protests have broken out across the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region against the CPEC project.

15 May 2017

India

India seeks energy diplomacy to counter China's OBOR

After taking a step back from China's new Silk Road initiative announced by Xi Jinping, India has decided to use its energy diplomacy to create interdependent relationships in its neighbourhood.