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China urges Myanmar to start Rohingya repatriation soon
China, as part of its three-phase steps, urge Myanmar to start repatriation of Rohingyas as soon as possible saying it attaches great importance to Rohingya crisis.
8 July 2018, 10:19 AM
Trump ratchets up China trade conflict with fresh tariff threat
US President Donald Trump threatens to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, prompting a swift warning from Beijing of retaliation, as the trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies quickly escalated.
19 June 2018, 08:55 AM
Google to invest $550m in JD
Chinese e-commerce giant JD and US tech giant Google Inc announces that Google will invest $550 million in cash in JD, as part of a strategic partnership.
19 June 2018, 05:13 AM
Seven Chinese students killed in attack after school
An assailant killed seven Chinese middle school students who were on their way home from classes, and the suspected attacker has been caught, state news agency Xinhua reports.
27 April 2018, 15:00 PM
China hails 'courage' of North, South Korean leaders
China heap praise on the leaders of the two Koreas for holding a landmark summit, calling their handshake over the Military Demarcation Line that divides the peninsula a "historic moment".
27 April 2018, 09:50 AM
China for peaceful election in Bangladesh
China yesterday said it wants to see a peaceful transition of power in Bangladesh through a smooth general election.
19 April 2018, 18:00 PM
China raises tariffs on US pork, fruit in trade dispute
China raises import duties on a $3 billion list of US pork, fruit and other products in an escalating tariff dispute with President Donald Trump that companies worry might depress global commerce.
2 April 2018, 05:23 AM
China's waste import ban upends global recycling industry
For years China was the world's top destination for recyclable trash, but a ban on certain imports has left nations scrambling to find new dumping grounds for growing piles of garbage.
21 January 2018, 06:55 AM
China to recreate Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon
China announces plans to recreate Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon along with replicas of the playwright's homes, as part of an ambitious new international cultural centre that will pay homage to three literary greats.
11 December 2017, 06:20 AM
Live head transplant ‘never’ allowed in China
A former vice-minister of health in China dismissed the possibility of clinical trials involving a human head transplant, adding that an experiment done in China had severely violated ethical rules.
25 November 2017, 04:51 AM
There is solution to NKorea, Trump tells Xi
US President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that he believes, like Xi, that there is a solution to the North Korea issue.
9 November 2017, 04:29 AM
Online classes gaining popularity among Chinese kids
One-on-one online teaching for children, especially English lessons taught by teachers who are native speakers of the language, is becoming increasingly popular in China.
30 October 2017, 04:56 AM
China Communist Party unveils new leadership
China's Communist Party reveals its new top leadership helmed by President Xi Jinping breaking with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor among the seven-man line-up.
25 October 2017, 04:27 AM
Xi ‘most powerful leader since Mao’
China’s ruling Communist Party has amended its constitution to add President Xi Jinping’s name and ideology in an extension of his formidable political sway.
24 October 2017, 04:28 AM
The economic case for China's Belt and Road
Since 2013, China has been pursuing its “Belt and Road” initiative, which aims to develop physical infrastructure and policy linkages connecting more than 60 countries across Asia, Europe, and Africa.
19 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Indian military helicopter crashes near China border, 7 dead
An Indian airforce helicopter crashes in a remote mountain region near the border with China, killing all seven personnel on board, officials says.
6 October 2017, 07:01 AM
North Korean firms in China ordered to close by January
China has ordered North Korean companies in the country to shut down by January as it applies UN sanctions imposed following Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test, the commerce ministry says.
28 September 2017, 12:04 PM
China favours permanent solution of Rohingya crisis
Communist Party of China assures Bangladesh of convincing Myanmar government to resolve the Rohingya problem permanently. The assurance comes from a meeting in Beijing between the CPC and visiting 18-member Awami League delegation headed by its presidium member Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan.
25 September 2017, 12:03 PM
‘Unusual seismic activity’ in North Korea
China's earthquake administration says it has detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in North Korea that is a "suspected explosion", raising fears the isolated state had conducted another nuclear bomb test weeks after its last one.
23 September 2017, 10:42 AM
Myanmar says China endorses crackdown on Rohingya, branded "ethnic cleansing" by UN
China endorses Myanmar's offensive against Rohingya Muslim insurgents, Myanmar state media has said, as the UN secretary-general has described the operation, forcing nearly 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh, as "ethnic cleansing".
14 September 2017, 11:59 AM