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The budget hike was announced by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the country's Parliament, the National People's Congress. (AP)

China hikes defence budget to USD 209 billion, 6.8 per cent increase

China's annual defence budget maintains a single-digit growth for a sixth consecutive year, state-run Xinhua news agency reported

05 Mar 2021 12:09 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers his opening remarks at the Lanting Forum on bringing China-U.S. relations back to the right track, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing on Monday, February 22, 2021. (AP /Andy Wong)

China urges US to lift trade restrictions, stop interference

China faces more opposition than ever in Washington due to its trade record, territorial disputes with neighbours

22 Feb 2021 10:47 AM

In this undated handout photograph released by the Indian Army on February 16, 2021 shows People Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers during military disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the India-China border in Ladakh. (Indian Ministry of Defence / AFP)

China admits 5 military officers, soldiers killed in Galwan clash with Indian Army

This is the first time China has acknowledged casualties and details of these officers and soldiers' sacrifice

19 Feb 2021 10:31 AM

Members of the World Health Organisation (Image source: AP)

What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

The visit was politically sensitive for China which is concerned about any allegations it didn't handle the initial outbreak properly

10 Feb 2021 9:45 PM

Marion Koopmans, right, and Peter Ben Embarek, center, both of the World Health Organization team, say farewell to their Chinese counterpart Liang Wannian, left, after a WHO-China Joint Study Press Conference held at the end of the WHO mission in Wuhan, China on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

WHO mission to China fails to find animal source of coronavirus

The experts spent one month in China, two weeks in quarantine and the same again on fieldwork

09 Feb 2021 6:15 PM

Figures from the Public Security Ministry showed that the number of registered births fell to 10.04 million in 2020, a drop of more than 30 percent from the previous year. (Representational Image/AP)

No baby boom in China as births fall by nearly a third in 2020

After decades of a 'one-child policy', Beijing changed the rules in 2016 to allow families to have two children

09 Feb 2021 10:28 AM

Beijing strongly denies accusations of abuse in Xinjiang, and has said the complexes it set up in the region provided vocational training to help stamp out Islamist extremism and separatism, and to teach new skills. (Representatinal image : AP/file photo)

Uighur, Muslim women in China's Xinjiang allegedly raped, sexually abused: Reports

The United States accuses China of committing genocide against Uighurs in Xinjiang

04 Feb 2021 1:13 PM

Members of World Health Organization team depart from the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital after a field visit in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Saturday, January 30, 2021. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

WHO virus probe begins with fieldwork in ground-zero Wuhan

The highly politicised mission had been beset by delays, with China refusing access until mid-January

30 Jan 2021 12:02 PM

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Image source: AFP)

WHO team to start Wuhan virus probe under global glare

The visit will be tightly tethered to the science of how the virus jumped from animals to humans

28 Jan 2021 4:27 PM

China on Tuesday said its troops were forced to take "countermeasures" after Indian soldiers crossed their tense Himalayan border and opened fire. (AFP Photo)

China says Indian troops crossed border, opened fire

Beijing's defence ministry accused India of "severe military provocation" after soldiers crossed LAC in the western border region

08 Sep 2020 10:36 AM

About 90% of Sinovac Biotech Ltd employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine. (AFP Photo)

90% of Sinovac employees took COVID vaccine: CEO

The program is intended for specific groups, including medical staffers, those who work at food markets, transportation and service sectors

06 Sep 2020 3:30 PM

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters that U.S. has been escalating its actions against Chinese journalists. (AP Photo)

China vows to retaliate if Chinese journos forced to leave US

The U.S. should immediately correct its mistake and stop its actions, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said

04 Aug 2020 3:49 PM

China imports more oil from Saudi than any other country in June. (AFP Photo)

China's crude imports from Saudi hit fresh high in June

Imports from Saudi Arabia rose to 8.88 million tonnes or 2.16 million bpd in June

26 Jul 2020 4:14 PM

Mercedes-Benz will recall more than 660,000 vehicles in China later this year for a possible oil leak. (AFP Photo)

Mercedes to recall 6,60,000 vehicles in China for oil leak

The announcement follows another recall that began last month of 4,653 imported Mercedes sedans that had incorrect child-safety lock labels

06 Jul 2020 10:16 AM

New swine flu found in China has pandemic potential. (AFP Photo)

New swine flu with 'pandemic potential' identified by China researchers

According to scientists these G4 viruses bind to receptor molecules in human cells and can replicate in outer layer of respiratory system

30 Jun 2020 1:52 PM

Chinese companies are putting off plans for U.S. listings as tensions between the world’s top two economies rise. (AFP Photo)

Chinese companies put US listing plans on ice as tensions mount

Many companies that reported plans for US listings to China’s securities regulator are now targeting exchanges nearer to home

10 Jun 2020 1:43 PM

China’s exports in May fell a less-than-expected 3.3% compared with a year earlier. (AFP Photo)

China exports fall 3.3% in May, imports shrink 16.7%

Imports were estimated to have contracted 9.7%, recovering from a slide of 14.2% in April.

07 Jun 2020 9:40 AM

China's Wuhan city discharges last three COVID-19 patients from hospital. (AFP Photo)

Last three COVID-19 patients in China's Wuhan discharged from hospital

According to the China's National Health Commission five imported cases were reported in China

05 Jun 2020 2:28 PM

Visitors wearing mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus takes shelter from a sudden rainstorm in Beijing. (AP)

China reports 39 new coronavirus cases

All except three are asymptomatic cases, of which 30 are reported from Hubei province and Wuhan

24 May 2020 10:37 AM

Volunteers wearing protective suits check identity of a resident at the entrance of a residental area in Jilin, in China's northeastern Jilin province. (AFP)

Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses

Lab authorities assert none of the strains obtained from bats are a match for the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world

24 May 2020 10:04 AM

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A Kashmiri boatman rows his boat through a closed floating market on the Dal Lake during lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Indian-controlled Kashmir's economy is yet to recover from a colossal loss a year after New Delhi scrapped the disputed region's autonomous status and divided it into two federally governed territories. (Photo: AP)

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