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Assuming that Russian crude oil is $70 per barrel, Delhi will have to pay Rs 5,740 ($70 x Rs 82) per barrel to the seller-exporter in Moscow. If India were to pay in Chinese currency, the Indian importer companies will have to pay 490 yuan per barrel ($70 x 7 yuan). (File Image DC)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Why allow yuan payments for import of Russian oil?

Indian companies have begun to pay for the import of Russian crude oil not in the dollar

19 Jul 2023 12:00 AM

This handout photograph taken on April 4, 2023 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) walking along with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PIB)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Bhutan, India and Dragon: Himalayan crisis simmers

The King of Bhutan had to rush to New Delhi last week to restore confidence and re-strengthen the economic and security relationship

14 Apr 2023 12:00 AM

US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022.

Saeed Naqvi | As Beijing tries to broker peace deals, US firms up its alliances

The US, as yesterday’s hegemon, has woefully diminished its persuasiveness

27 Mar 2023 12:10 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping make a toast during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | Xi talks peace, extends China’s hold on Russia

The overall signal is of both sides agreeing to an enduring economic partnership

23 Mar 2023 12:05 AM

Unlike in the past, China no longer counsels Nepal to keep on good terms with India. (Representational Image/ANI)

Anand K Sahay | China tilt by Kathmandu to disturb ties with India

If a question is seen as having attained immediacy or maturity, in the India-Nepal case the time is now. And the reason is China

06 Jan 2023 12:00 AM

(L-R) Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, India's Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah stand on stage during the ASEAN-India Summit as part of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Phnom Penh on November 12, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

India-ASEAN nations to enhance cooperation against terrorism

This year marks the 30th anniversary of India’s relations with Asean grouping and is being celebrated as the Asean-India Friendship Year

12 Nov 2022 7:51 PM

Manish Tewari | Dragon desperate in wake of Xi’s congress

From being the sick man of Asia at the turn of the 20th century to its current wolf warrior status, China has indeed travelled a long way

23 Oct 2022 12:00 AM

The WHO and international bodies have now, belatedly, started an investigation into the origins of the virus, but its credibility has already hit rock bottom in the eyes of most people in the affected nations. (Representational image: AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Why China needs to pay reparations to the world

No one is quite sure what lies in store for the world’s second most populous country six months from now

04 Jun 2021 1:55 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)

Women detained in China's Xinjiang allegedly raped, sexually abused: BBC

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

04 Feb 2021 1:19 PM

In this May 29, 2020, file photo, a protester holds a Hong Kong colonial flag in a shopping mall during a protest against China's national security legislation for the city, in Hong Kong. Thousands of people from Hong Kong are fleeing their hometown since Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory in the summer 2020. (AP/Kin Cheung, File)

Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown

Some are leaving because they fear punishment for supporting the pro-democracy protests that swept the former British colony in 2019

01 Feb 2021 10:33 AM

Residents wearing masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus past by lanterns and neon lights promoting a restaurant in Beijing. (AP)

China, South Korea report new cases in double digits

A recent report said testing found only a few cases without a link to Beijing market and the steps taken mean the risk of spread is low

27 Jun 2020 10:35 AM

Butchers selling meat stand at their stall as they wait for customers at a market in Beijing on June 20, 2020. (AFP)

China's latest virus outbreak likely came from Europe: UN

To date, Chinese officials have identified 158 cases in Beijing in the past week

20 Jun 2020 2:43 PM

Workers wearing protective clothing wait to check the temperature of passengers entering the airport in Beijing. (AFP)

Mainland China reports 32 new coronavirus cases, 25 of them in Beijing

Authorities have restricted the movement of people in the capital and stepped up other measures to prevent the virus from spreading further

19 Jun 2020 9:43 AM

Pro-Hong Kong demonstrators display flags during a protest at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. (AP)

China passes draft of controversial Hong Kong security law

The law is expected to bring about the most profound change to the former British colony’s way of life since it returned to Chinese rule

18 Jun 2020 4:48 PM

Pride events kick off in Shanghai

Social distancing restrictions, imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have largely been lifted in Shanghai in recent months

14 Jun 2020 3:48 PM

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaking at the Taipei Guest House as part of her inauguration for her second term as in office, in Taipei. (AFP)

Taiwan president rejects Beijing rule, asserts independence

China views Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to seize it by force if necessary

20 May 2020 2:02 PM

Pro-democracy protesters wearing face mask raise a Hong Kong colonial flag during a protest at a shopping mall in Hong Kong.(AP)

Hong Kong democracy rallies to make a comeback as pandemic eases

Pro-democracy unions and social media posts have called for people to gather and shout slogans in their neighbourhoods on Friday afternoon

01 May 2020 12:33 PM

In this March 16, 2020, image made from video, a boy takes hand sanitizer from a ZhenRobotics robot as it patrols a plaza in Shanghai. (Photo | AP)

Chinese firm's robots in demand amid coronavirus outbreak

The robots deliver groceries and patrol malls looking for shoppers who fail to wear masks

20 Mar 2020 9:29 PM

Beijing suspended additional tariffs on US products that had been due to kick in on Sunday, after Washington and Beijing announced a major thaw in their trade war Friday. (Photo: File)

China suspends planned additional tariffs on US goods

The move follows US President Trump's cancellation of new tariffs on Chinese products as part of a 'phase one' trade deal.

15 Dec 2019 11:54 AM

A Hong Kong court has banned people from publishing a wide range of personal details about police officers and their families, including photos, in a bid to halt "doxxing" by pro-democracy protesters. (Photo: AFP)

Hong Kong court bans publishing police details, including photos

Earlier this month the city's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam used a colonial-era emergency law to ban protesters from wearing face masks.

26 Oct 2019 11:56 AM

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