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Gulf ministers visit China amid energy fears

Recent unrest in oil and gas-rich Kazakhstan has raised concerns in China, which has long invested heavily in Kazakh's energy industry

10 Jan 2022 10:21 AM

China expands lockdowns as COVID cases climb

China has followed a 'zero-Covid' strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns

28 Dec 2021 1:30 PM

Third Chinese city placed under COVID lockdown

The world's most populous nation is currently grappling with small outbreaks in at least eleven provinces

28 Oct 2021 2:14 PM

China appoints new army commander to head troops along Indian border

The tensions have eased to some extent with troops from both sides moving out from the Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso and Gogra

07 Sep 2021 12:00 PM

China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV

Prez Xi Jinping has called for a national rejuvenation, with tighter Communist Party control of business, education, culture and religion

03 Sep 2021 12:59 PM

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China targets 55 million jobs, better worker rights in new plan

The unemployment rate will be capped at 5.5%, wages as a share of gross domestic product will be increased

30 Aug 2021 12:11 PM

China approves three-child policy with sops to encourage couples to have more kids

China permitted all couples to have two children in 2016, scrapping the draconian decades-old one-child policy

20 Aug 2021 11:41 AM

China virus cases rise as Delta variant challenges Beijing

Tuesday's numbers are the highest since January, when the country logged 144 new cases and 126 domestic infections

10 Aug 2021 1:33 PM

China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' as COVID returns

Major cities including the capital Beijing have now tested millions of residents while cordoning off residential compounds

03 Aug 2021 1:32 PM

Millions under virus lockdown as China battles Delta outbreak

China on Monday reported 55 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases

02 Aug 2021 12:45 PM

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China tightens security on Myanmar border over virus fears

On Wednesday, 57 new cases were reported, the highest daily tally since late January, including 15 in the city of Ruili, next to Myanmar

07 Jul 2021 11:59 AM

OnePlus will reportedly become Oppo's sub-brand

A leaked document that serves as a talking points memo for use by OnePlus PR, explains the integration in plainer terms

21 Jun 2021 4:08 PM

Masks off, mortarboards on: Wuhan sheds Covid for mass graduation

The city held limited graduation ceremonies last year, with Wuhan University hosting a mostly-online event in June last year

15 Jun 2021 12:07 PM

Beijing accuses NATO of exaggerating 'China threat theory'

Military tensions have increased over the past year between China and rival powers including the United States and India

15 Jun 2021 11:53 AM

Rocket on pad, China ready to send first crew to space station

The three astronauts plan to spend three months on the space station doing spacewalks, construction, maintenance work, science experiments

10 Jun 2021 1:48 PM

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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 12:14 PM

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 10:33 AM

Jeremy Lin pledges up to $1 mn to coronavirus battle

Former NBA star tore into US President Donald Trump last month for "empowering" racism by calling coronavirus a Chinese disease

14 Apr 2020 10:25 AM

Ritu Phogat knocks out Nam Hee Kim on her Mixed Martial Arts debut

Phogat registered victory over Kim in just over three minutes. She immediately scored on a takedown in the opening seconds of the bout.

17 Nov 2019 12:02 PM

China completes lander test for first mars mission in 2020

China has developed the powerful Long March 5 rocket to transport the probe to Mars in 2020.

14 Nov 2019 3:43 PM

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