Beijing: China's domestic security chief said the government must find new ways to defuse unrest, underscoring Beijing's anxiety about control even after police squashed weekend calls for gatherings i

Beijing: China has detained top activists and deployed heavy security in large cities after the launch of a web campaign calling for protests echoing popular uprisings in the Arab world, campaigners s

China on Thursday rejected as "groundless" reports suggesting it was behind an unprecedented cyberattack on the Canadian Government that penetrated two key agencies and forced them offline.

Japan lost its 42-year ranking as the world's second-biggest economy to China in 2010, with data on Monday showing a contraction in the last quarter due to weak consumer spending and a strong yen.

New Delhi: India's leading economist, Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, dismissed on Monday the 'silly' obsession of comparing the economic growth rates of China and India.

In a lengthy critique of the

New York: India has sought more 'clarity and transparency' in China's nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, saying Beijing needs to be more 'sensitive' towards its 'genuine concerns'.

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Terming US attempts to woo India and other neighbours of China as "unbearable," an article in a Communist Party magazine has said that Beijing must send a "clear signal" to these countries that it is ready to go to war to safeguard its national interests.

Beijing: China has rescued more than 9,300 kidnapped children since April 2009 as part of a nationwide crackdown on human trafficking, Xinhua reported.

The public security ministry said on Thursday t

Beijing: Millions of people have been affected due to the continuing drought in north China that has caused an economic loss of 1.04 billion yuan ($158 million), a media report said.

Xinhua reported

Beijing: China today provided glimpses of the country's first aircraft carrier, an upgraded version of a partially-built vessel purchased from Ukraine in 1998, which is undergoing sea trials.

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