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Xiaomi's new MIUI 13 will focus on system stability and fluency: Report
Technology | Dec 27, 2021, 02:04 PM ISTXiaomi is reportedly planning to announce its next major version of user interface (UI) 'MIUI 13' alongside the Xiaomi 12 smartphone soon and now a new report has claimed that the upcoming version of MIUI would be focused mostly on smoothness as well as fluency.
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China chides Joe Biden for considering diplomatic boycott of 'Beijing Olympics'
World | Nov 20, 2021, 02:54 PM ISTReacting to Joe Biden's remarks, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the US "falsely accuses" China of committing genocide and forced labour in Xinjiang.
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Ahead of Xi Jinping, Joe Biden virtual meeting, FM Wang Yi, Antony Blinken discuss ties over phone
World | Nov 13, 2021, 01:42 PM ISTThe virtual meeting will be the 3rd engagement between the two leaders since the month of February.
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Chinese leaders preparing official history to elevate Xi Jinping: Why it's significant
World | Nov 11, 2021, 04:16 PM ISTChina's ruling Communist Party removed term limits on Xi Jinping's post as president in 2018, indicating his intention to stay in power.
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4 killed, 3 injured in chemical plant explosion in China
World | Oct 23, 2021, 12:30 PM ISTThe blast took place at around 11:00 pm on Friday at a workshop of a chemical plant in Bayan Obo industrial park in Alxa League.
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As 13th round of military talks fail, China starts war propaganda, forgets Galwan valley set back
India | Oct 12, 2021, 12:04 AM ISTThreatening India will lose a war if, at all one breaks over border disputes with China, Beijing seems to have probably forgotten how Indian soldiers killed their PLA troops without weapons in the Galwan Valley clash last year in Ladakh.
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Factories idled in China as country faces acute power crisis; shortages of global goods foreshadowed
World | Sep 30, 2021, 08:37 AM ISTChina’s energy consumption and industrial emissions have surged as manufacturers rush to fill foreign demand at a time when competitors elsewhere still are hampered by anti-coronavirus controls.
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China rejects English language in campaign against Western influence
World | Sep 12, 2021, 01:48 PM ISTThe education authorities in Shanghai, the most cosmopolitan city in the country, last month forbade local elementary schools to hold final exams on the English language, reported NYT.
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Gas explosion in Chinese apartment building kills 8
India | Sep 11, 2021, 12:47 PM IST5 others were hospitalized with injuries after predawn fire in the coastal city of Dalian.
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China accuses US of politicizing COVID-19 origins research
World | Aug 26, 2021, 08:16 AM ISTFu Cong, a Foreign Ministry DG, said at a briefing for foreign journalists that “scapegoating China cannot whitewash the U.S.”
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China launches emergency response for typhoon-hit areas
World | Jul 26, 2021, 01:41 PM ISTThe response was co-activated by China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and Ministry of Emergency Management for disaster-stricken areas including Zhoushan, Shaoxing and Ningbo, Xinhua news agency reported.
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China begins mass testing for COVID-19 cases in Nanjing city after new virus cluster
World | Jul 21, 2021, 08:57 PM ISTNanjing, which has a population of more than 9.3 million, plans to carry out city-wide nucleic acid testing after the campaign in Jiangning district concludes, the municipal government said.
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Beijing-based veterinarian, first human infection case with Monkey B virus, dies
World | Jul 18, 2021, 08:52 PM ISTAccording to the report, the vet had sought treatment in several hospitals, but he eventually died on May 27. For now, his close contacts were said to be safe.
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IN PICS: Xi Jinping takes firm line as China Communist Party marks centenary celebrations
World | Jul 01, 2021, 12:33 PM ISTChina’s Communist Party is marking the 100th anniversary of its founding with speeches and grand displays intended to showcase economic progress and social stability to justify its iron grip on political power that it shows no intention of relaxing.
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Won't be bullied: President Xi Jinping takes firm line as China Communist Party marks centenary
World | Jul 01, 2021, 12:17 PM IST“At the same time, the Chinese people will absolutely not allow any foreign force to bully, oppress or enslave us and anyone who attempts to do so will face broken heads and bloodshed in front of the iron Great Wall of the 1.4 billion Chinese people,” President Xi Jinping said
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China Space Station: First crewed mission to construct new orbiting laboratory launched
World | Jun 17, 2021, 09:14 AM ISTThe Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert. The launch was telecast live by the state-run CGTN-TV.
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Present image of credible, lovable, respectable China to world: Jinping to Chinese media, diplomats
India | Jun 02, 2021, 10:35 PM ISTPresident Xi Jinping has asked China's bellicose official media and "wolf warrior" diplomats to present the image of a "credible, lovable and respectable China" to the world, in what observers see as a rare admission of Beijing's growing isolation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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China offers support, assistance to India to combat rising COVID-19 cases
World | Apr 22, 2021, 07:34 PM ISTAsked about the spike in coronavirus cases in India by official Chinese media, Foreign Ministry spokesman told a media briefing that COVID "pandemic is a common enemy of all mankind that necessitates international solidarity and mutual assistance".
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Major sandstorm in Beijing causes severe air pollution; yellow alert issued
World | Mar 15, 2021, 09:43 AM ISTA yellow alert was issued in Beijing on Monday. The concentration of harmful PM2.5 particles in the air was about eight times the standard level (247 micrograms per cubic meter vs the recommended 25 micrograms).
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Biden in first discussion with Xi as US Prez discusses human rights in Xinjiang, trade, other issues
World | Feb 11, 2021, 11:51 PM ISTUS President Joe Biden raised the issue of human rights in Xinjiang, the crackdown in Hong Kong and the trade disputes in his first discussion with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping after taking over, the White House said on Thursday.