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India-China border talks tomorrow: Menon to meet Chinese PM
World | Jun 27, 2013, 06:13 PM ISTBeijing, June 27: Special Representatives of India and China will hold the 16th round of boundary talks here tomorrow, the first such meeting under the new Chinese leadership, to make another bid to move forward
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Chinese workers holding US boss say wages unpaid
World | Jun 25, 2013, 04:01 PM ISTBeijing, Jun 25: Chinese workers keeping an American executive confined to his Beijing medical supply factory said Tuesday that they had not been paid in two months in a compensation dispute that highlights tensions in
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Chinese astronauts give lecture to kids from orbiting space station
World | Jun 20, 2013, 12:52 PM ISTBeijing, Jun 20: Chinese astronauts struck floating martial arts poses, twirled gyroscopes and manipulated wobbling globes of water during a lecture Thursday from China's orbiting space station that's part of efforts to popularize the space
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Chinese official executed for raping 11 girls
World | Jun 19, 2013, 12:47 PM ISTBeijing, June 19: An official in central China's Henan province was executed Tuesday for raping 11 girls, sources said Wednesday.Li Xingong, former deputy secretary general of the Yongcheng city committee of the Communist Party of
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Mahatma Gandhi's thoughts make debut in Mao's China
World | May 27, 2013, 07:18 PM ISTBeijing, May 27: The first Chinese version of a book on Mahatma Gandhi's thoughts was launched here today, marking the debut of Gandhian philosophy in a country intensely dominated by the ideology of ‘Chairman' Mao
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Amid border tensions, Chinese dig tunnel for Delhi Metro line
India | May 08, 2013, 04:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 8: Amid the media brouhaha in India over the border incursions by their troops, Chinese engineers were last week calmly tunneling in the heart of the national capital for the heritage line
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Chinese army officers asked to work as soldiers
World | Apr 22, 2013, 10:50 AM ISTBeijing, Apr 22: Chinese army officers have been asked to work at the grassroots to gain valuable field experience from ordinary soldiers.The directive has been issued by the general political department of the People's Liberation
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AIDS killed nearly 18,000 Chinese this year
World | Nov 28, 2012, 08:29 PM ISTBeijing, Nov 28: Around 17,740 people have died in China this year due to AIDS, the country's health authority announced Wednesday.The figure from January to October is a 8.6 percent increase year-on-year, Xinhua reported.The ministry
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Chinese president Hu Jintao steps down from power
World | Nov 14, 2012, 04:44 PM ISTBeijing, Nov 14: China's President for a decade Hu Jintao today stepped down from power, leaving a stamp of his own with the ruling Communist Party incorporating his theory of “Scientific Outlook” in its constitution,
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Chinese composer wins musical award
Hollywood | Nov 04, 2012, 08:37 AM ISTMoscow, Nov 4: Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun has received the Shostakovich Award named after Russian musician Dmitri Shostakovich.Tan, an iconic Chinese musician, said he was "honoured and touched". He said he got familiar
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Chinese man sues wife for hiding her ugliness through plastic surgeries, wins lawsuit
World | Oct 28, 2012, 10:08 AM ISTBeijing, Oct 28 : A Chinese man divorced and then sued his wife for hiding her ugliness by undergoing plastic surgeries.Jian Feng from northern China said the trouble with his wife's looks only began after
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'Chinese n-help emboldened Pakistan to fuel Kashmir insurgency'
India | Oct 16, 2012, 04:21 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 16: Chinese assistance to Pakistan in developing a nuclear bomb emboldened it to fuel the Kashmir insurgency in 1989, says a noted security expert who has done considerable research on the issue.
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Indian, Chinese soldiers dance to Bollywood number on I-Day
India | Aug 15, 2012, 08:52 PM ISTNathua La Pass (India-China border), Aug 15: Indian and Chinese soldiers greeted one another and later danced to a Bollywood number at the Nathu La pass on the Sikkim border today to celebrate India's 66th
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'Singh-Wen meet to help tackle sustainable development issues'
World | Jun 18, 2012, 08:01 PM ISTBeijing, Jun 18: China today said a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of a UN Conference in Brazil can help address challenges in sustainable development.The
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Dalai Lama's envoys holding talks with China resign
World | Jun 03, 2012, 11:36 PM ISTDharamshala, Jun 3: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's two special envoys, in talks with Beijing since 2002, have resigned citing the “deteriorating” situation in Tibet and frustration over lack of positive response from Chinese
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CCTV Footage Of Chinese Cop Saving Woman & Kid Trying To Jump Off Bridge
World | Mar 01, 2012, 12:51 PM ISTBeijing, Mar 1: CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a police officer saved the life of a young mother and her baby as she tried to jumping off a bridge. Officer Qiao Jinhai
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Chinese Stir-Fry Replaces Chicken Tikka As Britain's Favourite
World | Jan 21, 2012, 09:06 PM ISTLondon, Jan 21: Chinese stir-fry has replaced Indian chicken tikka masala as Britain's favourite dish, a new survey indicated today.The simplistic Cantonese dish, typically full of fresh vegetables and noodles, is now the most frequently
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Chinese Go Online To Vent Anger Over Pollution
World | Dec 06, 2011, 08:36 PM ISTBeijing, Dec 6: Millions of Chinese went online on Tuesday to vent their anger over the thick smog that has blanketed Beijing in recent days, raising health fears and causing hundreds of flights to be
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4,000 Chinese Including Troops In PoK : Army Chief
India | Oct 05, 2011, 09:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 5: Around 4,000 Chinese including the troops of the People's Liberation Army of China are in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), Army Chief Gen V K Singh said today amid the unease in the Indian
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Chinese Interest In NE Insurgent Groups Needs To Be Probed : IB
India | Sep 15, 2011, 09:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 15: Director of Intelligence Bureau Nehchal Sandhu, the country's senior most cop, today said the growing interest of China in insurgent groups in Northeast needs to be probed at the earliest.Delivering his