How Vietnam's real estate tycoon got caught in a 'Blazing Furnace' in country's biggest $12.5-billion corruption scamTruong My Lan, chairwoman of Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, has been sentenced to death for her role in a $12.5 billion financial fraud, th...
12 Apr, 2024, 02.28 PM IST
In a setback to China, Taiwan ruling party's Lai Ching-te wins presidential electionKo has won a passionate support base, especially among young voters, for focussing on bread and butter issues such as the high cost of hous...
13 Jan, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
As the world asks #WhereIsPengShuai, here's a look at what drives high-profile disappearances in ChinaAlibaba founder Jack Ma had stopped appearing in public after criticising regulators in 2020.
20 Nov, 2021, 06.04 PM IST
Former Trump fundraiser charged with illicit lobbying on 1MDB, ChinaElliott Broidy was charged in Washington federal court with one count of conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent after allegedly...
09 Oct, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
A former Chemistry teacher, an ex-factory worker: Meet the world's richest self-made womenOf the top 10 ranks, nine are held by Chinese women.
27 Mar, 2020, 11.57 AM IST
Malaysia swears in new prime minister as Mahathir forced outThe swearing-in capped a week of turmoil that began with Mahathir's resignation in an apparent bid to consolidate power, but ended with him...
01 Mar, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
China moves to reduce tariffs on US carsTop Chinese and American trade officials spoke by phone on Tuesday morning Beijing time, signaling that dialog between the two nations on t...
12 Dec, 2018, 09.42 AM IST
Xi Jinping's term limit proposal sparks rare public dissent in ChinaIn a statement on WeChat to members of China's parliament, Li Datong, former editor for China Youth Daily, wrote that lifting term limits w...
27 Feb, 2018, 06.59 PM IST
Indians now flying cheap with Chinese airlinesWhile Hong Kong is now part of China, Cathay continues to enjoy its flying rights under bilaterals that India had with Hong Kong when it wa...
25 Dec, 2016, 01.09 PM IST
China to bid farewell to year of Sheep, braces for Monkey yearAccording to the zodiac, people born during the Year of the Monkey are smart, lively and playful contrary to the outgoing year of the sheep.
09 Jan, 2016, 02.56 PM IST
Former Chinese official sentenced to death for graftA former senior Chinese official was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a court for embezzling millions of dollars of poverty a...
29 Apr, 2015, 06.16 PM IST
Barack Obama calls for US-China anti-terror cooperationObama denounced the violent acts of Xinjiang-based ETIM militant outfit, which he said must not be allowed to establish safe havens in the ...
11 Nov, 2014, 04.08 PM IST
PIO jewellery tycoon to be made member of the House of LordsIndian-origin jewellery tycoon Ranbir Singh Suri will be made one of the new peers in the British House of Lords.
08 Aug, 2014, 12.11 PM IST
Marital arts: Manoeuvres that squeeze the moolah out of an exReports of a Rs 400-crore divorce settlement between Sussanne and Hrithik Roshan took the social media by storm last week.
07 Aug, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
Migration of Chinese wealthy to hurt economy: ReportGrowing number of Chinese wealthy opting to immigrate to invest abroad could damage employment and rural economies in their homeland.
18 Dec, 2012, 02.48 PM IST
- Uighur-Han clashes intensify in China
Riot police used tear gas to try to disperse thousands of angry protesters who flooded the capital of the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
08 Jul, 2009, 04.49 AM IST
- US lawmakers condemn crackdown on China's minority Muslims
US lawmakers "strongly condemned" what they called Beijing's harsh pre-Olympic crackdown in China's Muslim-populated far northwest Xinjiang...
12 Jul, 2008, 07.20 AM IST