China sets modest growth target of about 5% as parliament opensThe economy gave one of its weakest performances in decades last year, when gross domestic product (GDP) grew by just 3%, squeezed by three...
05 Mar, 2023, 11.08 AM IST
Pakistan PM Sharif to be first foreign leader to visit China to greet Prez Xi on his record 3rd termLast Sunday, 69-year-old Xi was re-elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China for an unprecedented third term at the ...
26 Oct, 2022, 06.27 PM IST
Key Congress of China's Communist Party to conclude on Saturday: Xi to be endorsed for record third termThe key once-in-a-five-year Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) comprising 2,296 "elected" delegates from its branches all over ...
21 Oct, 2022, 12.48 PM IST
Stop playing 'Taiwan card' to contain China: Chinese Foreign Ministry on Pelosi's visit to TaipeiPelosi landed in Taipei on Tuesday night, becoming the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years.
02 Aug, 2022, 10.40 PM IST
China defence budget to grow 7.1 percent in 2022China's 2022 defence spending will rise 7.1% from 2021, according to a budget report issued at the opening of the country's annual meeting ...
05 Mar, 2022, 06.14 PM IST
China shifts top Tibet official to Beijing ahead of next year's CPC leadership reshuffleQizhala, the head of Tibetan government will take up a new role in the top legislature in Beijing ahead of the leadership reshuffle next ye...
06 Oct, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
SC orders immediate inclusion of Paralympian shooter Naresh Kumar for Tokyo gamesThe CJI had assured the senior lawyer that he would see the files and decide and this led to listing of case for immediate hearing during t...
02 Aug, 2021, 05.43 PM IST
Some miscreants peddling preposterous lies to disturb peace in Nagaland: GovernorSpeaking on the auspicious occasion of the 58th Statehood Day of Nagaland, Ravi said that Nagaland state, born out of the sweat and blood o...
02 Dec, 2020, 01.14 AM IST
China seeks India's support for its new draconian law to crackdown on Hong Kong protestorsChina on Friday introduced the draft of a controversial national security law in Hong Kong in its parliament to tighten Beijing's control o...
23 May, 2020, 12.10 AM IST
CPC claims overwhelming support to scrap term limit for XiThe NPC, often regarded as the rubber stamp parliament for its routine adoption of bills moved by the CPC, is expected to ratify the amendm...
06 Mar, 2018, 09.15 PM IST
China skips announcement of national defence budgetEvery year, the spokesman of the National People's Congress (NPC), unveils the country's defence budget in terms of percentage.
04 Mar, 2018, 03.51 PM IST
China's Xi Jinping carries out biggest reshuffle as CPC leaders meetOver half of Central Committee members, elected during the 18th National Congress in 2012, have been moved to different positions or remove...
27 Oct, 2015, 05.04 AM IST
How China has nosed ahead of India and Japan in reforms raceThe buzzword across three principal Asian countries – India, China and Japan – is ‘reform’. It’s clear that their impulses are interlinked.
30 Mar, 2015, 11.39 AM IST
Commerce & Industry Ministry for action plan to improve productivityNPC, under the DIPP, has also recommended setting up of a productivity improvement committee to prepare the plan of action for 2015.
08 Feb, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
China to scrap death penalty for nine crimesAccording to the draft amendment being piloted in China's parliament, National People's Congress, the nine crimes to be removed from death ...
27 Oct, 2014, 06.53 PM IST
China rules out ‘full democracy’ for Hong KongThe Chinese parliament rejected the demand for "full democracy" by activists in Hong Kong while approving a system of limited elections in ...
01 Sep, 2014, 12.47 PM IST
China declares September 3 as national day to mark victory over JapanChina's national legislature today ratified a move to declare September 3 as a national day to mark its victory over Japan in WWII.
27 Feb, 2014, 06.46 PM IST