China locks down almost one million people near iPhone factoryAlmost one million residents of Zhongyuan district were ordered to stay at home starting Monday, except for when they need to undergo Covid...
17 Oct, 2022, 06.43 PM IST
Beijing to reopen schools, Shanghai declares victory over COVIDBeijing shut its schools in early May and asked students to move to online learning amid a spike in locally transmitted COVID cases. Senior...
25 Jun, 2022, 11.22 AM IST
Beijing to reopen schools and workplaces as Covid-19 curbs easeAfter some easing in recent days, the Chinese capital -- which reported 19 new infections Sunday -- announced residents would start returni...
05 Jun, 2022, 01.12 PM IST
Shanghai to allow some students to resume class from June 6Students in the final year of middle school also can resume class from June 13, Yang said.
26 May, 2022, 08.29 AM IST
Shanghai says lockdown to ease as virus spread mostly endsVice Mayor Zong Ming said 15 out of Shanghai's 16 districts had eliminated virus transmission among those not already in quarantine.
16 May, 2022, 01.38 PM IST
Shanghai urges cooperation with COVID tests amid rising scepticismResidents shared stories on social media about busloads of people being taken from their homes and sent into quarantine, including babies a...
19 Apr, 2022, 05.32 PM IST
Shanghai cancels flights as China braces for Typhoon In-faIn-fa was forecast to hit Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai, on Sunday afternoon, with rainfall of 250-350 millimetres (10 to 14 inches)...
25 Jul, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
China reports record number of imported coronavirus casesNow the focus is on guarding against cases arriving from abroad as the spread of the coronavirus in Europe and North America sparks a rush ...
20 Mar, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
China tightens airport checks as imported coronavirus cases tick upChina, where the epidemic began in December, appears to now face a greater threat of new infections from outside its borders as it continue...
15 Mar, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
35 killed, 25 missing in typhoons, rains in ChinaTriggering strong wind and downpours, the two typhoons have hit Shanghai Municipality and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Ji...
19 Sep, 2016, 07.18 PM IST
Over 400 fake educational institutions cheat students in ChinaOn the list are 23 schools in Beijing where many of the country's top universities are located. Shandong was second, with eight fake colleg...
24 May, 2016, 02.27 PM IST
Chinese AI team plans to challenge Google's AlphaGo: State mediaAlphaGo, developed by Google subsidiary DeepMind, shocked audiences when it beat South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol in Seoul ear...
31 Mar, 2016, 01.55 PM IST
Two more Japanese detained for spying in China: MediaJapanese nationals have been detained in China on suspicion of spying, bringing the number of Japanese held by Chinese authorities for espi...
11 Oct, 2015, 10.17 AM IST
High rate of drinking among Chinese teens: SurveySome 51 per cent of middle school students aged 12 or above have tried alcohol, and 15 per cent have been drunk, according to the survey.
10 Jun, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
Chinese tech stocks are a 'bubble in the making'A report from Bloomberg News on Tuesday noted that the price-to-earnings ratio of Chinese internet stocks is now at 220 times earnings.
09 Apr, 2015, 08.05 AM IST
China says 7.25 million jobs created in first halfChina on Tuesday said that 7.25 million jobs were created in the first half of this year despite the economic slowdown.
16 Jul, 2013, 04.24 PM IST
- Global media titans hit China wall, go local
After years of banging their heads against China’s bureaucratic Great Wall, global media giants like News Corp are getting the message: Bei...
16 Aug, 2010, 04.06 AM IST