China issues new rules to keep senior military officials in checkXi's sweeping anti-graft campaign has gutted the top ranks, bringing down two defence ministers in the past three years and reducing the on...
27 May, 2026, 08.34 PM IST
Xi's military purge deepens as China hands former defence ministers suspended death sentencesAccording to Phayul, Chinese military courts found both officials guilty of accepting massive bribes and misusing their authority while ser...
09 May, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
China sentences two former defence ministers to death for corruptionFormer Chinese defense ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu received death sentences with a two-year reprieve for corruption. Both were conv...
07 May, 2026, 04.21 PM IST
US stocks today: US market rebounds as oil drops despite Middle East tensionsWall Street indexes climbed at Tuesday's market open as oil prices fell despite heightened Middle East tensions. The Dow Jones Industrial A...
05 May, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
China removes five generals from national lawmaking bodyLi Qiaoming, who has been the commander of the PLA Ground Force, and Shen Jinlong, former PLA Navy commander, were dismissed as NPC deput...
26 Feb, 2026, 08.55 PM IST
China defence minister placed under investigation for corruption: ReportsChina's Defence Minister Dong Jun is being investigated for corruption. This follows similar probes into two previous defence ministers. Th...
27 Nov, 2024, 10.08 AM IST
Chinese Communist Party expels two ex-defence ministers on corruption chargesThe Chinese Communist Party has expelled two former defense ministers, Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, in an anti-corruption crackdown. This mov...
28 Jun, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
In a first, two ex-Chinese defence ministers to be tried for corruption; Expelled from Communist PartyLi, who went missing last year following an investigation into alleged corrupt practices, was expelled from the party on Thursday for serio...
27 Jun, 2024, 08.29 PM IST
Former Chinese Defence Minister emerges in public after prolonged absenceChina's former Defence Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe has made a public appearance, suggesting that he is politically safe amid speculation about...
08 May, 2024, 03.55 PM IST
China's sacked foreign minister Qin Gang resigns from Parliament after long absence from public viewThe Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which concluded its session here on Tuesday, said in a statement that the T...
27 Feb, 2024, 07.23 PM IST
China appoints US-sanctioned General as Defence MinisterGen Li was appointed along with a new set of cabinet ministers for various ministries as part of change of the Chinese government officials...
13 Mar, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
Arvind Panagariya meets top official of key Chinese eco think-tankChina has just approved its 13th Five Year Plan to be implemented from next year aimed altering China's export dependent economy to the one...
23 Nov, 2015, 09.21 PM IST
China replaced its envoy to India weeks before President Xi Jinping's visitThe new Chinese ambassador, Lu Yucheng, who joined work a little over 10 days ago, replaced Wei Wei who was in office for barely a year and...
19 Sep, 2014, 12.49 PM IST
Sino-Indian relations at new historical starting point: Chinese AmbassadorHe said that his country is according high importance to the visit of Hamid Ansari as the latter is the first top Indian dignitary to visit...
28 Jun, 2014, 09.00 PM IST
Chinese Navy officers visit Eastern Naval Command headquartersThe officers called on Eastern Naval Commander Vice Admiral Anil Chopra and held discussions on issues of mutual interest.
19 May, 2014, 08.48 PM IST
China plays down border row with IndiaChina today sought to play down the border row with India over its troops setting up their tents in Depsang Valley in Ladakh.
26 Apr, 2013, 05.48 PM IST
1974 N-test for peaceful purposes nonsense: Chinese diplomatPeking had commented briefly on the Indian tests as the Pokhran explosion did not affect China and was not viewed as a "particularly import...
10 Apr, 2013, 06.53 PM IST