China may ban clothes that hurt people's feelings. People are outraged.It was the early days of China's era of reform and opening up. The Communist Party was loosening its tight control over society, and the pu...
11 Sep, 2023, 12.28 PM IST
China tackles chip talent shortage with new university courses, higher payEnrolments for undergraduate and postgraduate courses have surged over the past five years thanks to new funds for top universities as well...
29 Mar, 2023, 04.01 PM IST
Former President Jiang Zemin, who guided China's rise, diesA surprise choice to lead a divided Communist Party after the 1989 turmoil, Jiang saw China through history-making changes including a revi...
30 Nov, 2022, 03.09 PM IST
China's Jiang confounded doubters, mended U.S. tiesYet Jiang, who died on Wednesday aged 96, confounded the naysayers, chalking up a list of achievements after breaking China out of diplomat...
30 Nov, 2022, 02.24 PM IST
China's third revolution: How an overreaching Xi Jinping is antagonising an entire planetUnder Deng, the slogan was ‘getting rich was glorious’. Under Xi, ‘getting strong is glorious’ is fraught with winds of uncertainties and g...
04 Dec, 2020, 01.32 PM IST
UK says China has breached treaty by quashing opposition in Hong KongHong Kong's autonomy was guaranteed under the "one country, two systems" agreement enshrined in the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration sig...
12 Nov, 2020, 04.31 PM IST
UK says China's security law is serious violation of Joint Declaration on Hong Kong"We have very carefully now assessed the contents of this national security legislation since it was published last night," Foreign Secreta...
01 Jul, 2020, 04.45 PM IST
China's 'nervous' Xi Jinping risks new Cold War, last Hong Kong governor saysChris Patten said Xi's 'thuggish' crackdown in Hong Kong could trigger an outflow of capital and people from the city which funnels the bul...
30 May, 2020, 01.22 PM IST
Xi Jinping is China’s ‘core’ leader: Here’s what it meansXi could defy the usual script and delay designating a successor, or alter the informal retirement rules for the Politburo Standing Committ...
31 Oct, 2016, 02.41 PM IST
Protests that shook Chinese Communist Party after 25 years of Tiananmen Square25 years after the Tiananmen Square movement — where a million people poured into the streets — here’s a look at the protests that shook th...
04 Jun, 2014, 03.53 AM IST
Tiananmen type trouble averted in Shanghai: Ex Chinese PMThousands were killed when the Chinese military deployed battle tanks to break the massive anti-government student protests in 1989 at the ...
13 Aug, 2013, 09.19 PM IST
US presidential elections 2012: America is on the Edge, but business as usual in ChinaThe week that will see the culmination of the US presidential polls will also usher in new leadership in Beijing
05 Nov, 2012, 03.24 AM IST
- Ousted China leader's wife charged with killing UK businessman
Gu Kailai, the wife of suspended Bo Xilai, was charged with poisoning a UK businessman, that led to the downfall of China's most powerful p...
27 Jul, 2012, 01.41 AM IST
- Stimulate demand, Wen’s recipe for Chinese growth
The global financial crisis has shown the need for China to focus on “structural problems” in its economy, including taking steps to encour...
04 Oct, 2010, 02.18 AM IST
- 1858 HK$25 banknote may be auctioned for HK$750,000
An 1858 Hong Kong banknote with a face value of $25 may fetch HK$750,000 ($96,074) at a Hong Kong sale of Chinese paper currency tomorrow, ...
19 Jan, 2007, 11.31 PM IST