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The two phones are actually very close to release and expected to drop before Singles' day. (Photo: PTI)

Xiaomi Redmi Note 11, Note 11 Pro specifications leak, said to launch shortly

Like its bigger sibling, the Redmi Note 11 also gets a 5,000 mAh battery, but charging is capped at 33W

18 Oct 2021 3:10 PM

The OnePlus 9RT 5G's design is similar to the OnePlus 9's. (Photo: Twitter)

OnePlus 9RT launched with Snapdragon 888 chipset, 50MP main camera

The phone sports the Snapdragon 888 chipset, a triple camera, and a 120Hz refresh rate display

14 Oct 2021 1:48 PM

The new OnePlus 9RT is codenamed 'Martini'. (Photo: AFP/File)

OnePlus 9RT expected to launch on October 15

There's no word from OnePlus about the upcoming smartphone yet

16 Sep 2021 2:59 PM

China's Western Theatre Command oversees the Xinjiang and the Tibet Autonomous Regions, as well as the border with India, making it the largest geographical area under one command in the PLA. (Representational image: Bloomberg)

China appoints new army commander to head troops along Indian border

The tensions have eased to some extent with troops from both sides moving out from the Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso and Gogra

07 Sep 2021 12:00 PM

In this Oct. 21, 2017, file photo, Chinese women walk past advertisement featuring teen idol Lu Han, also known as China's Justin Bieber in Beijing. China's government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 to promote "revolutionary culture," broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society and enforce official morality. (AP/Ng Han Guan, File)

China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV

Prez Xi Jinping has called for a national rejuvenation, with tighter Communist Party control of business, education, culture and religion

03 Sep 2021 12:59 PM

Beijing has pledged to make employment a top priority of its economic policies. (Photo: Bloomberg)

China targets 55 million jobs, better worker rights in new plan

The unemployment rate will be capped at 5.5%, wages as a share of gross domestic product will be increased

30 Aug 2021 12:11 PM

The OnePlus 9RT has been tipped to launch in India and China in October. (AFP Photo)

OnePlus 9 RT in the works, could launch in October

The OnePlus 9 RT will come with a Snapdragon 870 processor, 120Hz OLED, a 4,500mAh battery, and OxygenOS 12 out of the box

20 Aug 2021 3:07 PM

In May this year, the ruling Communist Party of China approved a relaxation of its strict two-child policy to allow all couples to have up to three children. (Representational image: AP)

China approves three-child policy with sops to encourage couples to have more kids

China permitted all couples to have two children in 2016, scrapping the draconian decades-old one-child policy

20 Aug 2021 11:41 AM

A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a nucleic acid sample collection station at a park in Beijing on August 5, 2021. (Noel Celis / AFP)

China virus cases rise as Delta variant challenges Beijing

Tuesday's numbers are the highest since January, when the country logged 144 new cases and 126 domestic infections

10 Aug 2021 1:33 PM

This photo taken on August 2, 2021 shows people buying items at a supermarket in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, as authorities said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. (STR / AFP)

China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' as COVID returns

Major cities including the capital Beijing have now tested millions of residents while cordoning off residential compounds

03 Aug 2021 1:32 PM

A resident receives a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo: AFP)

Millions under virus lockdown as China battles Delta outbreak

China on Monday reported 55 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases

02 Aug 2021 12:45 PM

A health worker administers covid vaccine. (Photo: AFP)

Delta variant identified in Nanjing's COVID-19 clusters in China

The recent spike in infections in the city can be attributed to the special location of the outbreak

27 Jul 2021 1:18 PM

This photo taken on July 15, 2021 shows rescuers working to clear a flooded tunnel after 14 construction workers were trapped in an underground section of a new highway construction site after it collapsed in Zhuhai in China's southern Guangdong province. (Photo: AFP)

Six detained over fatal tunnel flooding in south China

The construction site of the Shijingshan tunnel, part of Zhuhai's Xingye expressway, flooded on July 15

25 Jul 2021 3:34 PM

People stand in a guard tower on the perimeter wall of the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 23, 2021. China's largest detention center is twice the size of Vatican City and has room for at least 10,000 inmates. (AP Photo)

Room for 10,000: Inside China’s largest detention center

This site suggests that China still holds and plans to hold vast numbers of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in detention

22 Jul 2021 2:38 PM

A woman sitting on a fence on a flooded street following heavy rains in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. (Photo: AFP)

Severe rainstorms kill 12 in flooded China subway

President Xi Jinping described the situation as 'extremely severe' with flood control measures entering a 'critical stage'

21 Jul 2021 10:21 AM

People queue to undergo nucleic acid testing for the coronavirus in the city of Ruili which borders Myanmar, in China's southwestern Yunnan province on July 5, 2021. (STR / AFP) / China OUT

China tightens security on Myanmar border over virus fears

On Wednesday, 57 new cases were reported, the highest daily tally since late January, including 15 in the city of Ruili, next to Myanmar

07 Jul 2021 11:59 AM

In November, Chinese President Xi Jinping had instructed officials to expedite construction of the new railway project, connecting Sichuan Province and Nyingchi in Tibet. (AFP Photo)

China launches first fully-electrified bullet train in Tibet, close to Indian border

The rail line passes through 47 tunnels and 121 bridges and crosses the Brahmaputra river locally called Yarlung Zangbo 16 times

25 Jun 2021 2:52 PM

Last week OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said in a forum post that the company will 'further integrate' with Oppo. (Photo: PTI)

OnePlus will reportedly become Oppo's sub-brand

A leaked document that serves as a talking points memo for use by OnePlus PR, explains the integration in plainer terms

21 Jun 2021 4:08 PM

Shenzhou 12 space mission: China will send three astronauts -- Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo -- as its first crew to a new space station today. (AP Photo)

China successfully launches first crewed mission for space station construction

The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert

17 Jun 2021 9:35 AM

This photo taken on June 13, 2021 shows nearly 9000 graduates, including more than 2000 students who could not attand the graduation ceremony last year due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, attanding a graduation ceremony at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT

Masks off, mortarboards on: Wuhan sheds Covid for mass graduation

The city held limited graduation ceremonies last year, with Wuhan University hosting a mostly-online event in June last year

15 Jun 2021 12:07 PM

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