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Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021 | Last Update : 07:08 PM IST

China says Indian troops crossed border, opened fire

Beijing's defence ministry accused India of "severe military provocation" after soldiers crossed LAC in the western border region

08 Sep 2020 10:43 AM

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters that U.S. has been escalating its actions against Chinese journalists. (AFP Photo)

China vows to retaliate if Chinese journalists forced to leave US

The U.S. should immediately correct its mistake and stop its actions, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said

04 Aug 2020 4:01 PM

Mercedes-Benz will recall more than 660,000 vehicles in China later this year for a possible oil leak. (AFP Photo)

Mercedes to recall 6,60,000 vehicles in China for oil leak

The announcement follows another recall that began last month of 4,653 imported Mercedes sedans that had incorrect child-safety lock labels

06 Jul 2020 10:21 AM

New swine flu found in China has pandemic potential. (AFP Photo)

New swine flu with 'pandemic potential' identified by China researchers

According to scientists these G4 viruses bind to receptor molecules in human cells and can replicate in outer layer of respiratory system

30 Jun 2020 2:01 PM

Chinese companies are putting off plans for U.S. listings as tensions between the world’s top two economies rise. (AFP Photo)

Chinese companies put US listing plans on ice as tensions mount

Many companies that reported plans for US listings to China’s securities regulator are now targeting exchanges nearer to home

10 Jun 2020 2:25 PM

China’s exports in May fell a less-than-expected 3.3% compared with a year earlier. (AFP Photo)

China exports fall 3.3% in May, imports shrink 16.7%

Imports were estimated to have contracted 9.7%, recovering from a slide of 14.2% in April.

07 Jun 2020 9:46 AM

China's Wuhan city discharges last three COVID-19 patients from hospital. (AFP Photo)

Last three COVID-19 patients in China's Wuhan discharged from hospital

According to the China's National Health Commission five imported cases were reported in China

05 Jun 2020 2:48 PM

Volunteers wearing protective suits check identity of a resident at the entrance of a residental area in Jilin, in China's northeastern Jilin province. (AFP)

Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses

Lab authorities assert none of the strains obtained from bats are a match for the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world

24 May 2020 10:05 AM

Pro-Tibetan protestors hold picures of Gendun Cheokyi Nyima (The Panchen Lama) during a demonstration outside the Chinese consulate in Barcelona. (AFP)

US urges China to release Panchen Lama

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the second highest spiritual authority in Tibetan Buddhism after Dalai Lama, is world's youngest political prisoner

15 May 2020 10:04 AM

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a woman to be tested for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Wuhan. (AFP)

Wuhan to test all residents after handful of new infections

A cluster of six new cases was found in one part of the city, the first local infections reported in Wuhan since the lockdown was eased

13 May 2020 1:57 PM

China says it is not yet the time to relax coronavirus measures

Wuhan on Monday reported its first cluster of coronavirus infections since a lockdown on the city

12 May 2020 2:16 PM

Local official sacked as COVID-19 epicentre Wuhan reports six new cases. (AFP Photo)

Official sacked for poor management after new Covid19 cases reported in China's Wuhan

All the cases were reported in the Sanmin residential community, which is under the jurisdiction of Changqing Street

11 May 2020 4:29 PM

Visitors wearing protective face masks at the capital's popular tourist spot of Temple of Heaven in Beijing. (AP)

Wuhan reports first coronavirus cluster since lifting of lockdown

The new infections add a layer of caution to efforts to lower coronavirus-related restrictions across China

11 May 2020 11:40 AM

A staff member wearing a face shield walks through a long-distance bus station in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (AFP)

China will not entertain foreign investigation until complete win over virus

WHO says it is waiting on an invitation from China to take part in its investigations into the animal origins of the virus

06 May 2020 4:48 PM

The P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (AFP)

What happens at the Wuhan Institute of Virology?

The Chinese laboratory at the heart of the US-China virus spat, is accused of being the source of the coronavirus pandemic

06 May 2020 2:32 PM

People wear face masks amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus as they walk to the entrance of the Forbidden City, the former palace of China's emperors, in Beijing. (AFP)

China takes a holiday from virus anxiety

Millions of Chinese hit the road or visited newly re-opened tourist sites on Friday for an extended national holiday

01 May 2020 4:44 PM

Passengers arriving from Changsha in China are screened for the new type of coronavirus (Patrick Ngugi/ AP)

China reports 30 new coronavirus cases, 23 imported

Of the domestic cases, all seven were reported in Heilongjiang province near the Russian border

22 Apr 2020 10:40 AM

Wuhan Zall football team coach Jose Gonzalez (C) arriving with his players at the railway station in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on Friday. AFP Photo

Wuhan football team make emotional return to virus ground zero

The team, training in Spain when Covid19 virus broke back home in Wuhan, fled Spain when virus death toll began to rise

19 Apr 2020 2:20 PM

Belgium's midfielder Marouane Fellaini. AFP Photo

Fellaini out of Chinese hospital after coronavirus scare

The Belgium international had tested positive for the virus after returning to China, but assured fans that he was feeling fine

14 Apr 2020 3:30 PM

Jeremy Lin pledges up to $1 mn to coronavirus battle

Former NBA star tore into US President Donald Trump last month for "empowering" racism by calling coronavirus a Chinese disease

14 Apr 2020 10:25 AM

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