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In this March 16, 2020, image made from video, a boy takes hand sanitizer from a ZhenRobotics robot as it patrols a plaza in Shanghai. (Photo | AP)

Chinese firm's robots in demand amid coronavirus outbreak

The robots deliver groceries and patrol malls looking for shoppers who fail to wear masks

20 March 2020 9:29 PM IST

Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen speaking at the Taipei Guest House as part of her inauguration for her second term as in office, in Taipei. (AFP)

Taiwan president rejects Beijing rule, asserts independence

China views Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to seize it by force if necessary

20 May 2020 2:02 PM IST

Pro-democracy protesters wearing face mask raise a Hong Kong colonial flag during a protest at a shopping mall in Hong Kong.(AP)

Hong Kong democracy rallies to make a comeback as pandemic eases

Pro-democracy unions and social media posts have called for people to gather and shout slogans in their neighbourhoods...

1 May 2020 12:33 PM IST

Residents wearing masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus past by lanterns and neon lights promoting a restaurant in Beijing. (AP)

China, South Korea report new cases in double digits

A recent report said testing found only a few cases without a link to Beijing market and the steps taken mean the risk...

27 Jun 2020 10:35 AM IST

Butchers selling meat stand at their stall as they wait for customers at a market in Beijing on June 20, 2020. (AFP)

China's latest virus outbreak likely came from Europe: UN

To date, Chinese officials have identified 158 cases in Beijing in the past week

20 Jun 2020 2:43 PM IST

Workers wearing protective clothing wait to check the temperature of passengers entering the airport in Beijing. (AFP)

Mainland China reports 32 new coronavirus cases, 25 of them in Beijing

Authorities have restricted the movement of people in the capital and stepped up other measures to prevent the virus...

19 Jun 2020 9:43 AM IST

Pro-Hong Kong demonstrators display flags during a protest at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. (AP)

China passes draft of controversial Hong Kong security law

The law is expected to bring about the most profound change to the former British colony's way of life since it returned...

18 Jun 2020 4:48 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Pride events kick off in Shanghai

Social distancing restrictions, imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have largely been lifted in Shanghai in recent...

14 Jun 2020 3:48 PM IST

The WHO and international bodies have now, belatedly, started an investigation into the origins of the virus, but its credibility has already hit rock bottom in the eyes of most people in the affected nations. (Representational image: AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Why China needs to pay reparations to the...

No one is quite sure what lies in store for the world's second most populous country six months from now

4 Jun 2021 1:55 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (AFP)

Manish Tewari | Dragon desperate in wake of Xi's congress

From being the sick man of Asia at the turn of the 20th century to its current wolf warrior status, China has indeed...

23 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

(L-R) Vietnams Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Indias Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Cambodias Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesias President Joko Widodo, and Bruneis Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah stand on stage during the ASEAN-India Summit as part of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Phnom Penh on November 12, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

India-ASEAN nations to enhance cooperation against terrorism

This year marks the 30th anniversary of India's relations with Asean grouping and is being celebrated as the Asean-India...

12 Nov 2022 7:51 PM IST

Unlike in the past, China no longer counsels Nepal to keep on good terms with India. (Representational Image/ANI)

Anand K Sahay | China tilt by Kathmandu to disturb ties with India

If a question is seen as having attained immediacy or maturity, in the India-Nepal case the time is now. And the reason...

6 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST