Pakistan set to adopt Chinese satellite system

Beijing, May 19 (IANS) An explosion at an unlicensed firecracker workshop in central China killed three people and left three others injured Sunday, officials said.The blast occurred around 9.50 a.m. in Yangzhai village in Henan province, Xinhua ...

As Premier Li Keqiang left Beijing for India, China on Sunday said that if the two Asian giants "tango" together, the BRICS grouping would get a boost and efforts to safeguard the rights of developing countries strengthened. In its second commentary in as many days, state-run news agency Xinhua said Li headed for India tour, his first after he took over as premier and weeks after the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Durban on the sidelines of the ...

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing. (PTI File photo) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is scheduled to arrive here on Sunday on his first ever visit to the country since taking over the top job from ...

Beijing, May 19 (IANS) 4G services, which provide mobile users with internet access up to 50 times faster than the current 3G network, will be launched in Shanghai next month when the China Mobile company begins large-scale trials.The fourth ...

Beijing, May 19 (IANS) A Chinese man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a woman 15 years ago.The now 44-year-old convict, Liu Jiasuo, raped the woman in a forest near a railway station in Anhui province, the Shanghai Daily ...

Photos of 19th-century Beijing to be auctioned news.taaza.com: (15 Days ago) London, May 4 (IANS) Auction house Sotheby's is to put on sale May 14 a collection of photos on Beijing taken by Italian-British photographer Felice Beato in 1860. Beato ...

Beijing: Greek ship owners have recently signed contracts to buy 142 new ships from Chinese shipbuilding companies, notwithstanding the serious economic crisis being faced by Athens. The orders, which were signed in April, accounted for more than 60 ...

Beijing, May 19 (IANS) Continuous rainfall has claimed one life and affecting some 200,000 people in southwest China, authorities said Sunday.The rains started Thursday and had battered 14 counties in Guangxi region, Xinhua reported.The downpour ...

Ahead of Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India on Sunday, Chinese media in Beijing on Saturday said it is difficult for the two nations to restore mutual trust without resolving border dispute though mistrust could gradually be reduced with good faith in each ...