A visit to Tibet appears to have become the new touchstone for expressing fealty to Xi Jinping, observes Jayadeva Ranade, the retired senior RA&W officer and distinguished China expert. IMAGE: Xi......
How China's all powerful Communist party bungled the response to the coronavirus crisis. IMAGE: Passengers at the Shanghai railway station. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters Srikanth Kondapalli is the......
'The military officers at China's National People's Congress reflect Xi Jinping's preference for elevating politically reliable, younger, officers with good professional qualifications,' says......
China on Thursday released the first ever Chinese translations of the collective works of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, a rare honour to the famed poet who enjoys iconic status among......
10 images from an incredibly odd world we live in! A model poses backstage ahead of the Bondi Bather show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Carriageworks in Sydney, Australia. Photograph: Mark......
The government is aiming for economic growth of between 6.5 percent and 7 percent this year. China's economy expanded slightly faster than expected in the second quarter but private investment......
Investors look at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Haikou, Hainan province, China. Photograph: Reuters China's recent stock market pain is proving to be......
China will likely appoint savvy international dealmakers to run its giant sovereign wealth fund and Commerce Ministry in a soft power push to soothe fears over a planned spending spree to boost......
Hit hard by global economic downturn, many firms in China's export hub Wenzhou are closing down as they face a 'more serious' situation than the 2008 financial crisis with big companies in the......
Apple CEO Steve Jobs's authorised biography seems to be a great hit in China as dozens of people were seen lined outside book stores even before they were opened and entire copies being almost sold......
IMAGE: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran was knocked out in the quarter-finals. Photograph: India AllSports/Twitter Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran suffered a straight game loss to Chinese Taipei's......
IMAGE: Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James. Photograph: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports/Files LeBron James sparked anger on social media on Tuesday after the Los Angeles Lakers star......
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo. Photograph: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to pay Spain's......
Japan eked out a hard-fought 3-1 win over debutants Oman to finish fifth, while Bangladesh managed to avoid the wooden spoon by thrashing minnows Chinese Taipei 11-3 in the classification matches......
Sandhyarani settles for silver in wushu India's Sandhyarani Devi setteled for a silver in the women's sanshou 60kg wushu event after losing to Khadijeh Azadpour of Iran in the final in the Asian......