China on Monday dodged a direct response to reports of presence of the People's Liberation Army's troops at a forward post in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said it "regretted" that the media keeps "popping up" stories of incursions into the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control.

Any move by India to join the US navy for jointly patrolling the disputed South China Sea will be against its national interest, would divide Asian countries and further escalate regional tensions, a state-run Chinese daily said on Friday.

China's FDI growth saw ups and downs in the first 11 months of 2015.

At the end of 2014, 70.17 million of China's rural residents lived below the country's poverty line.

The total India-China trade in 2015 amounted to $71.64 billion.

Indian officials said Doval's visit will be rescheduled as he is preoccupied with the handling of the Pathankot incident.

Users on popular Chinese microblog Sina Weibo chastised the translation as 'a blasphemy against a classic'.

Two persons were pulled out alive after being buried for over 60 hours in a landslide that struck an industrial estate in China's Shenzhen city.

Parts of north China will see the worst smog so far this year the National Meteorological Centre said on Saturday.

As Shinzo Abe begins his crucial visit to India on Friday looking to clinch a slew of deals including bullet trains and amphibious defence planes, the Chinese media on Friday said the Japanese premier is trying to rope in India as part of a strategy to contain arch rival China.

China is keen to get Indian bullet train deals as it would provide a major opening for it to win projects abroad.

Under the red alert, which is the highest in the four-tier emergency response system created in 2013, all schools have been ordered to be closed, and outdoor construction halted.

Air quality in the city of 16 million is usually bad in winter.

Both sides to enhance cooperation in combating international terrorism.

He is due to call on Premier Li Keqiang later on Thursday and hold talks with China's Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun, who is also the State Councillor in the CPC, a rank above the minister.

E-commerce has become a success in China as it overtook the US as the world largest online retail market.

China has for the first time permitted official media websites to report news but retained monopoly over the media by omitting popular private social media portals like Sina which has millions of users.

The C919 - a twin-engine, narrow-body aircraft seating up to 174 people - is similar in size to the Airbus 320.

China must maintain medium-high growth for the next five years.

India is devoting itself to promoting a strategy of diversifying its energy sources.