All stories by K J M VARMA
Over 400 missing hours after Chinese ship sinks, captain held
Rediff.com2 Jun 2015A cruise ship carrying over 450 people, mostly elderly, capsized because of a cyclone in the murky waters of Asia's longest Yangtze River in China's Hubei province as rescuers on Monday raced against time to find survivors with hundreds missing and at least five dead.
Number of poor in China? A whopping 36 million!
Rediff.com27 May 2015China continued to have pockets of poverty despite massive development.
Nursing home inferno kills 38 senior citizens in China
Rediff.com27 May 2015A massive fire engulfed a private nursing home for senior citizens in central China, killing at least 38 residents who were charred beyond recognition and prompting authorities to order nationwide safety checks of public buildings.
China, India, Russia to be top 3 shareholders of AIIB: Expert
Rediff.com21 May 2015China would be an influential player in the bank
Infosys to open first overseas campus in China
Rediff.com16 May 2015Infosys to open first overseas campus in China
China wants yoga-like global status for Tai Chi
Rediff.com16 May 2015Chinese Premier Li wants to get UN recognition for Tai Chi.
Apple unseats Xiaomi in China!
Rediff.com11 May 2015Chinese smartphone market, world's largest, shrinks in Q1
Looking forward to visiting China from May 14, says Modi on Weibo
Rediff.com5 May 2015The PM on Tuesday officially announced his visit to China from May 14 to 16.
China slaps record fine on McDonald's supplier for pollution
Rediff.com30 Apr 2015The 3.9 million yuan ($630,000) fine is the biggest-ever.
This Chinese journalist gets 7 years in prison for leaking state secrets
Rediff.com17 Apr 2015Gao Yu was found her guilty of leaking an internal Communist Party document to a foreign website.
Xiaomi sells 2.11 million phones in 12 hours, sets Guinness record
Rediff.com9 Apr 2015Xiaomi easily broke their record from the same event last year.
Dispute with India over Arunachal an 'undeniable fact': China
Rediff.com9 Apr 2015China has welcomed Modi remarks on border, and has said it has a 'positive attitude'.
Modi to do a MSG style event in Shanghai during China visit
Rediff.com6 Apr 2015Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do a repeat of his Madison Square Garden act during his next month's visit to China
China's super rich grows record high
Rediff.com6 Apr 2015The total assets of the superrich soared to 31 trillion yuan.
China plans to build huge space solar power station
Rediff.com30 Mar 2015The power station would be a super spacecraft on a eosynchronous orbit.
China's manufacturing activity slows down to 11-month low
Rediff.com24 Mar 2015HSBC's purchasing managers' index was released on Tuesday.
Ahead of Modi's visit, India and China to hold border talks from Monday
Rediff.com22 Mar 2015India and China will hold the 18th round of border talks in Delhi from Monday - the first round of negotiations after PM Modi came to power last year.
China mocks India's democratic system
Rediff.com12 Mar 2015China would have become another India "where around 20% of the world's poorest live" if it adopted democracy
Ensuring employment? China faces an arduous task
Rediff.com10 Mar 2015The steady decline of economy recently made Chinese youth anxious.
Border dispute with India contained, says China
Rediff.com8 Mar 2015China on Sunday said the border dispute with India has been "contained" and the Indian elephant and Chinese dragon should "do more" to strengthen the bilateral cooperation to facilitate its settlement.