Xi Humiliates Predecessor Hu!

In scenes replicating purges at party conferences in Pyongyang, Xi Jinping appeared to borrow from Kim Jong Un's playbook when he had Hu Jintao, his predecessor as Communist party general secretary......

AWESOME Images Of The Heavens!

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the shortlisted images for the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year! The Awe-Inspiring scenes of the Milky Way rising, galaxies colliding, stellar......

Why Chinese Leaders Are Rushing To Tibet

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......

Chinese polar bear hotel opens to outrage

A hotel that bills itself as the world's first "polar bear hotel" has opened in China's far northeastern Heilongjiang province, drawing both guests and criticism for its central feature: live polar......

Billionaire behind 2009's biggest IPO

The much-anticipated public offering of China Zhongwang Holdings, one of Asia's largest extruded-aluminum product makers, is expected to take place on May 8. It will be the world's largest of 2009......

Yang Yuanqing: China's first global capitalist

On a bright September afternoon, a black Mercedes S320 pulls up to a curb in the middle of Beijing's bustling Zhongguancun, the consumer-electronics shopping district. Out steps a man in a......

Chinese firm buys IBM's PC business

In a major breakthrough in China's ambition to become a key global player in information technology sector, its largest personal computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd on Wednesday acquired US-based IBM's......

What Google is doing in China

Kai-Fu Lee was waiting serenely at the upscale sushi and seafood buffet he had selected for our meeting in Redmond, Washington. One thing about Lee: Friends let him choose the restaurant. He keeps......

Sindhu breaks BWF tour title drought; Sen and Treesa-Gayatri triumph

IMAGE: PV Sindhu's victory marks her return to the top of the podium after over two years. Photograph: Doordarshan Sports/X Top seeds P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen produced commanding performances to......

Satwik-Chirag's comeback bid: Can they reclaim glory?

IMAGE: The former world number one duo had been sidelined from competitive action post the Paris Olympics due to Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's shoulder injury. Photograph: Satwiksairaj......

PIX: Khelif wins women's welterweight gold amid gender dispute

IMAGE: Algeria's Imane Khelif kisses her gold medal after the Olympics women's boxing 66kg victory ceremony at Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, on Friday. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters Algeria's......

Love, tears, upsets: Badminton had it all at Paris Olympics

IMAGE: Bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, PV Sindhu lost the women’s singles pre-quarter-final against China's He Bing Jiao, in Paris, last week, bringing the curtains down early in her......

Dutch hockey double as women beat China in shoot-out

IMAGE: The Netherlands players celebrate victory over China in the Olympics women's hockey final at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes, on Friday. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The Netherlands......