Covid-hit China welcomes international passengers after 3 years

China on Sunday welcomed international travellers and returning residents without the need to quarantine for the first time in three years, even as infections surge after it scrapped its stringent......

China seizes maps showing Arunachal in India

Customs officials in China have seized a large consignment of world maps, meant for export, for showing Arunachal Pradesh as part of India, the official media reported on Friday. China claims the......

Explosion at Shanghai Airport injures 5, bomber slashes throat following blast

A man on Sunday threw a "homemade beer bottle explosive" triggering a blast at China's second biggest airport in the commercial hub of Shanghai which injured five persons, including a woman and a......

Obama has an agenda for maiden China visit

US President Barack Obama is in China on a three-day official visit that will be aimed at resetting bilateral ties and hoping to win China's support on issues ranging from climate change to......

Beijing, Shanghai start visa-free transit policy

From the new year, travellers to China from 45 countries can now benefit from a 72-hour visa-free stay policy in Beijing and Shanghai.The move is aimed at attracting more transit visitors to shop......

Passenger traffic rose by 21% at Delhi airport in 2011

Delhi airport witnessed an impressive 21 per cent growth in passenger traffic in the Asia Pacific region which registered a 5.7 per cent increase in terms of it in 2011 as compared to 2010, a......

Trains at 4,000 kmph? It's possible with ETT!

When the world's first commercial magnetic levitation railway -- maglev, for short -- went into service in Shanghai in January 2004, connecting its downtown district with the international airport......

Who's the tallest of them all?

It won't be finished before next year, but Burj Dubai is already 1,680 ft high (141 floors), nudging out Taipei 101 (1,666 ft) as the world's tallest building. It looks like it's going to remain......

China's big bucks luring soccer's talent

Carlos Tevez will be paid £615,000 a week at Shanghai Shenhua, making him the world's best paid footballer -- his salary is now more than Cristiano Ronaldo's and Lionel Messi's!China is......

Oscar arrives in China to Shanghai SIPG fans cheers

Financial details of Oscar's transfer to Shanghai SIPG from English Premier League club Chelsea have not been released, but media reports have suggested Shanghai paid 60 million euros ($62.6......

Drogba says money did not motivate his move to China

It is not money but the big challenge in an unfamiliar land that lured Didier Drogba to China, the Ivory Coast striker said on Saturday. More than 300 fans gathered at the Shanghai airport to......