Chinese defence minister missing, rumoured to have been detained

Speculation about the missing Chinese Defence Minister General Li Shangfu may have been removed and detained became rife after he was conspicuously absent at the meeting of the Central Military......

Forge a 'great wall of steel', Xi tells China's border troops

President Xi Jinping has called on China's border troops to forge a "great wall of steel" along the country's frontiers by enhancing their capabilities in border defence and control, the state......

Red alert as Beijing's air turns to 'hazardous'

Vehicles travel on a bridge amid heavy smog after Beijing issued its first ever 'red alert' for air pollution on Tuesday. Photograph: Reuters As smog-hit Beijing enforced its first-ever red alert......

We've quality: China on India becoming most populous country

China on Wednesday sought to downplay India overtaking it as the world's most populous nation with 142.86 crore people, saying that it still has a 'quality' workforce of close to 900 million people......

India wants to grow fast? A lesson or two it can learn from China

As China slows and India revs up, what can New Delhi learn from Beijing's errors in its high-growth phase?, asks Nitin Desai.   Image: China is now slowing down and expects growth......

China unveils next generation Internet

China has launched the first backbone network of the next-generation Internet, CERNET2, breaking the US monopoly and allowing the Communist giant to dramatically narrow its gap with world leaders,......

China sets lower GDP for '05

Notwithstanding the high growth rate China is witnessing, the Communist nation is likely to set a gross domestic product target of less than eight per cent in 2005 to enable a soft landing. "The......

World's 1st router for next gen Internet, from Chi

China on Friday claimed a breakthrough in developing the world's first IPV6 router for the next generation of Internet which will enhance the communist nation's competitiveness in the global......