Xi Jinping's war on corruption angers China's leaders

The Chinese Communist Party's all important 19th Party Congress is just months away, and President Xi Jinping finds himself confronting unlikely challenges to his pre-eminent position, says former......

The Lonely Man of China

What was the need for Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman, Central Military Commission, to don the new role of......

China's turmoil is both economic and political

The chaos on its stock markets, a fierce battle between the old and new guard in the Communist Party and the restive border provinces of Tibet and Xinjiang forebode tough times ahead for China,......

Nets in the sky and traps on the ground

China has been keeping tabs on the restive Tibet province through a ‘grid’ system and some 600 ‘convenience police posts' armed with high-tech equipment that monitor the daily......

China tells India to stay away from South China Sea

China on Thursday asked India and other countries to refrain from oil exploration in maritime areas offered by Vietnam in the South China Sea, claiming that it enjoys "indisputable sovereignty"......

Ramesh's apology understandable: Chinese analyst

Amid a row over Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's remark describing Home Ministry's approach towards Chinese investments in India as "alarmist", a top analyst in Beijing has said his "apology"......

China denies hacking Indian websites

China on Tuesday dismissed reports that Chinese hackers have broken into top secret files of the Indian Defence Ministry and embassies around the world, saying that it was firmly opposed to hacking......

China tells foreign IT firms to operate within law

A day after world's top search engine Google threatened to shut down its operations alleging cyber attacks and censorship, China on Thursday said that foreign internet firms were welcome to do......

Easy win for Prannoy, Sameer causes upset at Australian Open

  IMAGE: Sameer Verma stunned 8th seed Loh Kean Yew to make the Australian Open quarters, on Thursday. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives  Indian......

India Open: Satwik-Chirag fall in final hurdle

IMAGE: The home shuttlers registered a runner-up finish at the India Open. Photograph: BAI Media/X Home favourites Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went down in a tense final against......

India Open: Tai Tzu Ying in women's singles final

IMAGE: Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei. Photograph: Kind courtesy BWF/X Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei progressed to her second successive women's singles final of......

Badminton: India's challenge ends at Hong Kong Open

IMAGE: Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Treesa Jolly lost in straight sets in their round of 16 match at the Hong Kong Open. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives ......

ISSF World C'ship: Indian men take 10m air pistol team bronze

IMAGE: India opened their account with bronze. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter India's campaign in the ISSF World Championship began on an unimpressive note as none of the six 10m air pistol......