Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Beijing is ready to take “sincere action” to reduce the trade deficit. Addressing the media following the conclusion of Mamallapuram Summit, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said, “The two leaders held a “good discussion” on trade. As you know this has been the issue which […]
China is weighing options to buy Russia’s new Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jet as Moscow has identified China and India as potential customers to acquire its advanced warplane. Described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the world’s best military plane”, the Su-57 is a fifth-generation multi-role fighter jet capable of both aerial combat and hitting […]
The Beijing International Tourism Expo kicked off at the China National Convention Center on June 15. This year’s event has attracted roughly 1,000 tourism institutes, travel agencies and agents from more than 80 countries and regions. Travel agencies have rolled out thousands of products that would be offered to the public at rates lower than […]
Didi Chuxing Technology Co. Ltd., the Chinese ride-sharing company that bought the mainland operations of Uber Technologies Inc., will begin offering its service this month in Australia, its first foray in a Western-style country. The scheduled June 25 launch in Australia’s second biggest city Melbourne sets Didi up for a showdown with the US rival […]
Chinese government hackers have stolen a massive trove of sensitive information from a US Navy contractor, including secret plans to develop a new type of submarine-launched anti-ship missile, the Washington Post reported Friday. Investigators told the newspaper that breaches were executed in January and February by a division of the Chinese Ministry of State Security, […]
Clinical trial data rules relaxed, approvals and registration hastened, access eased HYDERABAD, MARCH 30 Indian pharmaceutical and medical equipment manufacturers are set to gain in the China market, thanks to new regulatory norms notified by the Chinese government. According to a notification received by the Pharmaceutical Exports Promotion Council (Pharmexcil), China’s General Office of the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a strong pitch for coordinated efforts among SCO members to combat the menace of terrorism and enhance connectivity without impinging on sovereignty and territorial integrity. In his address at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Kazakh capital, where Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif […]
LONDON: China has begun its first freight train service to London from Yiwu, a famed wholesale market town in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the Xinhua news agency reported. The train will travel for 18 days over more than 7,500 miles (12,000km) to reach Britain from China, Xinhua said. It will pass through Kazakhstan, Russia, […]
