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  • India should ask China to stay away from Arunachal border Takam Sanjoy

    Arunachal Pradesh Member of Parliament Takam Sanjoy on Saturday urged the Indian Government to be assertive in asking China to stay away from his state. "We are optimistic that the Indian Government will be very assertive on various issues affecting the two nations. All that we would ask from the Indian Government is that talks are held on the border issue. India should be assertive in placing ...

  • `Lis trip shows China keen to enhance ties with India

    The choice of India as the first leg of Li Keqiang's maiden overseas trip as Chinese premier has sent out a clear signal that Beijing's new leadership prioritizes enhancing ties with New Delhi but that "the two nations cannot fully restore mutual trust without resolving the border dispute", Xinhua news agency said in a commentary on Saturday. "The rationale is simple: With China and India being ...

  • Chinese may have practised agriculture before advent of rice cultivation 5000 yrs ago

    Archaeologists in southern subtropical China have uncovered evidence for the first time that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practised agriculture -before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region. Current archaeological thinking is that it was the advent of rice cultivation along the Lower Yangtze River that marked the beginning of agriculture in southern China. Poor ...

  • Chinese ambassador urges U.S. to be truly neutral on Sino-Japanese territorial dispute

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  • China issues alert for rainstorms in south

    China's meteorological authority on Sunday issued a blue alert, the lowest level in a four-color warning system, for rainstorms in the south from Sunday to Monday.From Sunday to 8:00 a.m. on Monday, regions in south China's Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan will be swept by heavy rain or rainstorms up to 80 millimeters (mm) within 24 hours, the National ...


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  • China Housing Bubble Cools But Prices Still Higher

    China housing prices continued to rise in April. China's property market cooled a bit in April, but home prices are still on the rise, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday. Of the 70 major Chinese cities tracked by NBS, 67 saw home prices increase in April compared to March, with the highest growth rate at 2.1%, down from the 3.2% in March. All the first-tier cities like ...

  • Greece to buy 142 ships from China

    Greek Shipping Minister Kostis Moussouroulis said in Shanghai Saturday Greek shipowners have recently signed contracts to buy 142 new ships from Chinese shipbuilding ...

  • Greece eyes closer economic ties with China

    Greece pledges deepened cooperation with China with agreements in trade, shipping and tourism, said Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Beijing on ...

  • China threatens to end the military rule of the U.S. in Asia

    In mid-April, the Chinese government said the increased U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region causes a lot of tension, and they plan to send more military forces and strengthen their partnerships with neighboring countries. A recent study found that China increasingly threatens to end the military supremacy of the ...

  • North Korea wins first title in 36 years as China seals womens singles champion

    Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong claimed DPR Korea's first title on Saturday at the World Table Tennis Championships from the mixed doubles while China sealed the women's singles champion by booking all four semifinal berths.Tears streamed down the face of Kim Jong; Kim Hyok Bong fought to hold his emotions in check as the national anthem played and the flag of the DPR Korea was raised in ...

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