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Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit India: Report
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing/New Delhi (China/India), Jan 23 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit India, likely in February or March, to bolster ties with New Delhi amid Beijing's heightening tensions with the United States, a media report has said.
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Chinese cement firm to set up plant in Sri Lanka's Hambantota
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jan 23 (ANI): A Chinese firm is to set up a cement plant in Hambantota where Beijing already controls the strategic port, in an indication of China's increasing footprint in Sri Lanka.
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'Bikini Climber' famous for selfies on mountain peaks dies
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 22 (ANI) A Taiwanese woman, who became famous on the social media for taking selfies on top of mountain peaks dressed in a bikini, has died after falling down a ravine in Taiwan's Yushan national park, media reports said.
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China slashes ground troops by half, boosts strategic force
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing (China), Jan 22 (ANI): China has slashed the size of its Army by about 50 per cent and boosted other units like strategic support force responsible for cyber warfare, according to the country's official news agency Xinhua.
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Online posts get sad as it gets smoggy outside
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 22 (ANI): Weather has an impact on our mood. If it is hot, we feel cranky, if it is too cold, we feel gloomy. Now, the latest study has found that if it is smoggy outside, our online life gets affected as well.
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Trump asks China to 'stop playing around', 'do a Real Deal'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): US President Donald Trump asked China to "stop playing around" and do a "Real Deal" in the wake of slowing economic figures amid US-China trade friction.
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Experiment for gene-edited babies illegal: China
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 22 (ANI): The experiments conducted by scientist He Jiankui, which have led to the birth of the world's first gene-edited twins, have been termed as illegal by Chinese authorities.
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China's economic growth hits 28-year low of 6.6%
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 21 (ANI): China on Monday announced that its economy cooled down in the last quarter of 2018, recording a growth rate of 6.6 per cent, which is the slowest in the last 28 years.
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China refutes media reports claiming Beijing poses security threat to Swed
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Stockholm (Sweden) Jan 20 (ANI): The Chinese embassy in Stockholm condemned media reports that suggested that Sweden's ties with Beijing posed security threats to the country and termed the accusation by media totally "unjustified" and "deliberately hyped".
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Russia slams US for allegations of defence tech sale to N Korea
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 18 (ANI): Russia slammed the United States on Friday for levelling allegations against Kremlin of selling missile and air defence technology to North Korea.
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Taiwan holds military drills amid rising tensions
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], Jan 18 (ANI): Taiwan held military drills on Thursday near Taichung amid growing tensions with Beijing.
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China 'not worried' about others' reactions on death penalty of Canadian d
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 16 (ANI): China on Wednesday stated that it was 'absolutely not worried' about foreign countries' reactions on the announcement of the death penalty for the Canadian man convicted under drug trafficking charges on January 14.
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