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Feminist activist's request to man to stop smoking triggers violent reacti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Palo Alto [US], May 16 (ANI): A request by a feminist activist to a man to stop smoking at a restaurant in China's Chengdu triggered a violent reaction, death threats and later "patriotic social mobs" harassed her on the net.
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Chinese govt's post mocking India's COVID-19 crisis backfires
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 3 (ANI): A social media post by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mocking India's COVID-19 crisis has backfired, with its own citizens expressing shock and outrage over China's clumsy attempt to stoke nationalism.
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Xinjiang's capital Urumqi shuts down as coronavirus returns
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 17 (ANI): Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang region, went into sudden lockdown on Thursday after confirming one new local COVID-19 patient and three asymptomatic cases, reported South China Morning Post.
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PM Modi quits Weibo, all posts, profile picture removed
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): With the government deciding to disallow 59 Chinese apps in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to quit Chinese microblogging website Sina Weibo, which he had joined a few years ago. On Wednesday the prime minister's account went blank after hi
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Grammy winner DJ Zedd 'permanently banned from China' following 'South Par
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 13 (ANI): Grammy-winning DJ Zedd was "permanently banned" from China after he liked a tweet from 'South Park', the adult animated show caught in a feud with the Communist government of the country.
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Xiaomi teases its upcoming two-way foldable phone
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar 28 (ANI): Xiaomi posted a teaser video of its upcoming foldable phone on Weibo. The video shows the yet-to-be-named smartphone in action.
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Oppo teases its own foldable phone
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Dongguan [China], Feb 26 (ANI): Adding to the line of foldable phones of the future, Oppo has teased its first such model that follows the likes of foldable phones from Royole and Huawei and folds outwards.
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Pilot's smoking mid-air forces flight descend
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 13 (ANI): A state-owned Chinese airline, Air China, flight had to descend on Tuesday after a co-pilot smoked an electronic cigarette mid-air.
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Chinese Foreign Minister meets Kim at Pyongyang
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 3 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un here on Thursday, according to China's Foreign Ministry.
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Held extensive, fruitful talks with President Xi: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Wuhan [China], Apr 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he held "extensive and fruitful talks" with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the second and last day of the informal summit here on Saturday.
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China protest against Weibo's cleanup campaign
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 16 (ANI): Images of hearts and rainbows with slogans "I am a gay, not a pervert" flooded the streets of China as several people protested against popular online website Weibo for removing all such content from its platform which is deemed to be violent or promoting hom
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China issues three-day smog alert
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar 26 (ANI): China has issued its third major "orange alert" this year, as pollution levels rose up after capital Beijing was named as the country's top city for reducing air pollution last week.
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