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  • India and China have more mutual interest than differences

    In wake of Chinese Premier Li's visit to India, Ambassador of India in China Jaishankar during a press conference said that India is a priority in China's agenda of global development. Jai Shankar said that the present visit of the Chinese Premier Li to India is significant because it is his first visit to India. " India surely is a priority in China's agenda today on global development. This ...

  • Japan sinks Singapore at Sudirman Cup

    Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday. Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta Danny Bawa and Terry Zhao 21-7, 21-18. World No.24 Gu Juan of Singapore was beaten by No.10 Minatsu Mitani at 21-10, 21-19 in women's singles while in men's singles, Derek Wong ...

  • Mount Everest ice cores to help study climate change

    Scientists from China have obtained three ice cores from Mount Everest with the aim to understand more about climate change, an expedition leader said Monday. During the expedition that lasted more than a month, scientists drilled the ice cores at a mountain pass near the East Rongbuk glacier, which covers the north collar of the Mount Everest, Xinhua reported. The longest ice core measures ...

  • Two Chinese acquitted of rape after 10 years in jail

    A court in China will compensate two men after they were acquitted of rape charges that led to their wrongful imprisonment for 10 years. The court in Zhejiang decided to give Zhang Hui and and his uncle Zhang Gaoping 1.11 million yuan (around $179,000) each to compensate them for depriving them of their personal freedom, as well as for causing mental damage, Xinhua reported. Zhang Hui was ...

  • North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

    North Korea Monday fired two more short-range missiles, a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the regime to return to talks on its controversial nuclear programme. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 noon and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the KN-02 short-range missile launched on Monday ...


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  • Sri Lankan president to visit China

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping between May 27 and 30, an official said Monday. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the announcement at the daily press briefing Monday, reported ...

  • India China sign eight pacts

    India and China on Monday signed eight pacts, including sharing of information on water flow in the River Brahmaputra. The other pacts are on trade, commerce, education and culture. This followed the delegation-level talks between the visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh here this afternoon. In his press statement, Dr Singh said that the Special ...

  • DPRK says missiles launch part of normal military training for self-defense

    Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the country' s missiles launch is only part of normal military training for self-defense, the official news agency KCNA reported. The army military training, as a powerful deterrent to cope with the U.S. and the South Korea' s machinations of starting a nuclear war, "is the legitimate right of a ...

  • India seeks market access to lower trade gap with China

    India Monday asked China to provide greater market access to help lower the widening trade deficit that rose to $29 billion in 2012. During a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh voiced India's concern on the widening trade gap. "I conveyed to Premier Li our concerns about the trade deficit and sought increased market access to China for our exports ...

  • India China seek early end to border dispute PM

    India and China favour early resolution of their border dispute and want peace to be maintained on the frontier until then, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Manmohan Singh also told the media along with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that they had "wide ranging and candid discussions" on all matters of mutual concern and realised there was "a great deal of meeting of minds". The two ...

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