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Ahead of CPC's centenary, Xi administers loyalty pledge to senior leaders

Since Xi took over power in December 2012

Chinese presence in Sri Lanka 'could pose a threat': Indian Navy

Navy Vice Chief Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar said the Indian Navy is very well prepared to secure the maritime boundaries of the country

Top Chinese nuclear scientist found dead under mysterious circumstances

One of China's top nuclear scientists and the Vice-President of Harbin Engineering University has died after falling from a building.

China mulls end to childbirth restrictions by 2025, says report

China is considering ending its limits on childbirth by 2025 after finding its population growth is slowing down, said a report

China orders Meituan billionaire to lie low after poem post sparks fury

The Tang Dynasty poem - describing the burning of books under China's first emperor - was widely seen as anti-establishment

The Cold War space odyssey

Bestselling author Stephen Walker has produced an utterly binge-worthy yet sobering history of spaceflight set against the biggest existential conflict of the 20th century

Will a chip czar guarantee China self-sufficiency in semiconductor industry

Liu He will leadthe development of future semiconductor technologies; his position within Xi Jinping's inner circle ensures his recommendations get heard.

Chinese apps could face subpoenas or bans under Biden order: Report

The goal is to keep foreign adversaries like China and Russia from gaining access to large amounts of personal and proprietary business information

Hong Kong arrests newspaper editors for 'foreign conspiracy': Report

5 journos held, $18-mn assets frozen; China warns media outlets, hails move

India's pledge of good behaviour

Its endorsement of the G7's Open Societies Statement will give the world a larger say in human rights violations in the country

India devastated by Covid-19; China must pay $10 trillion to US: Trump

Former president Donald Trump on Thursday said that India has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, insisting that China should pay USD 10 trillion to the US

Nepal to procure 4 mn Covid vaccines from China under non-disclosure deal

Nepal government has decided to procure four million Covid-19 vaccines manufactured by China's Sinopharm under a non-disclosure agreement

China military activities near Taiwan up risk of miscalculation: Pentagon

Pentagon has termed the recent incursion by Chinese warplane into Taiwan air defence identification zone as 'destabilising'

'If China takes Taiwan, it's all over': Haley urges US to act 'strongly'

Indian American Republican politician Nikki Haley said the US must act "strongly" against China, stating that if Beijing took control of Taiwan, it would be emboldened to seize other territories

China successfully launches first crewed mission to construct space station

China on Thursday successfully launched its crewed spacecraft, sending three astronauts to its space station's core module Tianhe for a three-month mission

Govt may tighten 'country of origin' norms for e-commerce players

E-commerce policy expected to be finalised by end of June

Opportunities galore in the east

A deeper integration with east Asian economies could be integral to India's economic recovery in the pandemic

No good options

A year after Galwan, Beijing still has the upper hand

China's campaign to control commodities goes into overdrive

State-owned enterprises were ordered to control risks and limit their exposure to overseas commodities markets by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, according to people

UK PM Johnson says it doesn't look like Covid leaked from Chinese lab

Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Britain's "best information" remained that Covid-19 "jumped" from animals to humans, Xinhua reported.