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Passengers, crew foil plane hijack plan
30 Jun 2012 1:28 AM GMTSuspected Uighur militants from China's restive Xinjiang region on Friday attempted to hijack a plane but alert passengers and crew foiled the bid...
China’s winning ways in Tajikistan
28 Jun 2012 6:38 PM GMTExtending credits worth almost $2 billion, mighty China is spreading its influence to its poor ex-Soviet neighbour Tajikistan in the hope of winning...
Such a long journey
28 Jun 2012 3:40 PM GMTAlone I stand in the autumn cold On the tip of Orange Island, The Xiang flowing northward; I see a thousand hills crimsoned through By their serried...
Dance of the dragon and the elephant
26 Jun 2012 11:40 AM GMTIndia’s increasing assertiveness and greater geopolitical interest in the east and southeast Asian region has already earned it tangible dividends in...
Dragon turns to the land of rising sun
25 Jun 2012 2:44 AM GMTEurope’s financial turmoil has seen the Chinese government quietly pour tens of billions of dollars into Japan’s stock market, analysts say, despite...
Philippines opens school on disputed island
25 Jun 2012 1:32 AM GMTPhilippine officials have opened a small kindergarten on a South China Sea island that is also claimed by five other governments.Mayor Eugenio...
China completes manual space docking
25 Jun 2012 1:30 AM GMTChina on Sunday successfully completed its first-ever manual space docking when its astronauts linked their spacecraft with an experimental space lab...
US apologises for anti-China law of 1882
20 Jun 2012 1:53 AM GMTThe US House of Representatives has unanimously passed a resolution apologising for the discriminatory 1882 law which banned Chinese workers from...
Another space milestone for China
19 Jun 2012 3:17 AM GMTThree Chinese astronauts including the country's first spacewoman on Monday successfully coupled their spaceship with an orbiting module and later...
Watch out for the ‘big brothers’
18 Jun 2012 9:59 AM GMTFollowing independent diplomacy in a bi-polar world is like a polygamist practicing to please two peevish partners. No country has suffered the...
China bridging technology gap with US
18 Jun 2012 1:39 AM GMTWith China poised to establish its own space lab after successful launch of its manned mission to experiment manual space docking, a leading Chinese...
Chinese economy to maintain growth: Jintao
18 Jun 2012 1:05 AM GMTAllaying concerns over slowing down of Chinese economy due to a decline in exports, President Hu Jintao has expressed confidence that the world’s...