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Are Japan and China inching closer to each other to start a new era of political and diplomatic bonhomie? The inhumane Japanese atrocities on the Chinese during the Second World War had embittered the Chinese towards Japan. However, with time being...

In his address to the party Congress, Chinese president Hu Jintao laid down his vision for the future. But his vision seems to be slightly myopic as he has practically ruled out any political reform. In his speech he called for 'incremental'...

Ever since China and Taiwan split up in 1949, there has been no end to the hostility between them. China still refuses to recognize Taiwan as a separate nation and has even gone to as far as to threaten Taiwan with military attacks, should it ever...

China's communist party Congress is meeting in Beijing. President Hu Jintao has addressed it by outlining the present state of affairs and his vision for China for the future. To those used to the drama and action of democratic legislatures, the...

The only mantra to lasting success is democracy. That's the cleanest and most popular choice in the world, and most of the developed and developing countries are following the golden principles of democracy. But China is one of the rapidly developing...

At least 548 child workers rescued in a crackdown from Yunnan brick kilns at Liuwu Village China's Shanxi province. Several abducted men and children of 8 years of age had been sold for $65 a head in the klins. The police had raided on thousands..

After much speculation about China's anti-satellite test, China has confirmed finally that it has carried out a test that destroyed a satellite. China is now only the third country to shoot something down in space. With this confirmation the alarming.

The US Senate has passed the India-US civilian nuclear bill on Thursday. Now, it is being reported that Chinese premier Hu Jintao is planning to go for an ambitious expansion of nuclear power cooperation with Pakistan. He may announce during his..

Image Source The Timesonline has reported that North Korea is all set to conduct a nuclear test tomorrow. According to Chinese sources of The Times, near the Chinese border the preparations to explode the bomb at two thousand meter deep under...