Noting that peace and tranquility on the border was an important guarantor for the growth and development of bilateral cooperation, India and China on Saturday emphasized the importance of enhancing mutual trust and understanding between the two militaries. "They reviewed the working of agreements and protocols dealing with the maintenance of peace and tranquility and directed that it be ...
Chinese pair reach final at beach volleyball World championships
Chinese pair Xue Chen and Zhang Xi beat their Brazilian opponents Liliane Maestrini and Barbara de Freitas 21-11, 21-17 to reach the women's final of the beach volleyball world championships Saturday. The top-seeded Chinese duo were unstoppable in the first set and they broke away with a 7-1 run. The Brazilian pair regrouped in the second set and offered some resistance until the score was tied ...
Chinas football authorities prepare to face Camacho in arbitration
Chinese football authorities have been prepared to face sacked national team coach Jose Antonio Camacho in arbitration over a settlement dispute. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the 58-year-old Spaniard failed to reach an agreement over severance and Camacho Friday decided to take the matter to FIFA and the Court of Sport for Arbitration. Camacho, with more than one year left on his ...
China record first win in Stankovic Cup basketball
China recorded their first win in Stankovic Continental Champions Cup basketball tournament beating Nigeria 58-52 here. Despite their first victory in the basketball tournament Friday, China's Greek coach Yannakis was not satisfied with his players' performance, reports Xinhua. "We made a couple of mistakes in the first half and lost many rebounds. Although we came back in the second half, we ...
Chinese twins reunite after 41 years apart
Twin Chinese brothers, adopted separately as babies more than 40 years ago and raised apart, reunited after more than 40 years following a chance encounter in China's Sichuan province. A friend of Chengdu resident Zeng Yong, 41, told him that he had met a man in the city of Neijiang, 200km away, and claimed that he was identical to Mr Zeng, the Sky News reported. Mr Zeng then travelled to ...
China to cut costs during National Games
No pop stars, and no firework display. Organisers of the 12th Chinese National Games have pledged to deliver the opening ceremony in a frugal manner. "The total cost for the opening and closing ceremonies is 9 million yuan, just about 10 percent of the original budget," said Zhu Wenbiao, an official at the organising committee of the Games which will take place from Aug 31 to Sep 12. According ...
Bollywood vamps villains come alive at Macau
Varied looks inspired by Bollywood's villains and vamps over 100 years of Indian cinema came alive at Grey Goose IIFA Rocks, a fashion show on the eve of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards. The IIFA Rocks fashion show, presented by designer duo Shantanu and Nikhil, was held Friday night, reflecting the strong association between Bollywood and fashion. Dark and heavy colours ...
China Switzerland sign free trade pact
China and Switzerland Saturday signed a free trade agreement, capping over two years of negotiations and legal processes. The pact was signed by Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and Swiss Federal Councillor Johann ...
6.4-magnitude quake hits Sumatra
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted south Sumatra off Indonesia Saturday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. The epicentre, with a depth of 20 km, was determined at 3.2 degrees south latitude and 100.6 degrees east longitude, Xinhua ...
Dalai Lamas outreach shaping Chinese attitude Tibetan leader
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's outreach to Chinese students and scholars is shaping their attitudes towards Tibet, said Lobsang Sangay, the democratically elected political leader of the Tibetan people, Saturday. "His Holiness' outreach to Chinese students and scholars and his teachings to Chinese Buddhist practitioners are shaping Chinese attitudes towards Tibet and Tibetans," ...
Hsieh Becomes Taiwans First Grand Slam Title Winner
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Bollywoods Barfi wins at Indian film awards in Macau
By Farah Master MACAU, July 6 | Sat Jul 6, 2013 3:34pm EDT MACAU, July 6 (Reuters) - The film Barfi scooped top honours in India's version of the Oscars at a ceremony in the Chinese gambling haven of Macau on Saturday that also celebrated a century of Bollywood, which makes up a big chunk of a multi-billion-dollar film industry. Barfi is a romantic comedy about a mute and deaf man ...
Canada falls to China at Four Nations women?s basketball tournament
In this file photo, point guard Kia Nurse of the Canadian womens national basketball team during a practice at the David Braley Centre on the McMaster University campus in Hamilton May 17, 2013. Nurse scored eight points in Canada's 70-44 loss to China at the Four Nations basketball tournament on Saturday. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and ...
Yuan Yuan gives birth to baby panda at Taipei Zoo
A female panda named Yuan Yuan given to Taiwan in late 2008 by mainland China together with a male panda, named Tuan Tuan, delivered a baby panda last night at Taipei Zoo, with Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin instructing the zoo to take good care of them, according to the Taipei City ...
Real forward movement on border pact with China Defence Minister AK Antony
Beijing: Setting aside recent acrimony over Chinese incursions in Ladakh, India today said there is "real forward movement" on the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement with China aimed at averting such incidents."There is real forward movement on the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA)", Defence Minister A K Antony who held hectic talks with both civil and military ...
China India agree to step up border peace efforts Xinhua
BEIJING (AFP) - The Chinese and Indian defence chiefs agreed Saturday to strengthen "peace and tranquility" along their frontier, state media reported, as the countries work to keep tensions in a disputed border area in check."The ministers emphasised the importance of enhancing mutual trust and understanding between the two militaries," General Chang Wanquan of China and ...
Giant panda donated by China gives birth in Taiwan
TAIPEI (AFP) - A female giant panda donated by China to Taiwan four years ago gave birth to a cub on Saturday after being artificially inseminated, the Taipei city government said.Yuan Yuan and her partner Tuan Tuan have become star attractions in Taipei Zoo in the island's capital since their arrival from China in late 2008 amid improving ties between the two sides.But after years of ...
Ecuador says Chinas CNPC joins $12 bln refinery project
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO, July 6 | Sat Jul 6, 2013 2:11pm EDT QUITO, July 6 (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has agreed to help finance the construction of a $12 billion refinery project in Ecuador, the South American country's government said on Saturday. Ecuador has been in talks with China's biggest oil producer for a year about funding the 300,000 barrel ...
Stranger than fiction NSA whistleblower Snowden considers asylum options as Hong Kong filmmakers go viral with movie about his journey
Trapped inside a Moscow airport, one of America?s most wanted whistleblowers Edward Snowden may finally be able to book his flight to freedom. Nicaragua Venezuela and Bolivia have offered to welcome him. It comes after the Bolivian president?s plane was diverted in Europe on the unfounded suspicion Snowden was aboard his flight out of Moscow. Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro took ...
Okanagan cherry growers eye blossoming Chinese market
Okanagan cherry growers are looking ahead to a fruitful future, and with an extra $20 million in sales anticipated annually to China, orchardists are gearing up to expand production.Jeet Dukhia, president of the B.C. Fruit Growers Association, said growers who are buying new land in the Okanagan are choosing to plant late-season cherries over other crops such as apples or peaches.He said Vernon ...
HKs Sandy Lam wins top music awards in Taiwan
Pop musician Sandy Lam performs on stage during her concert in Kuala Lumpur on July 28, 2012. Lam won top honours at the Golden Melody Awards for Asia's best Mandarin chart music in Taipei on ...
Soya bean imports revive fearsin China about genetically mo...
The Ministry of Agriculture's recent approval of imports of three new kinds of genetically modified soya bean has sparked concern over safety assessments and reignited debate on the mainland over the safety of GM ...
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