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Covid-19: Asian shares climb, Tokyo gains on hopes for reopening

Japan has been gradually relaxing calls for people to stay home and for some businesses to stay closed as reports of confirmed cases of Covid-19 and related deaths have declined.

Published on May 25, 2020, 10:07 AM IST

China’s Wang Yi warns against foreign interference in Hong Kong

As Wang addressed his annual press conference in Beijing, protests gripped Hong Kong on Sunda

Updated on May 24, 2020, 8:50 PM IST

Managing the border with China| HT Editorial

The problem in Sino-Indian relations is that whether such incidents are motivated by the geological or the geopolitical is often unclear to either side

Updated on May 22, 2020, 7:17 PM IST

Firmly opposed to US sale of torpedoes to Taiwan, China fumes

Earlier, media reports said the US government had notified Congress of a possible sale of advanced torpedoes to Taiwan worth around $180 million, a decision that was bound to trigger angry reaction from Beijing.

Published on May 21, 2020, 7:38 PM IST

China set to implement controversial security law in HK, likely to escalate protest

The city has seen violent protests since last June on that very issue

Updated on May 21, 2020, 9:32 PM IST

‘Just nonsense’: China disses US official for dart over Sino-India border tension

Indian and Chinese soldiers were involved in a tense face-off along the India-China boundary earlier this month

Updated on May 21, 2020, 5:48 PM IST

‘It all comes from the top’: Trump sharpens attack on China on Covid-19

US President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus disease pandemic response at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday.

Updated on May 21, 2020, 7:38 AM IST

Moderate increase in China’s defence budget likely in Covid-hit year, say experts

China, the world’s second-largest economy, sank by a historic 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to a year earlier following a battering by the Covid-19 outbreak in the first quarter.

Published on May 20, 2020, 7:55 PM IST

Drug being tested could help in Covid-19 recovery, say Chinese scientists

The drug uses neutralising antibodies -- produced by the human immune system to prevent the virus infecting cells -- which Xie’s team isolated from the blood of 60 recovered patients.

Updated on May 20, 2020, 5:59 AM IST

Beijing says Donald Trump ‘shirking responsibility’ to WHO

Donald Trump said that even after declaring Covid-19 outbreak, the WHO failed to press China for the timely admittance of a team of international medical experts.

Updated on May 19, 2020, 4:32 PM IST

China claims this drug could shorten recovery time for Covid-19 patients

The drug uses neutralising antibodies produced by the human immune system to prevent the virus infecting cells.

Updated on May 19, 2020, 2:43 PM IST

US vs China over Covid-19 goes up a notch ahead of WHO meet. Round 2 over Taiwan

The disease has since then killed 2,97,000 people, infected over 4 million, grounded the world economy and set off a back and forth between the United States, China and WHO’s Tedros.

Updated on May 14, 2020, 8:12 PM IST

Donald Trump says he won’t renegotiate phase one China trade deal

The president agreed with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo that China is trying to steal intellectual property and beat the U.S. to a coronavirus vaccine.

Published on May 14, 2020, 5:26 PM IST

Matter of time before India wins another Olympic gold: Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra during the launching of his Targeting Performance Centre at Gagan Capital, Dhole Patil Road in Pune.

Updated on May 13, 2020, 3:51 PM IST

China calls for coronavirus vigilance, warns against complacency

On Monday, Wuhan, capital of Hubei, reported its first cluster of infections since a lockdown on the city was lifted a month ago.

Published on May 12, 2020, 3:58 PM IST

China admits coronavirus exposed ‘shortcomings’ in healthcare system

The virus has since infected nearly four million people worldwide -- claiming more than 270,000 lives -- and crippled the global economy.

Updated on May 9, 2020, 4:53 PM IST

Old Hindi serials, Ludo, faith in God saw this Indian family in Beijing through 100 days of lockdown

The Arora family during an earlier holiday in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on a holiday.

Updated on May 9, 2020, 4:14 PM IST

US objects to UN resolution on coronavirus amid China dispute

The WHO is an issue of growing dispute between the world’s two major economic powers.

Published on May 9, 2020, 3:32 PM IST

Kim Jong Un lauds China’s virus actions, wishes Xi ‘good health’

The health of North Korea’s leader is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the country, only known by a few people in the inner circle.

Updated on May 8, 2020, 5:42 PM IST

Early Covid lockdown in China could have reduced cases: Study

If the lockdowns and closing down of public places were not carried out by the time they were done, infections could have increased 67 times to 7.7 million in the country by February.

Updated on May 8, 2020, 3:48 PM IST

Woman buried by her son saved after 3 days in grave, say police

The woman was faintly calling for help as she was freed, rescuers said.

Updated on May 8, 2020, 10:18 AM IST

The sharp dip in US-China ties

As the US president blames China for Covid-19, Chinese official media mocks the bungled US response to the pandemic. The abusive language at the highest levels of government on both sides is unusual and dangerous

Updated on May 6, 2020, 7:21 PM IST

US should not weaponise trade tariffs, says China

US President Donald Trump had said on Friday that raising tariffs on China was “certainly an option” as he considers ways to retaliate against Beijing for the coronavirus pandemic.

Updated on May 6, 2020, 6:40 PM IST

China must come clean on Covid-19| Opinion

If China keeps hiding information about the coronavirus, countries may economically distance themselves from it

Updated on May 5, 2020, 6:44 PM IST

Millions travel in China during May Day holidays as tourism, travel open up

A woman wearing face mask and traditional Chinese clothing visits Gubei Water Town on the first day of the five-day Labour Day holiday, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, on the outskirts of Beijing, China.

Updated on May 3, 2020, 6:12 PM IST

Tourists trickle back to village by China’s Great Wall as virus curbs relaxed

The mock Qing dynasty village nestled below the Great Wall would normally be teeming with tourists on Labour Day, but the thin crowds on Friday showed that while China’s coronavirus epidemic has subsided, people’s fears could take longer to fade.

Updated on May 2, 2020, 5:36 PM IST

China is testing new digital currency

China’s move comes after Facebook scaled back plans on cryptocurrency, Libra.

Published on May 2, 2020, 2:11 AM IST

Forbidden City, parks in Beijng reopen to public as covid crisis eases

Students wearing face masks leave a school in Beijing, China as senior high school students in the Chinese capital returned to campus following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 27, 2020.

Published on May 1, 2020, 12:39 PM IST

China sets May date for Parliament in Beijing in show of post-Covid confidence

FILE - In this March 15, 2019, file photo, delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after the closing session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. China has decided to hold the annual meeting of its ceremonial parliament late next month after postponing it for weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Updated on Apr 29, 2020, 4:52 PM IST

First pandemic epicentre Wuhan discharges its last Covid patient from hospital

Early cases of Covid-19 were discovered among Wuhan residents in December.

Updated on Apr 26, 2020, 4:35 PM IST

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