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The bustling central Chinese city of about 11.5 million people with beautiful parks and lakes has overnight turned into a city of nightmare as nine people died and over 440 people admitted to hospitals with quarantine facilities. read more

The total number of confirmed cases of the infection until Monday evening was 217; at least seven more suspected cases were reported from different parts of China. read more

The error came to light on the second day of a visit by the president to the Southeast Asian country, where Xi and state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi signed dozens of agreements covering massive Beijing-backed infrastructure plans. read more

Kyaukhphyu projects concerns India as it provides a stepping stone for China to the Indian Ocean. read more

There has been no fundamental shift. The trade war will resume read more

The United States and China, signed Phase 1 of a trade deal on Wednesday, putting on pause a two-year-long trade war that has shaken up the global economy. read more

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to neighboring Myanmar aims at strengthening relations with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Yangon authorities hope to revolutionise the sprawling hub by creating a whole new town on the west bank... read more

The first President from China to visit Myanmar in 19 years, Xi’s visit is expected to give a boost to the Chinese projects in the country, which include a controversial dam and a natural gas pipeline. read more

For China, it is the first major military exercise this year and was unveiled as President Xi Jinping, the head of the country’s military, told the PLA’s top officers that armed forces must strengthen their sense of urgency and do everything they can... read more

The US elections will be the prime determinant of the world’s future. If Trump wins a second term, his tenure will pull the US back internationally, weaken multilateral organisations and also trade blows with China. read more

The decade was marked by the US retreat from its traditional commitments; the rise of economic protectionism, nationalism, illiberalism; and the emergence of China as the other pole in the global order read more

India’s overall ties with China are riddled with the festering border dispute and the new diplomatic differences, links between two of the world’s largest militaries have remained cool at best and have occasionally even turned hostile. read more

The gathering also featured the first bilateral meeting between South Korea’s Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 15 months. read more

The agenda includes economic matters, as well as tensions between Seoul and Tokyo - but N.Korea appears likely to dominate the agenda with its year-end deadline for the US to change its hostile policy. read more

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will hold talks with China’s state councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi at Hyderabad House here for the first time since the second informal summit between PM Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram... read more