American, British and several other foreign embassies in Chinese capital Beijing have been warned Thursday of possible threats on or around Christmas in a popular shopping and embassy district. Westerners have been urged to exercise hightened vigilance. The Beijing police too have issued a yellow alert, the lowest out of […]

Chinese capital Beijing witnessed eye-watering, throat-irritating smog Saturday with the second ever red alert in the city from whether watch dog, forcing almost half the cars off the roads and restricting factor as well as construction production. Red alert is the top most warning of the four-tier system set up […]

Chinese capital Beijing has issued a red alert for pollution Monday evening for three days until Thursday noon, restricting use of cars, closing schools, banning fireworks and halting outdoor construction. This is the first time the city has issued a red alert since the system was set up in 2013. […]

The controversial ‘one-child policy’ of China will soon come to an end. It is undoubtedly the most notorious of the Communist Party’s intrusions into Chinese lives for past 35 years. Beijing said Thursday the biggest population control experiment in history will end and couples will be allowed to have two […]

One more cut is on card. China may soon reduce average tariff rate on imports from most of its partners. The earlier slash down was in July when about 1,500 consumer products became cheaper. The new move is in line with the pledge of Beijing which revealed China would open […]

India has officially asked China to stop, with immediate effect, the Chinese construction activities in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). The information came from Minister of State in the External Affairs Ministry V K Singh who said the same to Rajya Sabha in a written response to a question. Singh […]