China donates 45 vehicles to Mauritius Police
September 1st, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Port Louis, Sep 1 (IANS) The Mauritius Police on Friday received 45 vehicles as a donation from the Chinese government, officials said.The vehicles including five mini-buses, five buses, 10 all ... Read more...
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India-China meet on trade and market access
August 26th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) India will raise its growing trade deficit with China and market access for IT and IT enabled services (ITES) at the Joint Economic Group (JEG) ... Read more...
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Nepal, China should boost business ties: envoy
August 18th, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 18 (IANS) Nepal and China should boost bilateral business ties, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Yang Houlan said here.
The Chinese ambassador Friday said: "China will continue to encourage ... Read more...
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Bolivia pursues hydro-power deal with China
July 30th, 2012 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, July 30 (IANS/EFE) Bolivia signed a memorandum of understanding with Hydrochina Corporation that calls for the Chinese state-owned firm to conduct a free feasibility study for the construction ... Read more...
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UAE officials meet US, Chinese envoys
July 22nd, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 22 (IANS/WAM) Top officials of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sunday met the ambassadors of the US and China and discussed bilateral relations.Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al ... Read more...
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China, South American trading bloc eye $200 bn trade
June 30th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mendoza (Argentina), June 30 (IANS) China and South American trading bloc Mercosur pledged here to further promote economic cooperation and lift bilateral trade to $200 billion in 2016.The target was ... Read more...
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Mexico, China seal extradition treaty
June 12th, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, June 12 (IANS/EFE) The governments of Mexico and China have exchanged documents for an extradition treaty, opening the way for each nation to hand over criminals, officials said.Mexican ... Read more...
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Good policy environment in Bengal needed for investment
April 20th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) Chinese ambassador Zhang Yan Friday said a good policy environment is needed in West Bengal to attract foreign funds and identified agriculture, tourism and power ... Read more...
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Chinese envoy speaks peace a day after Indian missile test
April 20th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) Economic cooperation between India and China will continue to grow as both countries work towards maintaining "peace and stability", said chinese ambassador Zhang Yan Friday, a ... Read more...
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Crew of hijacked Chinese cargo ship rescued
April 7th, 2012 - 9:41 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 7 (IANS) All 28 Chinese crew members on board a Chinese cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates have been rescued, the Chinese embassy in Tehran said.The cargo ship, ... Read more...
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Nepal, China to enhance trade relations, economic ties
March 26th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 25 (IANS) Nepal and China Sunday agreed to enhance trade relations and economic ties between them."I am confident that our cooperation will move forward quickly with more exchanges," ... Read more...
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Wen Jiabao gets US award
March 3rd, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 3 (IANS) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was Friday named the "Best Friend of American Worker" by a US maritime workers' union for China's "great contribution" to creating more ... Read more...
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25 Chinese nationals held in Egypt
February 1st, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 1 (IANS) As many as 25 Chinese nationals working for a cement factory in Egypt have been taken captive by some local people in Egypt's Sinai town of ... Read more...
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Canada to strengthen strategic ties with China
January 12th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, Jan 12 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday that his government is committed to further promote the strategic partnership between Canada and China.Harper made the remarks during ... Read more...
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Let’s build greater trust: China to India
January 9th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Amid recent irritants in bilateral ties, Chinese ambassador Zhang Yan Monday rejected confrontation with India and called for scaling up strategic mutual trust that will ... Read more...
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BJP meets Chinese envoy on traders’ issue
January 5th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) A day after two Indian traders were rescued in a Chinese town, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tarun Vijay Thursday met Chinese ambassador Zhang Yan ... Read more...
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India secures release of its traders trapped in China (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) India Wednesday secured the release of two Indian traders tortured and taken captive by locals in a trading hub in China. The two were escorted ... Read more...
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Two Indian traders to reach Shanghai soon: Krishna
January 4th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The two Indian businessmen tortured and held by locals in Yiwu in China will be reaching Shanghai late Wednesday, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said ... Read more...
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Chinese envoy meets Krishna on Indian traders plight
January 4th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Chinese envoy Zhang Yan Wednesday met External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and assured him about the safety of two Indian businessmen who were tortured and ... Read more...
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India beats China in UN election
November 23rd, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, Nov 23 (IANS) In a keenly watched election in the United Nations General Assembly, India has squarely beaten China to win a seat on the Joint Inspection Unit, ... Read more...
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BJP wants apology from Chinese ambassador
November 4th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Stating that his behaviour was "insulting and unacceptable", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday asked Chinese ambassador Zhang Yan to apologise over wrong map ... Read more...
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Map row: Chinese envoy asks journalist to shut up
November 3rd, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) A Chinese company Thursday signed a accord for investing $400 million in Gujarat, but a row erupted when China's ambassador Zhang Yan asked an ... Read more...
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China to give $5 million more for Pakistan’s flood victims
October 7th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Liu Jian met Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Friday and told her that the Chinese government would provide $5 million in ... Read more...
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China to give $4.7 mn emergency aid to Pakistan
September 11th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 11 (IANS) China will provide Pakistan emergency humanitarian aid of 30 million yuan (around $4.7 million) to help the flood-affected people in the country's south, the Chinese ... Read more...
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Nepal’s Tibetan refugee resettlement plan still in doldrums
September 8th, 2011 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 8 (IANS) Nearly six years after the then US president George W. Bush proposed to resettle in America around 5,000 Tibetan refugees, regarded as living in danger in ... Read more...
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Nepal parliament probes dubious Buddha birthplace deal
August 17th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 17 (IANS) Alarmed by reports that a little-known organisation had signed a grandiose $3 billion plan with a UN agency to develop Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists inked secret pact with Chinese NGO
August 9th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 9 (IANS) A controversial deal between a Chinese organisation and a UN agency to develop the birthplace of the Buddha in southern Nepal, that was repudiated by a ... Read more...
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Massive people-to-people contact programme on anvil: Chinese envoy
July 22nd, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) China and India have set in motion several bilateral cultural initiatives, including a massive people-to-people contact exercise, to get an edge in cooperation in culture ... Read more...
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Pakistan, China have strong ties: Rehman Malik
July 7th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 7 (IANS) Pakistan and China enjoy time-tested friendship and their mutual relations would bring stability in the region, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.Talking to Chinese Ambassador to ... Read more...
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China to build Tagore museum in Kolkata
May 13th, 2011 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore has brought India and China closer and the Chinese government plans to build a museum at ... Read more...
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12th Five Year Plan tells about China’s future development: Envoy
April 30th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
Ottawa, April 30 (ANI): Chinese Ambassador to Canada Zhang Junsai has said that China's 12th Five Year Plan tells people about the orientation of the country's future development.In an event held by ... Read more...
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Musharraf approaching international powers to fob off Pak govt ‘witch hunt’
April 15th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 15(ANI): Former Pakistan President and All Pakistan Muslim League chief Pervez Musharraf wants the international guarantors of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to declare it null and void, as ... Read more...
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Chinese ambassador meets Uttar Pradesh officials
March 28th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 28 (IANS) Chinese ambassador to India Zhang Yan Monday met Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh amid speculation that he was here to highlight the case of ... Read more...
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Bangladesh launches business chamber just for women
March 11th, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 11 (IANS) Bangladesh has set up a chamber of commerce and industry exclusively for women entrepreneurs.Commerce Minister Faruk Khan told the inaugural ceremony of the Dhaka Women Chamber ... Read more...
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UNSC calls for comprehensive peace strategy for Somalia
March 11th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
United Nations, Mar.10 (ANI): In the face of instability, terrorism and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Somalia, the UN Security Council has called for a comprehensive peace and security strategy in the region.Chinese ... Read more...
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