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After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution
CHINA-POLITICS-CORRUPTION:After year of big corruption crackdown, China promises more probes, retribution

Published on Jan 06, 2025 09:59 AM IST
Reuters |
Rights group says Vietnam's jailing of Khmer monks violated religious freedom
VIETNAM-TRIAL/ (CORRECTED-OFFICIAL):CORRECTED-OFFICIAL-Rights group says Vietnam's jailing of Khmer monks violated religious freedom

Published on Nov 28, 2024 12:27 PM IST
Reuters |
China's Communist Party expels former agriculture minister for corruption
CHINA-CORRUPTION-AGRICULTURE:China's Communist Party expels former agriculture minister for corruption

Published on Nov 15, 2024 02:48 PM IST
Reuters |
China marks 75 years of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger
China marks 75 years of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger

Published on Oct 01, 2024 05:51 AM IST
AP |
President Xi says Taiwan is China's sacred territory, opposes Taiwan's independence
President Xi says Taiwan is China's sacred territory, opposes Taiwan's independence

Published on Sep 30, 2024 08:03 PM IST
PTI |
Vietnam Communist Party chief's funeral draws thousands of mourners, including world leaders
Vietnam Communist Party chief's funeral draws thousands of mourners, including world leaders

Updated on Jul 26, 2024 10:16 AM IST
AP |
PhD student at Chinese university accuses supervisor of sexual harassment
Wang Di shared a screenshot showing messages between her and the said professor in which he asked they meet at his office for a discussion on May 21, 2022.

Published on Jul 22, 2024 02:19 PM IST
AP |
Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigns amid anti-corruption campaign
His resignation takes place amid an intense anti-corruption campaign that has hit the highest echelons of the Communist Party.

Updated on Mar 20, 2024 05:56 PM IST
AP |
China Quietly Scrubs Ousted Defense Minister Li From Website
China has removed Li Shangfu’s name from the Defense Ministry’s official website, the latest sign that the former defense minister who was unexpectedly removed from his post late last year is in trouble.

Published on Feb 26, 2024 04:48 PM IST
Bloomberg |

China’s leaders are less popular than they might think
A clever new poll unearths more discontent with Xi Jinping than had been assumed

Published on Jan 23, 2024 08:15 AM IST

The Economist
China drafts new rules proposing restrictions on online gaming
The proposal caused shares in the biggest Chinese gaming companies, Tencent and NetEase, to plunge in Hong Kong.

Published on Dec 22, 2023 02:45 PM IST
AP |

Xi Jinping’s grip on Chinese enterprise gets uncomfortably tight
Welcome to the era of party-state capitalism

Published on Dec 05, 2023 10:00 AM IST

The Economist

The disappearance of China’s defence minister raises big questions
Officials selected by Xi Jinping are going down. What does that say about his judgment?

Published on Sep 21, 2023 04:46 PM IST

The Economist
HT This Day: September 3, 1945 -- New constitution for China
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, speaking at the opening the preparatory commission for the inauguration of a constitutional Government, gave a clear-cut picture of his attitude towards Communists and promised the people that a National Assembly to inaugurate the constitutional Government would be convened on November 12, subject to the approval of the Kuomintang Congress which meets in May.

Updated on Sep 02, 2023 09:46 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Chungking
Are farmers’ outfits losing influence in the state?
The last noteworthy agitation was the farmers’ protest under the umbrella of Samyukta Kisan Morcha in 2020. This unity is not mirrored in Maharashtra

Updated on Aug 16, 2023 12:34 AM IST

China hits back against Western sanctions
The Communist Party is becoming less timid in its retaliation against American economic warfare

Published on Jul 25, 2023 06:17 PM IST

The Economist

Why Vladimir Putin is not a pariah in China
On the frozen China-Russia border, locals talk about the past and future

Published on Jul 11, 2023 12:14 AM IST

The Economist
China names forex regulator Pan Gongsheng as new central bank party head
The party's Central Organization Department announced the decision at a meeting on Saturday afternoon, the bank said in a statement on its website.

Published on Jul 01, 2023 03:11 PM IST
Reuters |
Germany marks 70 years since anti-communist uprising
70 years ago, an uprising of 1 million people in communist East Germany (GDR) was crushed by Soviet tanks.

Published on Jun 17, 2023 12:52 PM IST
Deutsche Welle | Posted by Tapatrisha Das
Gen Li Shangfu is China’s new defence minister. Why US sanctioned him? 5 facts
With general Li Shangfu's appointment, China is eyeing critical advancement in aerospace defence technology. He has overlooked several critical projects for China and is the first soldier from the army’s ‘Strategic Support Force’ to join the country's central military commission.

Updated on Mar 12, 2023 03:51 PM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
State media explains why China's Hu Jintao escorted out of party congress
At the end of the week-long gathering in Beijing, China's ruling party approved a sweeping reshuffle that saw a number of top officials - including Premier Li Keqiang - step down, allowing President Xi Jinping to appoint new allies.

Published on Oct 22, 2022 08:58 PM IST
A small Czech village is at the heart of the global vinyl record revival
Having steered through communism and revolution, Czechia's GZ Media is now leading the global vinyl record revival.
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Published on Sep 16, 2022 09:15 AM IST
Where is Peng Shuai? Disappearance of Chinese tennis star unites world leaders
The United States and the United Nations have demanded proof of the well-being of Peng Shuai, who claimed she was sexually exploited by a former vice-premier of China. The Chinese foreign ministry said it is not aware of the controversy.

Published on Nov 20, 2021 11:44 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
News updates from HT: 3-day meet of China's Communist Party from today
Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion at 9am. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

Published on Nov 08, 2021 08:57 AM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi, Hindustan Times
China censors ex-premier's article ahead of Communist Party anniversary
China's ruling Communist Party (CCP) has sought to tighten control over how netizens discuss history on the country's heavily controlled internet in the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the party's founding, in July.

Updated on Apr 20, 2021 05:26 PM IST
Reuters | , Beijing
Cuba's Raul Castro to step down, ending 60 years of family monopoly
On Friday, an 89-year-old Raul Castro will relinquish the country's most powerful position -- that of party first secretary -- to 60-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuba's president.
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Published on Apr 16, 2021 07:17 AM IST
AFP |
Left parties, Bengal Congress discuss seat-sharing ahead of polls
Biman Bose, chairman of the Left Front along with Congress’ Abdul Mannan along with other Left leaders held a meeting after central leadership of both parties permitted the state units to discuss seat-sharing arrangements.

Updated on Jan 07, 2021 08:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Death for former China banker
Lai Xiaomin, a former Communist Party member, gave a detailed televised confession on state broadcaster CCTV last January, which showed footage of safes and cabinets stuffed with cash in a Beijing apartment allegedly belonging to him.

Published on Jan 07, 2021 12:52 AM IST
Beijing |
Agencies
China warns of retaliation for NYSE’s delisting of companies
The stock exchange said Thursday that it would delist China Telecom Corp. Ltd., China Mobile Ltd. and China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd., with trading of the companies to be suspended sometime between Jan 7 and Jan 11.

Updated on Jan 02, 2021 05:50 PM IST
Beijing |
Associated Press | Posted by Deepali Sharma
High-level Chinese delegation in Nepal trying to patch split between Oli and Prachanda
Guo is expected to meet President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Madhav Kumar Nepal, who has replaced Oli as chairman of the Prachanda-led faction of the party.

Published on Dec 27, 2020 09:09 PM IST
Kathmandu |
Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar