China relaxed its one child policy five years ago after a decline in the birthrate. Now, the government is urging parents to have three children to counter an aging population and shrinking workforce.
Monthly Archives For October 2021
China condemns U.S., Canada for sending warships through Taiwan Strait
The Chinese military on Sunday condemned the United States and Canada for each sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait last week. It said they were threatening peace and stability in the region.
Singapore’s exports and China’s GDP in focus
Key Singapore, China data eyed as economies grapple with energy, supply chain crises.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Beijing attempts another Tiananmen Square massacre erasure
Pressure from Beijing is evicting the only known major monument on Chinese soil that commemorates the lives of Tiananmen Square victims.
Two Americans detained by police in Greece for protesting Beijing Olympics
Two Americans were detained by police in Greece on Sunday after they staged a protest against the Beijing Winter Olympics, The Associated Press …
China Tested a Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missile: Report
China secretly tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, the Financial Times reported late Saturday. The weapon, a hypersonic glide vehicle launched via rocket by the Chinese military, …
China growth dips to 5% in third quarter on energy woes: poll
China’s economic growth is expected to have slowed further in the third quarter, according to an AFP poll of analysts, with a mounting energy crisis and property market tremors casting a pall as the …
FirstFT: China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile
US intelligence surprised by Beijing’s space capability, China energy crisis threatens global supply chain, man held under Terrorism Act after killing of UK MP …
Next Covid-19 test? Diagnostic blind spots stir visions of bleak midwinter
Patchy vaccination rates and opening borders raise concerns, but threats of new variants may be multiplied by poorer nations lacking the means to detect them.
Chanos fears what comes after China’s property pain
Noted China bear Jim Chanos believes the country’s real estate ructions will have economic and political repercussions.
China says new hypersonic missile a blow to US ‘strategic superiority’
China is putting the US on blast following the launch of a hypersonic missile into orbit — ridiculing America’s sense of “strategic superiority.” …
Xi Jinping still refuses to leave China, even for COP26
The will-he-or-won’t-he guessing game around Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s attendance at a major climate summit in Scotland next week continues. In the latest development, it appears he won’t. UK prime …
Shenzhen Nanshan Museum displays Syrian antiquities
Beijing, SANA- Within a touring to a number of Chinese cities, Nanshan Museum in Shenzhen continues receiving its visitors. The exhibition, opened on August 4th, includes a number of artifacts that we …
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