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Monthly Archives For April 2023
China’s telecom industry expands steadily in Q1
China’s telecommunication industry logged a steady expansion in the first quarter of this year, with a strong expansion of emerging businesses and new infrastructure, official data shows. The combined …
Chinese couple says they were illegally detained and their bank cards confiscated
CNN’s Selina Wang reports on a massive banking scandal in China that started in April 2022 and has cost the life savings of nearly half a million people.
China’s Xi Pledges Tech Breakthrough, Private Business Expansion
Chinese President Xi Jinping is encouraging companies to expand and break technological barriers as Beijing mobilizes its private sector to counter rising containment by the US and its allies.
China’s online retail sales log rapid expansion in Q1
China’s online retail market registered robust growth in the first quarter of this year, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Friday. During the period, six out of 18 categories of goods …
US-China military stand-off near Taiwan ‘no reason’ for Beijing to relax its guard
Chinese state media claims PLA forces near Taiwan ‘scared off’ USS Nimitz but mainland defence experts say US may be buying timeThe Shandong and Nimitz aircraft carrier groups remained hundreds of nau …
Differences in South China Sea Are Not Sum Total of Philippines-China Relations – Philippine Official
The Philippines’ foreign minister on Saturday said his nation’s differences with China in the South China Sea are not the sum total of relations between the two countries. “These differences should not prevent us from…
China beefs up cultural relic protection with digital technology
A small chamber later dubbed the Library Cave was opened for the first time in hundreds of years, revealing more than 60,000 cultural relics, including a wide range of manuscripts dating from the 4th …
China’s Consumer-Led Growth Looks More Like a Bounce, Not a Recovery
GDP grew faster than expected after a Covid-racked 2022. But some strategists question whether it has the strength to drive a sustainable recovery.
Chinese banking scandal victim says China is treating them like criminals
CNN’s Selina Wang reports on a massive banking scandal in China that started in April 2022 that has robbed nearly half a million people of their life’s savings.
US bank run victims were bailed out in 3 days. In China, many have been waiting a year
Wearing surgical masks to cover their faces, dozens of people demonstrated outside a branch office of China’s central bank in the landlocked province of Henan early this month to demand their savings …
Foreign investor presence in China’s securities market to become stronger
A poster at a securities brokerage in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, promotes the STAR Market. [Photo by Su Yang/For China Daily] Foreign investors are expected to have a stronger presence in China’s …
China’s loss of import appetite damps copper’s bull fires: Andy Home
The lack of bull price impetus is down to China, which sharply reduced its imports during the first quarter of the year. China imported 408,174 tonnes of copper in March, down by 19% year-on-year and…