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Monthly Archives For March 2024
Property investment in China dips 9% year-on-year in Jan-Feb 2024
Property investment in China fell 9.0% year-on-year in the first two months of 2024, compared with a 24.0% fall in December 2023, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed.
China keeps on finding ways to hurt USA Inc
Beijing is inflicting pain on US firms again after a report said local EV makers were asked to ditch chips from the US in favor of domestic ones.
China’s Marriage Rate Surges After a Decade Slump, Registrations Up by 12.3%
Marriage rates in China have rebounded, marking the first positive turn … Local experts analyzed that the increase in 2023 exceeded 10% as people postponed their weddings due to COVID-19. They also …
China EV startup Xpeng will launch a brand that’s 50% cheaper, following Tesla downmarket to survive a slowing EV market
He Xiaopeng, chairman and CEO of Xpeng speaking during a press briefing to present next-gen technology architecture in Shanghai on April 16, 2023. China’s EV market is having a slow start to 2024.
China’s property slump dampens upbeat economic data
STORY: Chinese officials announced upbeat numbers on the economy on Monday. Though the sagging property sector remains a drag on data as well as wider confidence about the country’s recovery. The …
China Set for Record Russian Oil Imports in March, Kpler Says
China is on track to import a record amount of Russian crude this month, bolstered by large volumes of Sokol oil which have been shunned by India due to concerns over US sanctions, according to…
Beijing Responds to Trump’s Covert CIA Operation Targeting China
Reuters reported last week that former President Donald Trump directed the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct a covert influence operation targeting China.
China’s Military, State Media Slam U.S. After Reuters Report on SpaceX Spy Satellites
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese military and state-run media on Sunday accused the United States of threatening global security, days after a Reuters report which found Elon Musk’s SpaceX was building …
Report claims Covid-19 lab leak theory ‘more probable’ than natural occurrence
The origins of Covid-19 have been pontificated on by millions around the world after the first wave exploded through Wuhan, China in 2019. The US National Library of Medicine claimed the virus that …
How China Is Tackling a Population Crisis
China’s massive workforce drove the country’s rapid development in the past few decades—what’s ahead as its population starts to decline?
US Ally Hits Back at China Amid Territorial Row
Competing historical narratives have taken center stage in China’s war of words with the Philippines over the South China Sea.
Bang & Olufsen Cuts Guidance on Sluggish European Markets, Slow China Recovery
Bang & Olufsen warned that revenue and earnings for the fiscal year to May 31 would fall short of previous guidance due to a sluggish recovery in key European markets and the lack of a…