Over a dozen Japanese municipalities have promoted themselves as tourist destinations in Beijing amid the slow recovery in the number of Chinese visiting Japan.
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Renewables chief says Biden’s China tariffs risk slowing green transition
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Major Ukraine peace summit to kick off in Switzerland – but no Russia or China
Dozens of governments are attending a conference in Switzerland dedicated to setting out a path towards peace between Ukraine and Russia. But there will be no delegation from Moscow.
First Beijing-bound overnight high-speed train departs
The first high-speed sleeper train from Hong Kong to Beijing departed on Saturday evening, with the transport minister calling the new overnight …
Beijing E-Town: Autonomous driving area
In Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as Beijing E-Town, drivers and pedestrians have started to get used to a new phenomenon: cars passing by without drivers, only passengers …
We spent a week in China. Here’s what we learned about our global rival
Americans have a hard time answering that question. Though China ended its years of pandemic isolation, tensions with the U.S. have restricted the visits of American business people, students, journalists and even tourists who want…
COVID-19: Investigation reveals how American military undermined Chinese vaccine
According to the report, the campaign aimed to sow doubt about the efficacy and safety of the Chinese vaccine and neutralise China’s rising influence in Asia and the world.
Map Shows China’s Military Drones Partially Encircling Neighbor’s Territory
China’s military drones partially encircled Taiwan this week in a show of force as part of its full-court press against the island’s democratic government, which has for years rejected overtures from …
China’s reunification is ‘unstoppable’, says Beijing’s top man on Taiwan affairs
Speaking at cross-strait forum, Wang Huning says Beijing has ‘firm determination’ and ‘strong capability’ to destroy Taiwanese separatism.
G7 vows to counter ‘economic and national security threats’ posed by China
Draft statement from summit in Italy stresses G7 not trying to harm China or thwart its economic development but aims ‘to level the playing field’.
1st LD Writethru: Chinese premier says China will continue to create first-class business environment
WELLINGTON, June 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Saturday that China, with its vast market potential, is committed to unswervingly expanding high-level opening-up, and will continue to create a first-class business environment…
Yoox Net-a-Porter exits China to focus on more profitable markets
The decision was made “in the context of a global Yoox Net-a-Porter plan aimed at focusing investments and resources on its core and more profitable geographies”, said a spokesperson for Richemont, the Swiss luxury group…
China’s ‘particularly ferocious’ epidemic is expected to peak, should we be worried?
Back in December 2019, ProMed – a surveillance programme run by the International Society for Infectious Diseases – reported on a health scare in Wuhan, China. As we all remember far too clearly, this …
