The expansion of the China Jinping Underground Laboratory puts it ahead of Italy’s sprawling dark matter lab in terms of size.
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China is mulling rare intervention to arrest a $6 trillion stock-market meltdown, report says
Beijing is considering intervening to try to stabilize the crashing market, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter.
China’s stock market is in a 3-year slump and Beijing’s flip-flops are adding to the confusion
“There has been increasing confusion over Beijing’s policy stance on the economy,” wrote Nomura economists in a Monday note seen by Business Insider.
China undergoes rare scrutiny of rights record at UN meeting
China underwent scrutiny of its human rights record at a key U.N. meeting on Tuesday, with Western countries calling for more protections for Xinjiang Uyghurs and greater freedom in Hong Kong while …
China landslide death toll hits 20 with some 24 missing
The pre-dawn landslide buried 18 homes and sparked the evacuation of more than 200 people when it struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China, authorities said.
China’s Stock-Market Rout Has Become a Political Problem
The country’s cabinet urges action as China’s benchmark index enters its fourth year of declines.
Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes near China’s border with Kyrgyzstan
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked a mountainous and remote part of China’s far western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, with multiple injuries reported by state media and heavy tremors felt in Central …
Hang Seng jumps off lows on report of Beijing’s $278 billion support package
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose sharply off 14-month lows on Tuesday, leading Chinese bourses higher, following a report Beijing was considering a $278 billion package to support the country’s stock …
China hopes UN review of human rights is constructive, non-politicised
The Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it hoped all parties at the United Nations reviewing China’s human rights record would be “constructive” and “non-politicised”. According to diplomats …
Tehran-Beijing Trade Reaches $14.6 Billion in 2023: Customs Data
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The value of the trade exchanges between Iran and China in 2023 exceeded $14.6 billion, according to China’s Customs Office. According to the report, Iran’s export of products to …
Folklore book series launched in Beijing
The book series Chinese Folklore Documents Overseas was launched in Beijing on Jan 20. The book was compiled by the Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center of Sun Yat-sen University and …
China’s critics and allies have 45 seconds each to speak in latest U.N. review of its human rights
An extraordinarily high number of more than 160 countries — some critics of Beijing, some allies — have registered to take part in a discussion around China’s rights record. That means each will have no…
Tajikistan reach Asian Cup knockouts, China on brink of exit
Debutants Tajikistan struck twice late on to beat Lebanon 2-1 and reach the Asian Cup knockout rounds on Monday but China’s hopes are hanging by a thread after defeat to Qatar.- China on brink -…