The Treasury team will be led by Brent Neiman, assistant secretary for international finance, and under-secretary for domestic finance Nellie Liang. They will be joined by Andrea Gacki, head of the financial crimes enforcement network,…
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China’s population keeps falling — and that’s more bad news for the world’s 2nd-largest economy
Beijing is already battling deflation, weak consumer demand, and an ongoing property-market crisis as well as declining birthrates.
Chinese lab had COVID-19 mapped two weeks before global outbreak: documents
The documents revealing the early COVID-19 sequencing were released after the House Energy … The Chinese Embassy did not comment on the incident but defended China’s response to the pandemic and the …
Record-Low Birth Rate Causes China’s Population to Decrease for Second Consecutive Year
The drastic population was driven by a surge in Covid-19 cases that emerged after authorities lifted harsh quarantine measures.
Chinese lab sequenced COVID-19 two weeks before authorities disclosed findings
A Chinese researcher submitted a partial virus sequence of COVID-19 to a National Institutes of Health (NIH … submitted to the U.S. database and eventually released publicly by China appears to …
China ‘cloned’ COVID-like virus to test on mice, acknowledges ‘spillover’ risk to humans
Chinese researchers claim to have ‘cloned’ a COVID-like virus mutation that showed a 100% mortality rate in mice.
China in ‘Damage Control Mode’ Over Faltering Economy—Analysts
Experts previously told Newsweek that China’s growth is never going to go back to pre-pandemic levels. In the final three months of 2023, output rose at an annual pace of 4.1 percent—a level that’s incomparable…
China starts publishing youth jobless data again, with a new method and a lower number
China published youth unemployment data Wednesday for the first time since the jobless rate hit a record high in June last year, using a new method that showed an apparent improvement
China Told Women to Have Babies, but Its Population Shrank Again
Faced with falling births, China’s efforts to stabilize a shrinking population and maintain economic growth are failing.
China says threats of force over Taiwan not aimed at most Taiwanese
China’s position that it will not renounce using force to bring Taiwan under its control is aimed at foreign interference and a tiny number of separatists, but Taiwanese need to be disabused of “biases” against…
Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill rate in ‘humanized’ mice: ‘Surprisingly’ rapid death
In a Wuhan-esque study, Chinese scientists are experimenting with a mutant COVID-19 strain that has a 100% kill streak in “humanized” mice. The deadly virus — known as GX_P2V — attacked the brains of mice…
Markets fall on dimming rate cut hopes, China’s torpid growth
Asian markets fell further Wednesday as hopes for an early interest rate cut by key central banks faded and data confirmed China’s economy last year grew at its slowest pace in more than three decades.
China’s population drops for a second year despite government push for more babies
China’s population declined last year for the second year in a row, officials said Wednesday, spurred by record-low births and a wave of Covid-19 deaths that have deepened demographic worries in the …