Country Garden’s troubles are reminiscent of those of Evergrande, a once mighty Chinese developer that defaulted in 2021. Evergrande filed for bankruptcy in the United States in August, after posting losses of $81 billion in…
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China police rescue 1,000 cats from slaughter
P olice in China have rescued more than 1,000 cats from being slaughtered and sold as pork or mutton, state-affiliated media report. Acting on a tip from animal welfare activists, police intercepted the truck that…
China’s foreign minister is in Washington. That counts as progress.
When China’s top diplomat Wang Yi arrives in Washington on Thursday, he and his U.S. counterparts are unlikely to agree on much beyond the need to stabilize fraught ties between the world’s two most powerful…
Poaching a ‘major, overlooked threat’ to biodiversity in China, study finds
Researchers analysed more than 9,200 court convictions for illegal hunting over a six-year period, finding that more than one-fifth of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal species are being poached.
Beijing’s Top Diplomat Visits Washington as U.S. and China Seek to Ease Strained Ties
The goal seems to be to set the stage for another Biden-Xi summit at which the two leaders could explore cooperation or at least easing outright hostility on the most pressing matters of the day.
Factbox-Partner nations on China’s lunar research station programme
Belarus this week joined China’s International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) programme, the third country to sign up this month for a plan to eventually set up a permanently inhabited outpost on the moon’s south pole.
China says US has no right to get involved in problems between it and Philippines
The United States does not have the right to get involved in problems between China and the Philippines, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday at a regular press briefing.
China Sends Its Youngest-Ever Crew to Space as It Seeks to Put Astronauts on Moon by 2030
JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China — China launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station on Thursday as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon before 2030.
China launches new mission to space station
China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030.The Shenzhou-17 blasted off from…
Taiwan ex-colonel gets 20 years for spying for China
A retired Taiwan air force colonel has been jailed 20 years for running a military spy ring for China. Liu Sheng-shu was convicted of recruiting other active-duty officers to transmit military secrets to Beijing.
Standard Chartered profits halve amid turmoil in China’s property sector
Profits at Standard Chartered have more than halved after the emerging markets-focused bank suffered a blow of almost $900 billion because of its exposure to Ch
US will defend Philippines if China attacks: Biden
Biden’s statement comes days after collisions between Filipino and Chinese ships in the South China Sea.
StanChart Q3 profit slumps on China real estate, banking impairments
By Lawrence White and Selena Li HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) -Standard Chartered (StanChart) on Thursday said third-quarter pre-tax profit fell by a third, much worse than analysts had expected, as it took a nearly $1 billion…