A tanker truck overturned and caught fire in Beijing on Friday morning, killing two people, local authorities reported. The truck, which was en route from Shaanxi province, was on the East Sixth Ring …
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China’s exports and imports drop again in September
China’s exports have fallen on a year-on-year basis every month this year starting in May. The last positive print for imports on a year-on-year basis was in September last year. China’s trade slumped this year…
China considers new stabilization fund to prop up stock market – Bloomberg News
China is considering creating a state-backed stabilization fund to shore up confidence in its equity markets, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
Protester Who Unfurled Anti-Xi Messages from Beijing Bridge Still Detained Year Later
Protest against China’s zero-COVID policy on Sitong Bridge attracted international attention and may have helped end the draconian lockdown, say other dissidents …
Dollar holds on to gains after firm U.S. inflation; focus turns to China data
U.S. consumer prices were pushed higher by a jump in rental costs in September, raising the chance of rates staying elevated for some time.
China Urges Israel to Restart Peace Talks
China’s special envoy to the Middle East urged Israel to restart peace talks on the basis of the two-state solution. Zhai Jun said in a phone call with an Israeli Foreign Ministry official that China
China consumer prices were flat in September, lower than expected
The consumer price index was flat on an annual basis in September, the National Bureau of Statistics reported Friday. Producer price index fell 2.5% from a year earlier, weaker than expectations for a …
VOA Asia Weekly: Indonesia Launches Long-Delayed China-Backed High-Speed Railway
“We faced numerous problems and hurdles, from land acquisition, lack of coordination, and financial problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Indonesia agreed to seek additional loans of 550 million US …
Unification ministry says many N. Koreans in China believed to have been repatriated
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) — Many North Koreans appear to have been repatriated from China, the unification ministry said Friday after a recent news report that about 600 North Koreans have forcibly …
Why did Beijing choose this moment to release Cheng Lei, and what might it signify?
Beijing has never given a detailed account of exactly what Cheng Lei had supposedly done to justify her confinement, and getting any clarity from China’s notoriously opaque legal system has been next …
Renowned composer brings Martial Arts Trilogy to Beijing
The role of Water, with sounds of waves, opened the Martial Arts Trilogy, a piece by world-renowned composer-conductor Tan Dun. When he staged his Martial Arts Trilogy, three concertos based on the …
Haley attacks Biden, Trump and China in New Hampshire town hall
“We have to leave the negativity, the chaos and the baggage of the past.” Haley spoke to voters at a full Exeter Town Hall in Exeter and in her opening remarks Haley criticized Biden and…
China advances digital yuan development with industrial park in Shenzhen
China has inaugurated two separate industrial parks in Shenzhen and Nanjing with the sole focus on accelerating the development and application of its central bank digital currency, the e-CNY. The …