The portents are all good. China’s COVID-19 era restrictions are now done and dusted, and China Railway just struck “a new single-day record in ticket sales”, flogging 22.9 million tickets on Friday …
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Beijing institute turns to powering rotorcraft
The Beijing Power Machinery Institute, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, is known for its engine products that propel the nation’s cruise missiles. And now, engineers at the institute have used their…
Home Office looking at stopping special Mandarin teaching visa scheme over links to Beijing
The Home Office is exploring stopping a special visa scheme that allows foreigners to come and teach Mandarin for the Confucius Institutes amid criticism of the body’s ties to Beijing. Suella Braverman’s officials are looking…
For all its flaws, China’s belt and road has lifted the Global South
China saw that infrastructure investment paves the way for development, though it perhaps underestimated the challenges of putting together long-gestation infrastructure projects Whatever the criticism and the numerous projects that have fallen short of expectations,
China, EU should maintain open attitude, reject protectionism -Chinese state media
China and the European Union (EU) should continue to maintain an “open attitude” and “reject protectionism”, Chinese state media said on Monday, citing Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. State-backed …
Peak China? Jobs, local services and welfare strain under economy’s structural faults
Faced with record high youth unemployment and bankrupt local councils, the country’s population is beginning to feel the weight of the economy’s flaws
WHO Chief Pushes China for ‘Full Access’ to Determine COVID’s Origins: Report
New Delhi: The chief of the World Health Organization urged Beijing to offer more information on the origins of COVID-19 and is ready to send a second team to probe the matter, the Financial Times…
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan meets with Chinese diplomat in bid to cool US-China relations
National Security Jake Sullivan held “candid, substantive, and constructive” with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Li over the weekend in an effort to ease strained US-China ties.
Monday Briefing: China and the U.S. Vie for Secrets
When a Chinese spy balloon drifted across the continental U.S. in February, it threw a spotlight on an expanding and highly secretive spy-versus-spy contest. American intelligence agencies learned that the People’s Liberation Army had kept…
Exclusive-EU may become as hooked on China batteries as it was on Russian energy – paper
The European Union could become as dependent on China for lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells by 2030 as it was on Russia for energy before the war in Ukraine unless it takes strong measures, a…
WHO calls on China for ‘full access’ for COVID investigators: FT
The head of the World Health Organization told the Financial Times he was ready to send a new mission of experts to China to investigate the origins of COVID-19. “We’re pressing China to give full…
Biden’s national security adviser secretly meets China’s foreign minister in bid to ease strained ties
President Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, secretly met in Europe this weekend with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. a significant step in U.S. efforts to repair deeply strained relations with China.
WHO Chief Tedros Asks China For ‘full Access’ To Solve COVID-19 Origins
WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, and to date, there are lingering questions about the origin of the dangerous pathogen.