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China Technology 2017: Artificial Intelligence Research Gets Billions To Develop New Robots, Weapons
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China's property speculators make a dangerous bet in Hefei
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China's corporate debt levels are excessively high: central bank governor
BEIJING China’s corporate debt levels are excessively high, the head of the central bank said on Friday. Banks cannot support firms with high leverage, People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan told reporters at a…
China central bank chief says making monetary policy neutral will help supply-side reforms
BEIJING Making monetary policy neutral will help China’s supply-side reforms, the head of the central bank said on Friday. China’s monetary policy is prudent and neutral and the central bank has many tools at its…
China developing spaceship capable of lunar mission: report
BEIJING — China is developing an advanced new spaceship capable of both flying in low-Earth orbit and landing on the moon, according to state media, in another bold step for a space program that equaled…
China February producer inflation fastest in nearly nine years as commodities surge
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China says it followed law in approving Trump trademarks for escort services, hotels and golf clubs
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China's housing minister 'fully confident' of property market outlook: Caixin
BEIJING China’s housing minister Chen Zhenggao said he was “fully confident” of the outlook for the property market, amid strong economic fundamentals and continuing urbanization, financial magazine Caixin said on Thursday. China’s home price growth…
Report: China developing advanced lunar mission spaceship
China is developing an advanced new spaceship capable of both … that equaled the U.S. in number of rocket launches last year. The newspaper Science and Technology Daily cited spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian as saying…
China expresses concern at revelations in Wikileaks dump of hacked CIA data
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China's MOFCOM says opposes U.S. sanctions on its firms under U.S. laws
Sun’s comments followed remarks from Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Wednesday who had said China’s government “consistently opposes foreign governments putting unilateral sanctions on Chinese companies.” ZTE did not respond to a request for…
