Global temperatures headed towards alarming highs and extreme weather proliferated as the world’s two biggest polluters, China and the United States, sought on Monday to reignite climate talks. With scientists saying the target of keeping…
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U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry started his three-day mission to China by praising the communist country for expanding renewables while urging them to end its building of new coal-fired plants.
Democrat, Republican senators agree expansion of NATO into Asia ‘inevitable’ amid growing China concern
Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dan Sullivan argued that Russia’s war in Ukraine strengthened NATO, and agreed that expansion into Asia is “inevitable.”
U.S. stock futures struggle for momentum as China data weighs on sentiment
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China’s Economy Improves Over Weak Year-Ago Pace but Misses Mark
On the technical side, the GDP deflator, a measure of prices for the broad economy, turned negative in the second quarter. Beijing has set an inflation target of “around 3%” for 2023, but economists …
No Bears Allowed: China’s Latest Round of Economic Censorship
But the latest spate of economic censorship is hardly unusual. In fact, over the past decade, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has repeatedly imposed increased restrictions whenever the economy …
China’s PBOC Expands Size of MLF Loans Slightly, More RRR Cuts Are Likely, Experts Say
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China Goes Full Power Into Blockchain With Plans for Thousands of Crypto Engineers
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US stocks trade mixed as China’s GDP growth disappoints and investors brace for big week of earnings
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South China Beauty Expo 2023 highlights fast-growing opportunities in Greater Bay Area
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How American companies are fueling China’s AI race
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China completes core module of world’s first commercial onshore small modular reactor
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China’s economy misses growth forecasts, raising odds of more government support
China’s economic growth missed forecasts in the second quarter of the year amid a slowdown in consumer spending and weakening global demand.