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A European business lobby group urged China to take steps not to prioritise low prices over product safety in the country’s centralised drug procurement programme.
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Fake love, real estate: Shenzhen women mislead men into home purchases
In a scandal that reads like a plot twist, 15 women from a Shenzhen-based real estate consulting company were involved in misleading at least 36 men to buy homes in the neighboring city of Huizhou…
China anger at Taiwan erupts as Beijing labelled “foreign hostile power”
New president “William” Lai Ching-te has been increasingly robust about Taiwan’s independence from China and Beijing isn’t happy.
Bank of China sets up $7 billion fund to support technology development
Bank of China has set up a 50 billion yuan ($6.9 billion) fund to invest in technology startups, state media CCTV reported, as the nation’s big state lenders move to support the private economy.
China’s new quantum satellite communication link is practically impossible to hack
China has deployed ultra-secure communication in the southern hemisphere via a “quantum satellite”, a report from the South China Morning Post reveals. The supposedly hacker-proof system uses a …
China’s AI fever drives wider adoption across society, but is it mostly hype?
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As Trump pick for top defence post has second thoughts on deal for Aukus submarines, Canberra should mend fences with Beijing, Paris
However, Australia did admit the Chinese alerted them a couple of hours ahead of time. Perhaps Canberra should be angrier with its military than Beijing. You do wonder, though, whether China wasn’t responding, tit-for-tat, to…
G7 foreign ministers take tough stance on China, warn against use of force in Taiwan Strait
G7 foreign ministers stepped up language on Taiwan Friday, stating their opposition to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait by force or coercion, according to a final draft statement.
China Feb bank lending slows more than expected as US tariffs add to uncertainty
New bank lending in China tumbled more than expected in February from a record high the previous month, even as policymakers seek to shield the economy from an escalating trade war with the United …
No, China didn’t ‘cancel’ US beef amid tariffs tit-for-tat
China raised tariffs on beef imported from the U.S. in March 2025 after the Trump administration raised tariffs on all imports from China.
