“Derisking” the West’s ties with China—shorthand for measures like tariffs to build up supply chains in friendly nations—has a nice ring to it. After all, who could argue against reducing risks?
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Monkey business: China seeking cave-dwelling human Monkey King who can be fed bananas
The Wuzhishan Scenic Area in China’s Hebei province is scouting for a new recruit to embody the legendary Monkey King. This isn’t your average acting gig, and you won’t need any acrobatic skills or …
GLOBALink | China’s Shenzhen a good place for innovation: Italian engineer
“I am extremely happy to live in China. China is really good.” An Italian engineer has found China’s Shenzhen a great place for innovation.
China’s Debt Mountain Is Even Bigger Than Feared
Japan’s descent into stagnation is an infamous economic tale known around the world. But at its start, in the early 1990s, it wasn’t abundantly clear what was happening to what was then the world’s No…
China targets EU brandy in tit-for-tat anti-dumping probe
China has begun an anti-dumping investigation on brandy imported from the European Union, it said on Friday, a step likely to increase tensions with the bloc that is scrutinising Chinese electric …
Washington Heats Up Nuclear Energy Competition With Russia, China
U.S. is putting diplomatic clout behind sales of cutting-edge reactors that have yet to show commercial success.
Climate change: China’s ‘sponge cities’ struggle to soak up flooding from severe storms despite billions in investment
Chinese cities have spent more than 1 trillion yuan (US$140 billion) on infrastructure to absorb rainfall and minimise flood damage. That is a mere drop in the bucket compared with what is needed.
Myanmar confirms a key northeastern city on border with China has been seized by an ethnic alliance
Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has …
Myanmar confirms that a key northeastern city near China has been seized by an armed ethnic alliance
Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has …
Hiring in China: Monkey King wanted, perks include warm cave – and plenty of bananas
The story follows Sun Wukong, a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers from a Taoist martial artist. He fights like a warrior, wields a golden magical staff and travels around on …
Advanced machinery imports from China to Russia soar tenfold, Russia’s technology remains impossibly far behind that of the West
By Ben Aris in Berlin Deliveries of advanced machinery and technology from China to Russia have soared tenfold, the Financial Times reported on January 3. The twelve packages of sanctions on Russia …
Everbright ex-Chairman Tang Shuangning expelled from China’s Communist Party – CCDI
Tang Shuangning, former party chief and chairman of state-owned financial conglomerate China Everbright Group, has been expelled from the Communist Party for serious violations of discipline and the …
China Doesn’t Want You to Say ‘Tibet’ Anymore
A yearslong shift toward the Chinese name ‘Xizang’ is accelerating as Beijing prepares for a fight over the choice of successor to the current Dalai Lama.
