French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot began a two-day visit to China on Thursday during which he is to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart on Ukraine and longstanding trade disputes between …
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China tells state firms to halt deals with Li Ka-shing and his family, Bloomberg News reports
China has instructed state-owned firms to pause new deals with businesses linked to Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing and his family after his plan to sell two ports in Panama to a BlackRock-led …
Trump said he might give China a ‘little reduction in tariffs’ to close a TikTok deal
“Maybe I’ll give them a little reduction in tariffs or something to get it done,” he said to reporters in a White House news conference.
China vice premier pledges more policy support, says economy started 2025 well
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang said on Thursday that the world’s second-biggest economy had started 2025 well and that further steps would be taken to shore up domestic demand and the country’s …
China Sees Opportunity in Trump’s Upheaval
The transatlantic alliance is straining under the weight of U.S. President Donald Trump’s explicit disdain for the European Union. Developments in AI and other emerging technologies, meanwhile, …
China Is Courting, and Confronting, U.S. Allies Made Uneasy by Trump
Even as China offers itself to nations like Japan as a more reliable partner, its ships are pushing into their neighborhoods — sometimes on the very same day.
China’s industrial profits fall in January-February as economic risks mount
China’s industrial profits slipped in the first two months of 2025, signalling a challenging period ahead for businesses as they navigate persistent deflationary forces and an escalating trade war …
AirAsia flight to Shenzhen, China has to make emergency landing back at KL after engine fire
An AirAsia flight bound for Shenzhen, China, returned to Kuala Lumpur shortly after take-off on Wednesday night (Mar. 26) due to an engine fire. Flight AK128 departed Kuala Lumpur for Shenzhen at …
French, Chinese foreign ministers meet in Beijing, media pool reports
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday morning in Beijing, according to a media pool report. They shook hands in front of large French and Chinese …
China’s glacier area shrinks by 26% over six decades due to global warming
China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data released in March showed.
China’s industrial profits fall in first 2 months, underline slow economic recovery
China’s industrial profits slipped in the first two months of 2025, as businesses navigate persistent deflationary pressures and an escalating trade war with the United States. The economy got off to an uneven start this…
Chinese regulators open path to IPO revival in mainland market
Mainland Chinese IPOs plummeted in value by 80 per cent in 2024 to just under $9bn, according to Dealogic data. Only 96 companies went public during the year, down 60 per cent from 2023.
AirAsia’s flight AK128 bound for Shenzhen turns back to KLIA after engine fire, landed safely
An AirAsia flight bound for Shenzhen, China, had to make a turnback to Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA 2) shortly after takeoff due to a …
