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Grand lantern fair lights up Beijing as people celebrate the Moon Festival
Thousands flocked into a park in southwest of Beijing for a grand lantern fair with creative lanterns of varying sizes.
Chinese Public Reacts After Beijing Raises Retirement Age
On Friday, the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative body, approved the decision to phase in the new statutory retirement ages. Men’s retirement age is set …
German warships visit the Philippines amid its South China Sea clashes after angering Beijing by sailing through the Taiwan Strait
The German Navy ships recently passed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in over 20 years, defying China’s warnings.
Direct India-China flights could take off again after 4-year halt amid thaw in frosty ties
Industry players say resuming flights is a sensible move as India and China’s economies are ‘intermeshed with each other’.
China prepares for 1st launch of new Long March 8A rocket
China’s new Long March 8A rocket could fly for the first time by the end of the year, helping the country build a number of planned satellite megaconstellation.
China’s Best Growth Target May Be None at All
Another round of disappointing data make Xi Jinping’s economic objectives even more of a stretch. There’s an argument for scrapping such edicts.
China to raise its retirement age for the first time in 7 decades amid demographic crisis
China on Friday announced plans to raise its retirement age for the first time since the 1950s, addressing its aging population and mounting pension crisis. The new policy, set to take effect in 2025,
China is finding creative ways to bypass U.S. restrictions on AI chips
CNBC’s Seema Mody joins ‘The Exchange’ to report on how China is bypassing U.S. regulations to obtain industry-leading AI chips.
DEA shutting down two offices in China even as agency struggles to stem flow of fentanyl chemicals
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is closing two of its offices in China, a move that comes even as the agency struggles to disrupt the flow of precursor chemicals from the country that have …
Beijing Doubles Down On The Belt And Road Initiative And On Africa
For a while, it looked as though both Beijing and its BRI clients were stepping away from the arrangements, but this year Xi Jinping has upped the ante.
China’s economy may be slowing, but Beijing isn’t budging
Despite the challenges, China’s policymakers have seemed unwilling to deploy a stimulus package to jumpstart growth.
Putin orders Russian army to become second largest after China’s at 1.5 million-strong
President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it the second largest in…
