Taiwan’s Presidential Office held its first “tabletop” exercise involving government agencies beyond the armed forces on Thursday, simulating a military escalation with China amid renewed threats from Beijing,
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China Pressures Women To Help Avert Population Crisis
Local Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to encourage women to consider having more children, including through controversial cold-calling campaigns.
China raises its estimate for the size of its economy in 2023
China’s economy grew a bit more in 2023 than earlier thought, but the revision has not affected forecasts for “about 5%” growth in the GDP this year, the government said Thursday. The estimate for …
How China turns members of its diaspora into spies
But it has also been pursuing a more subtle campaign, one that involves bribery, blackmail and secret deals, and which uses people such as Mr Tang and other members of the Chinese diaspora to carry…
US legal industry’s China retreat gained steam in 2024
Major U.S. law firms scaled back from Greater China’s legal market at a rapid pace in 2024, highlighting an uncertain future for foreign firms in the world’s second largest economy.
China’s Xi sends condolences over Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent condolences to the presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan for the casualties caused by the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, China’s state …
Trump’s defense policy pick once called for the US to destroy TSMC if China takes Taiwan
“Disabling or destroying TSMC is table stakes if China is taking over Taiwan,” former senior Pentagon official Elbridge Colby said in February.
China resumes routine inspections of Australian lobster
China’s commerce ministry on Thursday said it has resumed regular quarantine inspections for lobsters imported from Australia, effectively restoring shipments that had been disrupted since late 2020 …
Flowers bloom in winter under artist’s brushstrokes
Chilly winds and snow are transforming the country’s expansive northern part. While in the southern city, such as Shenzhen, in Guangdong province, plants are still green and flowers are in bloom.
China pushes ahead with huge — and controversial — dam in Tibet
In India, the Yarlung Tsangpo is known as the Brahmaputra and flows through the state of Arunchal Pradesh, which China claims as its territory. In responses to Indian concerns in 2020, China’s foreign …
China revises up 2023 GDP to $17.73 trillion
China on Thursday revised up its 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) by 2.7% to 129.4 trillion yuan ($17.73 trillion), the head of the National Bureau of Statistics Kang Yi said at a press conference in…
Therapy dogs bring joy and healing in Beijing
A therapy dog interacts with the crowd during an activity at an international school in Beijing on Dec 19, 2024. [Photo by Wuqi Pet Studio/For chinadaily.com.cn] An international school in Beijing …
World bank raises China’s GDP forecast for 2024, 2025
(Reuters) – The World Bank on Thursday said it raised its forecasts for China’s gross domestic product growth for 2024 and 2025 to account for the effect of recent policy easing and near-term export …
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