Shipbuilders in Shanghai have laid out the hull of China’s first modern aircraft carrier, which could be launched into the water in the coming months as it enters the latter phases of construction, … (…
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India and China are taking new risks along their border. It will be hard to restore peace.
India also may have calculated that it could negotiate a withdrawal from those tactically valuable peaks in return for a Chinese withdrawal from areas seized after May. Just as analysts had been … ( read…
Parents Keep Children Home As China Limits Mongolian Language In The Classroom
As it has long done with the Tibetan and Uighur languages, Beijing is reducing instruction in Mongolian in favor of Mandarin Chinese in ethnic Mongolian areas of the country. ( read original story …)
China says has seen positive results in China-UAE phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trials
China and the United Arab Emirates have seen some positive results in their Phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a news briefing in Beijing on Monday. ( read original…
China Says It Hopes Japan Will Not Develop Official Ties With Taiwan
China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that China hopes Japan will refrain from developing official ties with Taiwan. Spokesman Wang Wenbin was asked at a news briefing about China’s views on … ( read original…
Rolling habit creates “baldness” in Beijing panda
Panda lovers recently noticed a tonsure on the head of the 3-year-old panda, which resembled spot baldness. It quickly developed into a hot topic on China’s social media. BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — … (…
America’s falling prestige is as big a problem as China’s rise
The confusion in US politics cannot be ignored. Australia should consider hedging its bets by broadening our ties with like-minded nations. ( read original story …)
Australia and China need to find common ground, former Australian prime minister says
Australia and China need to find common ground despite their differences, as the economic relationship between the two is an important one, said John Howard, former Australian prime minister. ( read original story …)
Australia can find ‘common ground’ with China despite tensions, former prime minister says
Australia’s relationship with China remains “very important,” and it is crucial in “difficult times” like the coronavirus pandemic to find areas of common agreement, says John Howard, former … ( read original story …)
How China’s Interest Rate Toolbox Is Evolving and Why
The approaching demise of the discredited London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) is prompting major central banks globally to create new benchmarks. The People’s Bank of China wants to elevate another … ( read original story…
China sends satellites into space in first sea-based commercial launch
China has successfully sent nine satellites into orbit in its first commercial launch of a rocket from a platform at sea, state media reported on Wednesday. ( read original story …)
Pandemic Sharpens ‘Battle for the Soul’ of United Nations Between U.S. and China
In a declaration to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations – agreed by the General Assembly in July and to be adopted by world leaders on Monday – the United States, Brit ……
China says military drills near Taiwan were a ‘necessary action’
Chinese military drills off Taiwan’s southwest coast last week were a “necessary action” to protect China’s sovereignty, Beijing said on Wednesday, after Taiwan complained the large-scale air and … ( read original story …)
