Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema arrives for the 2024 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
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China and Philippines trade blame over latest vessel collisions in disputed South China Sea
The Chinese and Philippine Coast Guards traded blame over the latest collisions involving their vessels in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday.
Philippine and Chinese coast guard ships collide in South China Sea
China and the Philippines have accused each other of ramming their coast guard ships in disputed waters of the South China Sea, the latest in a series of confrontations in the resource-rich waterway.
Smokeless War: Europe is Getting “Boursicoted” by Beijing
Faced with this breadth and depth of Chinese influence operations, what should Europe do? In 1964, Shi Pei Pu, a Beijing opera singer and spy, started a perplexing liaison with French diplomat Bernard Boursicot.
Beijing’s population drops for six consecutive years
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — Beijing, China’s first megacity to achieve population reduction, has kept its permanent population below the 23 million cap for six consecutive years since 2017, according to a municipal conference held…
South China Sea: Timeline of US Ally’s Confrontation With Chinese Forces
Collisions, a blockade and mistrust have in recent weeks deepened the territorial row between China and the Philippines over what has become another South China Sea flashpoint. For weeks, both countries have deployed coast guard…
Frustration deepens two years after UN report on China abuses
Human-rights groups and the United Nations are using Saturday’s two-year anniversary of a landmark U.N. report to call for action on the document which said that China may have committed crimes against humanity in the…
ET World Leaders Forum: India has a China problem, a special China problem, says Jaishankar
The Covid-19 pandemic taught a big lesson on health security, food security and manufacturing security, the EAM stated. India is not the only country that has a problem with China, Jaishankar said.
More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing’s tightening grip
Hannah Wong cried when the Hong Kong government effectively forced Apple Daily and Stand News out of business three years ago. Among the last news outlets in the city willing to criticize the …
Taiwan says China lacks ability for invasion – but warns Beijing is building new weapons
China lacks the ability to fully invade Taiwan but is developing new hypersonic weapons and other methods to threaten the island, Taipei ’s defence ministry has warned.
With 24 km bridge-tunnel link, Shenzhen tech hub set to sprawl further
GUANGZHOU — Businesses based in the Chinese high-tech capital of Shenzhen are gearing up to branch out to other cities now that a new bridge and tunnel system has eased travel across the Pearl River…
China’s August manufacturing slips to 6-month low
The recovery most analysts had expected following China’s lifting of its strict COVID-19 pandemic curbs in 2022 has so far eluded the $19 trillion economy. Last month, Beijing signalled it was ready …
China’s Troubled Solar Industry May Be Nearing a Turning Point
China’s solar manufacturers have just been through a bloodbath of an earnings season, but there are tentative signs the massive glut that’s plaguing the industry could be starting to ease.
