During the recent Chinese National Day holiday, the giant Chinese anime IP ‘Nailong’ transformed Qianhai, Shenzhen into an internet-famous spot. In just seven days of the holiday, over a thousand …
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Russia defense chief touts ‘common understanding’ with China in Beijing talks
Chinese and Russian defense officials vowed to strengthen their cooperation at a meeting in Beijing this week – in the latest sign of deepening alignment between the neighbors that’s been closely watched by the US…
China’s Xi may visit during next year’s APEC summit, says South Korea’s envoy to Beijing
This will be Xi’s first visit to his neighboring country since his last visit to South Korea in 2014 during Park Geun-hye’s administration.
On This Day: China detonates its first atomic bomb
In 1964, China detonated its first atomic bomb, dubbed Project 596. In 1968, American track and field athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in the Black Power salute during the …
China’s rapid electrification is catching out oil producers: Russell
Over-estimating China’s appetite for crude has been a factor in oil markets this year, especially by OPEC, and it’s a theme that looks likely to continue in coming years.
Sinopec says east China shale oil field pumping at 1,600 tons a day
Sinopec is advancing development of shale oil at its pilot project Jiyang in east China, pumping 1,600 metric tons per day now, up from 100 tons in 2021, the state oil and gas group said…
Does China welcome—or dread—an Iran-Israel war?
Last year it was given full membership of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, a Eurasian security and economic club dominated by China and Russia. In January Iran was admitted to BRICS, another …
How big is Beijing’s war chest, and why does a headline stimulus figure remain elusive?
Some prominent economists have called for China to roll out a stimulus plan worth 10 trillion yuan, but the real number is anyone’s guess as prudence is at play.
Inside the underground lab in China tasked with solving a physics mystery
A giant sphere 700 m (2,300 ft) underground with thousands of light-detecting tubes will be sealed in a 12-storey cylindrical pool of water in coming months for an experiment that will shine new light on…
Giant Pandas From China Return to National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
A pair of pandas from China arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, in a revival of so-called panda diplomacy after an 11-month pause that had left countless zoogoers disappointed by…
China Counts Wild Pandas. Nobody Believes Its Tally.
The panda census methodology is widely seen as flawed, and China keeps the data shrouded in secrecy. By Mara Hvistendahl and Joy Dong American zoos point to a rise in the wild panda numbers —…
Beijing’s Success Is a Conundrum for Nobel Winners
There is a simple reason for this: The rise, over the past two decades, of the People’s Republic of China. Some other nations — India to an extent, some in Southeast Asia — have also…
Russia and China Are Using Cyber Criminals to Target US: Microsoft
A Microsoft report reveals how Russia, China, and Iran are enlisting criminal networks for cyberespionage against hostile states.
