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SHANGHAI — China is looking to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology, making a major push with a "Made in China 2025" strategy that identifies 10 key sectors, including robotics, aerospace and clean-energy cars. ( read original story ...)

Beijing’s industry and commerce authority is investigating a claim that a 78-year-old woman was defrauded by being coaxed into spending large sums of money at a beauty salon, a report claims. The woman spent 274,500 yuan (US$43,700) on several treatments ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing's preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have been backed by the chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission Juan Antonio Samaranch following his latest visit to the Chinese capital. ( read original story ...)

I like to watch the beautiful women of Beijing spit on the street. My journey to get to the capital of China was arduous. I got an hour of sleep on the plane. My first 24 hours here came without closing my eyes. That first evening, a friend insisted on ... ( read original story ...

The Beijing government has retroactively restricted the height of buildings in a prime plot of the city’s core business district to as low as 100 metres, truncating the building heights and potential investment returns of developers who purchased more ... ( read original story ...)

"I don't know why we have to be bound by a One China policy," he told a Fox News interviewer, "unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade." He drew diplomatic protests from Beijing. Many countries, including Canada ... ( read original story ...)

The official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday an air unit of the People's Liberation Army ground forces held a live-fire exercise on Wednesday off China's southeast coast. The PLA said the exercise involved the co-ordination of various types of armed ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is well prepared to handle any negative effects from its trade dispute with the United States, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, adding that China’s tariff hikes on U.S. imports will not have a big impact overall on its ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co's premium brand Infiniti plans to at least triple sales in China within the next five years by making four additional car models locally and shifting to more of an electrified offering - a fast-emerging market in China. ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defense ministry said on Wednesday that Beijing was using "cheap verbal intimidation and saber rattling" to threaten Taiwan, as China's military began live-fire drills in the sensitive Taiwan Strait amid growing tension. ( read original story ...)