Kenya’s Willy Mnangat claims he was employed to help winner He Jie break Chinese record, but there is no record of his name among official pacers and agent Karen Lin angrily denies involvement.
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China beats analysts’ predictions with strong Q1 growth numbers
Analysts polled by Reuters had expected first-quarter GDP to expand 4.6 percent from a year earlier, compared to 5.2 percent in the previous three months. The Chinese government is aiming for economic …
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes Berlin, Beijing could help achieve ‘just peace’ in Ukraine
Scholz on Tuesday told China’s Xi Jinping that ’the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and Russia’s armament have a very significant negative impact on security in Europe’, according to a recording
China Says Iran Can ‘Handle the Situation Well’ As Israel Mulls Response
Beijing’s top envoy has not condemned Iran’s weekend attack on Israel, reiterating Beijing’s position that it was a spillover from the Israel-Gaza conflict.
On a China Visit, the German Chancellor Says Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Threatens Global Security
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told Chinese leader Xi Jinping who hosted him in Beijing that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatens global security, in an apparent call for China to appl …
Analysis-China’s cycle of dollar hoarding and weakening yuan gets vicious
Chinese businesses are hoarding dollars because they expect their own currency to weaken, and that in turn is exacerbating a slide in the yuan that has been driven by wobbly stock markets and feeble …
FLASHBACK: Biden made revealing comment about niece’s Obama admin role while praising ‘rising China’
Then-Vice President Biden gave a shoutout to his niece during a 2011 China speech, telling the crowd she’s devoted to ‘making sure’ the China-US relationship ‘gets better and better.’ …
China’s economy grows 5.3% in first quarter, beating expectations
China’s economy in the first quarter grew faster than expected, official data released Tuesday by China’s National Bureau of Statistics showed.
China’s GDP grew 5.3% in Q1, beating expectations
China’s economy expanded at a faster than expected pace in the first three months of the year, helped by policies aimed …
Beijing Half Marathon under suspicion of rigging: watch what happens in the final stretch
The organizers of the BHM announced an investigation on Monday after video went viral showing three African runners appearing to let Chinese He Jie win.
How China’s demand for donkey hide is devastating African communities
A visual explanation of China’s rising appetite for donkey-hide-based “e-jiao” products and how it is affecting donkey trade and populations worldwide.
Japan’s China Reckoning
Not long after the ink dried on the 2008 joint statement, Beijing dispatched vessels to patrol the waters around the Senkaku Islands (known in China as the Diaoyu Islands). To this day, Chinese ships continue…
China’s economy grew 5.3 per cent in first quarter, beating expectations
Household spending over the Lunar New Year holidays helped to boost China’s economy.
