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China’s congress ending with show of unity behind Xi’s vision for national greatness
China’s national congress is concluding its annual session … During this year’s congress, many provincial meetings were opened to the media for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, though …
China’s First Batch of Saving Bonds of This Year Quickly Sells Out in Beijing
(Yicai) March 11 — The first batch of savings bonds issued by China’s Ministry of Finance this year sold out quickly in Beijing.
Mystery Solved? Scientist Says ‘Smoking Gun’ Evidence Shows COVID-19 Deliberately Engineered in Chinese Lab
A British professor who addressed the UN recently and suggested COVID-19 may have originated in a Chinese laboratory claimed to have evidence that has reached “the level of a smoking gun.” Richard H.
China’s consumer inflation rate rises for first time in six months. But the holiday boost is likely to fade
China’s consumer inflation turned positive for the first time in six months, largely supported by the Lunar New Year holiday, when a spending boom pushed up prices.
Oil prices fall on China demand worries
Oil prices extended last week’s losses on Monday on concern about slow demand in China, though lingering geopolitical risk surrounding the Middle East and Russia limited the decline.
China’s congress ending with unity behind Xi’s vision for national greatness
China’s national congress is wrapping up its annual session Monday with the usual show of near-unanimous support for plans designed to carry out ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s vision for …
China’s housing minister says real estate developers must go bankrupt if necessary
China’s struggling property developers won’t be getting a major bailout, authorities indicated, warning that those who “harm the interests of the masses” will be punished.
China can afford to holster monetary bazooka
China’s central bank has a smoother path ahead. Consumer prices increased for the first time in six months, rising 0.7% year-on-year in February. That’s still far below Beijing’s 3% target but it is a …
Beijing trying to ‘normalise’ military drills near Taiwan
Taiwan’s national security bureau director-general Tsai Ming-yen said Beijing usually dispatches around 10 warplanes and three to four naval ships on joint patrols near Taiwan, calling them part of a …
China trying to ‘normalise’ military drills near Taiwan, island’s top security official says
Taiwan’s top security official told parliament on Monday that China runs “joint combat readiness patrols” near the democratic island every 7-10 days on average, saying Chinese forces were trying to …
China is worried about the return of Trump, but it also sees opportunities if he wins
As America bustled though key political moments last week, with voters casting Super Tuesday ballots and President Joe Biden laying out his national priorities in the state of the union address, China …
Do China’s leaders fully grasp foreigners’ concerns about the country?
Beijing has been slow to address the visa and e-payment woes of foreign travellers, and some officials remain complacent about the exodus of foreign investment As Hong Kong’s Article 23 security laws …
