BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s financial watchdogs are pushing for harsher rules and stepping up action against miscreants, spurred on by official pressure on them to curb risk in the financial system, according to multiple sources…
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New Trump tariff threat overshadows strong China factory, investment data
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s industrial output grew much faster than expected at the start of the year, suggesting the economy may be picking up momentum even as U.S. President Donald Trump readies hefty tariffs against…
Trump tech tariff threat overshadows strong China factory, investment data
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s industrial output grew more strongly than expected at the start of the year, suggesting the economy has sustained solid momentum even as U.S. President Donald Trump readies hefty tariffs against one…
Ai Weiwei unveils Sydney Biennale artwork, talks change in China
China’s removal of presidential term limits, effectively letting President Xi Jinping hold office for life, will have no impact on its culture, artist Ai Weiwei said on Monday, as he unveiled a giant artwork in…
China’s new anti-graft body set to boost Xi’s extended rule
BEIJING — China is set to give President Xi Jinping a powerful new weapon as he prepares to rule indefinitely — a Communist Party-led anti-corruption agency to police not only the party’s cadres, but also…
Cardinal Zen: The Hong Kong firebrand taking on Beijing
Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen has earned a reputation as a fighter — and the octogenarian’s latest battle pits him against Vatican officials and Beijing over a deal he believes would devastate the Catholic Church.…
Beijing police order limit on foreigners in university district pizza bars and cafes
Police are checking various popular student hangouts in Beijing’s university district to make sure they have no more than 10 foreigners inside at any one time, as the stability-obsessed authorities ramp up security for China’s…
Beijing establishes 7th ring road for regional development
A seventh ring road will be completed at the end of June and is expected to further integrate Beijing and neighboring Hebei Province. The ring-shaped road will have a total length of 940 kilometers, including…
Beijing on the path to yet another big project
Another super engineering project, Beijing’s new international airport, is being constructed just 46 kilometers south of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The airport will be home to the largest terminal in the world once it opens in…
China shrinks steel industry slowly, drawing Western ire
The merged company, Baowu Steel, wants to increase production capacity by two-thirds to 100 million tons by acquiring smaller mills, the company general manager told the official China News Service in September. ( read original…
China claims it has created a ‘super material’ that’s INVISIBLE and ‘could make FIGHTER JETS impossible to see’
A report from Sina, one of China’s largest news portals, claimed on March 11 that the lab in question is the State Key Laboratory of Metamaterial Electromagnetic Modulation Technology in Shenzhen, a state-funded lab established…
China allows Xi to remain president indefinitely, tightening his grip on power
BEIJING (Reuters) – China removed presidential term limits from its constitution on Sunday, giving President Xi Jinping the right to remain in office indefinitely, and confirming his status as the country’s most powerful leader since…
China makes historic move to allow Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely
BEIJING — China’s rubber-stamp lawmakers on Sunday passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing a presidential two-term limit that will enable Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. The amendment upends a system enacted by former Chinese leader…
