provided the data as part of China’s years-long effort to convince the international medical community that it no longer harvests organs from executed prisoners. At a news conference Wednesday, he reaffirmed that the organ harvesting…
Tagged By news
Beijing’s new Taiwan policies reveal its plans for greater integration
On February 28, the Taiwan Office under China’s State Council published 31 new policies on Taiwan. These include preferential treatment for the island’s firms in investment, technological and cooperative ventures with mainland counterparts, and 19…
U.S. pressing China to cut trade surplus by $100 billion: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is pressing China to cut its trade surplus with the United States by $100 billion, a White House spokeswoman said on Wednesday, clarifying a tweet last week from President…
Asian shares, dollar fall as U.S. trade fears eclipse strong China data
“A U.S.-China trade war is the main risk.” Investors suspect policymakers who favor protectionism will also seek to use the currency as a trade weapon, if not overtly then through benign neglect. As news from…
China muscles into a new Great Game in Red Sea
“Globalization has created a Chinese monster,” the Washington-based online journal Foreign Policy warned. The announcement on China’s official news agency Xinhua that the Communist Party’s Central Committee recommended scrapping a two-term limit on the ……
Exclusive: China may pare back ‘divisive’ eastern Europe summits
BERLIN/BRUSSELS/SOFIA (Reuters) – China is considering paring back annual summits with eastern European countries that have fueled concerns in western capitals that Beijing is seeking to divide the continent, according to three European diplomats. (…
In China, an eye-roll goes viral, censors put a lid on it
Yicai financial news service reporter Liang Xiangyi sighed and raised a sceptical eyebrow at another journalist’s query to a delegate at a National People’s Congress press event Tuesday. As the question about China’s Belt and…
China Slaps Company With Record $870 Million Share-Manipulation Penalty
The China Securities Regulatory Commission disclosed the punishment against private company Bei Da Dao Group at a news briefing Wednesday, according to a report by state-run Shanghai Securities News. An official at the regulatory commission……
Stephen Hawking: China’s love for the late physicist
After news of his death emerged Wang posted on social media … In a video appearance in Beijing last year, he warned China of the rise of powerful AI, saying “we should do all we…
Exclusive: China’s regulators compete to look tough as political pressure mounts
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…
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…
