Many parents were picking up their children when the blast took place, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Videos purportedly from … Blasts and other accidents are common in China, because of patchy enforcement…
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Nursery blast kills seven in China’s Xuzhou
An official at the police station in Fengxian county told AFP news agency that the explosion was under investigation. It is the latest tragedy to strike a nursery in China in recent weeks. A school…
China shrugging off Fed action as yuan depreciation pressure eases
China’s monetary authority has shrugged off the US Federal Reserve’s fourth interest rate increase in two and a half years this week, as the Chinese macroeconomic reality demands a different tool kit and a radically…
China explosion: At least seven dead and dozens injured in nursery blast
Frantic calls to the nursery and the hospital were going unanswered, according to the AFP news agency. Two people died at the scene … bearing grudges against their neighbours and society. China maintains tight control…
Taiwan: Beijing wants Taiwan trade offices’ names changed
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan said China has been pressuring the governments of five countries in the Middle East, Africa and South America to force the island to change the names of its unofficial representative offices.…
Beijing protesters in rare clash with police over school dispute
BEIJING About a hundred protesters clashed on Wednesday with police in downtown Beijing after authorities abruptly reassigned their children to a school in a rough neighborhood, a rare display of public anger in the Chinese…
China approves 9 Trump trademarks previously rejected
But that’s just procedural. Substantively, it’s impossible to say whether any of this is unusual.” China’s Trademark Office did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday. The new provisional approvals further shore up the president’s…
China’s economy holds up in May but slowing investment points to cooling
BEIJING China’s economy generally remained on solid footing in May … Beijing is expected to handily meet its annual 6.5 percent economic growth target without too many bumps, good news for President Xi Jinping ahead…
Panama cuts ties with Taiwan in favour of China
These are external links and will open in a new window Panama has cut long-standing diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of establishing relations with China, in a diplomatic coup for Beijing. The Panamanian government…
Taiwan: How China is stealing the island’s diplomatic allies
The island’s allies are being picked off by China in what Taiwan derisively calls a “diplomatic money game”. Sao Tome and Principe, one of Africa’s smallest states, cut ties in December. Panama, a longstanding partner,…
IMF urges China to speed up action on mounting debt
The International Monetary Fund urged China on Monday to speed up reforms meant to slow … of the economy could eventually lead to sharp adjustment,” said Lipton at a news conference. Communist leaders have promised…
China reasserts hard line on Taiwan after Panama’s switch
BEIJING (AP) — China is reasserting its hard line on Taiwan following Panama’s switching of diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. Spokesman for the Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office Ma Xiaoguang told reporters Wednesday that there…
China overturns rejections of 9 Trump trademarks
But that’s just procedural. Substantively, it’s impossible to say whether any of this is unusual.” China’s Trademark Office did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday. The new provisional approvals further shore up the president’s…
