From 2016 to 2017, nearly 36 million people took part in it, according to Xinhua, China’s official news agency. The authorities collected DNA samples, images of irises and other personal data, accordi… ( read original…
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China builds the world’s longest high-speed rail as a rail stalls in the U.S.
As President Donald Trump feuds with California Governor Gavin Newsom over funding for the state’s long-planned high-speed train, China has been further expanding its high-speed rail — the world’s lon… ( read original story …)
U.S. and China resume trade talks in standoff over tech policy
The U.S. and China resumed high-levels talks Thursday aimed at easing a trade standoff that has unnerved global investors and clouded the outlook for the world economy. The talks opened as a Chinese d… (…
China to Propose $30 Billion More U.S. Agriculture Purchases
Soybeans, corn and wheat futures prices rose in Chicago in response to the news. “China will say what needs to be said to get a deal, but the key component will be in the verification…
Exclusive: China’s Dalian port bans Australian coal imports, sets 2019 quota – source
comes as major ports elsewhere in China prolong clearing times for Australian coal to at least 40 days. Coal is Australia’s biggest export earner and the Australian dollar tumbled on the news … ( read…
Wary of Xinjiang backlash, China invites waves of diplomats to visit
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is stepping up its diplomatic outreach over controversial camps in its heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, inviting more foreign diplomats to visit as it seeks to head off cri… ( read…
Saudi crown prince in China on latest stop of Asian tour
according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency. The trip comes five months after the crown prince came under intense pressure following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consula… ( read original story…
The U.S., Not China, Is the Real Currency Manipulator
China isn’t the currency manipulator. The U.S. is asking Beijing to keep the value of the yuan stable as part of trade negotiations between the world’s two largest economies, Saleha Mohsin and Katheri… ( read…
World shares mostly higher on upbeat talk on China-U.S. trade
In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 0.6 per cent to 21,431.49 despite news that Japan’s exports sank 8.4 per cent … JAPAN TRADE: A 17 per cent drop in Japan’s exports to China and…
China’s ‘Ivory Queen’ gets 15 years jail in Tanzania for smuggling tusks of 350 elephants
Speaking in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China had firm laws on protecting endangered … of this case in accordance with the law,” he told a daily news briefing. Conse… ( read…
China stocks reverse gains as benchmark rate cut seen unlikely
The Reuters report follows comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that China has not and will not change its prudent monetary policy and will not resort to “flood-like” stimulus. Stocks had risen in … (…
A portrait of China based on personal observations
He worked for the Communist Party of China as an undercover agent … Yin, a journalist with the Xinmin Evening News in Shanghai, started to publish her work when she was 18. She has written…
In Beijing, a Communist Funeral for an Inconvenient Critic
BEIJING — While alive, Li Rui was a decades-long headache for China’s ruling Communists — a former aide to Mao Zedong who became an obdurate, sharp-tongued critic of the party. And the controversy did ……
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