China on Sunday condemned fighting on its border between Myanmar forces and ethnic rebels that has left 19 dead, mostly civilians, in some of the worst bloodshed on the restive frontier in recent years. The…
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China’s first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials
BEIJING — China’s first entirely home-built aircraft carrier began sea trials Sunday in a sign of the growing sophistication of the country’s domestic arms industry. The still-unnamed ship left dock in the northern port of…
China’s first home-built carrier sets out for sea trials
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s first domestically developed aircraft carrier … of weapons and other systems and has not yet entered service. The official Xinhua news agency confirmed the ship had left for trials with a…
Beijing again flexes military muscle, sending fighter jets, bombers around Taiwan
Beijing on Friday conducted encirclement drills around Taiwan with its new Su-35 fighter jets as it again flexed its military muscle amid tensions with the self-ruled island. The “innovative joint operation” involved two theatre commands…
China central bank says to maintain neutral policy, stable yuan
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank will maintain its neutral monetary policy and keep liquidity and credit growth largely steady while keeping the yuan currency basically stable, it said on Friday. The central bank’s…
China monthly car sales pick up in April; EV sales double
Monthly figures from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers show that passenger cars sales in April rose 11 per cent over a year earlier to 1.9 million vehicles, outpacing a 3.5 per cent growth rate…
Leaders of Japan, China, South Korea agree to co-operate on North Korea
TOKYO — China, Japan and South Korea warmed their chilly relations … “The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia,” Abe told a joint news conference in Tokyo,…
China’s new train line to Iran sends message to Trump: We’ll keep trading anyway
The launch of a new rail connection between Bayannur in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Iran was announced by the official news agency Xinhua on Thursday. Its exact path was not described in the…
Critic’s jailing shows hushed dissent since ’08 China quake
Like many in the poor, mountainous region, Chen and her husband had been working in more economically vibrant eastern China. Hearing news of the quake at the textile plant where they worked in Zhejiang province,…
China, Japan and South Korea highlight unity amid North Korea moves
TOKYO (Reuters) – China, Japan and South Korea agreed on Wednesday to cooperate … make sure this is linked to concrete action by North Korea,” Abe told a news conference after the meeting. Chinese Premier…
Insight: China’s multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
YAJI MOUNTAIN, China (Reuters) – On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head per floor in high-rise “hog hotels”. Privately owned agricultural company Guangxi Yangxiang Co Ltd is…
Insight: China’s multi-storey hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
YAJI MOUNTAIN, China (Reuters) – On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head per floor in high-rise “hog hotels”. Privately owned agricultural company Guangxi Yangxiang Co Ltd is…
Hanoi demands Beijing withdraw missiles from disputed islands
Hanoi has demanded Beijing remove military equipment from contested islands in the South China Sea, saying reported missile installations are a “serious violation” of Vietnam’s sovereignty. The warning follows a report from US network CNBC…
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