However, production growth in China easily outstripped the world average in leaping 15.7% year on year to 24.938 million tonnes, thereby accounting for more than 55% of total world output in 2016. In the Western…
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Lotte makes a lot of money in China. // Yet still offers a place to the US. At the weekend I was monitoring social media and had the following conversation with a woman in Beijing.…
China anticipates to establish flagship LMC initiative for Asian Community
“We hope the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism will become a flagship initiative in our efforts to build an Asian community of shared future,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday at the launch ceremony…
Beijing vote gives Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying dual leadership role
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying won overwhelming support as he was elected a vice-chairman of Beijing’s top political advisory body on Monday, giving him the dual role of state leader and the city’s top…
Should China move its historic monuments?
made news in 2011 when it slid 295 feet (90 meters) on a set of rails. The land it was located on had been purchased by real estate developers, according to the China Construction Engineering…
Beijing to release national artificial intelligence development plan
Beijing is drafting a national development plan on artificial intelligence and setting up a special fund as part of an effort to push the technology’s application in the economy and national security, said China’s top…
China is developing lasers capable of destroying enemy satellites to compete with US in future 'light wars'
China is developing its own arsenal of lasers, electromagnetic railguns and high-power microwave weapons for use in future space-based ‘light war’ satellite attacks, says Chinese military expert Richard Fisher. China’s push to produce these weapons…
China praises courts for punishing state security crimes
China typically hands out death sentences in cases of murder, rape, robbery and drug offenses. Associated Press news assistant Henry Hou contributed to this report. ( read original story …)
Homan rink working on its timing for worlds in China
By the time they leave, they will be staying up until 3 a.m., and waking up at noon. Getting to Beijing four days before the women’s world curling championships begin on Saturday should give them…
Living loud in China's lively public spaces
China does not have those cities … I can remember being in London many years ago on a backpacking trip when I got the news that a good friend, a brilliant young doctor, had died…
China to step up patrols to create 'first class' navy
BEIJING China will step up patrols and ensure it has a “first class” navy equipped with the best armaments, senior military officers told the official Xinhua news agency, as China steps up its ability to…
China vows to strike against separatism on Tibet uprising anniversary
The sensitive anniversary coincided with the yearly news conference of Tibet’s delegation to China’s annual meeting of parliament, under way in Beijing. Che Dalha, Tibet’s governor, said the government would “hold a clear-cut stand against…
China tries to play ref and stop ‘head-on collision’ between North Korea and the U.S.
Wang’s push for revived North Korean talks came during an annual news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in which he also praised his new U.S. counterpart, Rex Tillerson, and reaffirmed China’s…
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