Vegetables pricier than pork worry Chinese consumers as costs swell
Vegetable prices are surging in China after heavy rain swamped crops this month, fuelling concern over food prices at a time when consumers must brace for a hike in energy ...
TikTok tells US lawmakers it does not give information to China’s government
An executive at TikTok faced tough questions on Tuesday during the video-sharing app’s first appearance at a US congressional hearing, saying it does not give information to the Chinese ...
HSBC joins investors reckoning worst is over in China
Analysts at Europe’s biggest bank HSBC (HSBA.L) have turned bullish on Chinese stocks, arguing the worst of a regulatory storm has passed and that Beijing will provide policy ...
China to pilot property tax reforms
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, on Saturday adopted a decision to authorize the State Council to pilot property tax reforms in ...
China’s fiscal revenue up 16.3 per cent in first nine months
China’s fiscal revenue logged a year-on-year increase of 16.3 per cent in the first nine months of the year, official data showed Friday.
The country’s fiscal revenue amounted to 16.4 ...
Biden: United States would come to Taiwan’s defense if China attacks
The United States would come to Taiwan’s defense and has a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own, U.S. President Joe Biden said, though the ...
Turkish NBA star Kanter sparks backlash in China after comments
Boston Celtics centre Enes Kanter was pilloried on Chinese social media and his name appeared to be blocked on the popular Weibo messaging platform after he criticized Chinese President Xi ...
US watching China’s weapons development, Austin says, after hypersonic missile report
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday Washington was closely watching China‘s development of advanced weapons systems, while declining to comment directly on a report that Beijing ...
China surprises U.S. with hypersonic missile test, FT reports
China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, showing a capability that caught U.S. intelligence by surprise, the Financial Times reported, citing five unnamed sources.
The report late on ...
China launches second crewed mission to build space station
China on Saturday launched a rocket carrying three astronauts, including one woman, to the core module of a future space station where they will live and work for six months, ...
China’s Xi vows ‘reunification’ with Taiwan, but holds off threatening force
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to achieve “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan, and did not directly mention the use of force after a week of tensions with the Chinese-claimed ...
Taiwan seeks international support after Chinese incursions
Taiwan will ensure regional peace and stability and seeks to work with other like-minded democracies, President Tsai Ing-wen told senior French and Australian dignitaries on Thursday, days after a dramatic ...
US envoy Sullivan to meet China’s top diplomat Yang amid Taiwan tensions
U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser will hold talks with China’s top diplomat in Switzerland on Tuesday and Wednesday, the South China Morning Post said, at ...
Taiwan warns it needs to be on alert to ‘over the top’ China
Taiwan needs to be on alert for China‘s “over the top” military activities, the premier said on Tuesday, after a record 56 Chinese aircraft flew into Taiwan’s air defence ...
Evergrande offshore investors face ‘large losses’ after second payment miss
China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) missed paying bond interest due on Wednesday, two bondholders said, its second unpaid offshore debt payment in a week, although the cash-strapped company is scrambling to ...
China seeks to quell power crunch fears, as coal prices soar, winter nears
China on Wednesday demanded railway companies and local authorities raise their game in shipping vital coal supplies to utilities, as regions key to the world’s no. 2 economy grapple with ...
China steps up funding oversight of Evergrande property projects
Several local governments in China have set up special custodian accounts for property projects of its most indebted developer, Evergrande (3333.HK), to protect funds earmarked for housing projects from being ...
Huawei CFO leaves Canada after US deal on fraud charges
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou flew home to China on Friday after reaching an agreement with U.S. prosecutors to end the bank fraud case against her, relieving a ...
Evergrande enticed thousands with Gucci bags and Dyson appliances
Lured by the promise of yields approaching 12 per cent, gifts such as Dyson air purifiers and Gucci bags, and the guarantee of China’s top-selling developer, tens of thousands of ...
Chinese embassy says opposes US, Australia interference
The Chinese embassy in Australia rejected on Fridays “unfounded accusations” against China made by the defence and foreign ministers of Australia and their U.S. counterparts after annual talks in ...
6.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Sichuan, kills 3
Three people were confirmed dead and 60 others were sent to hospital after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Luxian County of Luzhou City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Among those hospitalized, three ...
US, Britain and Australia enter pact to counter Chinese threat (Updated)
The United States, Britain and Australia announced a new security partnership for the Indo-Pacific in a move hailed by regional allies but denounced by China as intensifying an arms race ...
Chinese court rules against #MeToo plaintiff
A Beijing court late on Tuesday ruled against the plaintiff in a high-profile Chinese sexual harassment case, saying there was insufficient evidence to support her claims, a decision likely to ...
Chinese ambassador barred from UK parliament
The Chinese ambassador to Britain has been banned from attending an event in the country’s parliament because Beijing imposed sanctions on lawmakers who highlighted human right abuses in Xinjiang.
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