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Chinese Premier Li Qiang stresses financial support for real economy

Xiulan — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:40:38 +0000

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has highlighted the role of the financial sector in serving the real economy and urged efforts to promote the sector’s high-quality development. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Central Financial Commission, made […]

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Tesla is building a huge battery factory in Shanghai even as trade tensions rise

Ju Huiwen — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:35:52 +0000

Tesla broke ground on a new manufacturing plant in Shanghai on Thursday, just weeks after CEO Elon Musk made a surprise visit to China in a bid to shore up the carmaker’s slumping sales. The factory, which was announced in April last year, aims to begin production in the first quarter of 2025. It will be able to make […]

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Eyeing Chinese modernization, China doubles efforts to further deepen reform on all fronts

Chih Ming — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:44:00 +0000

Built after China’s reform and opening up, Rizhao Port in east China’s Shandong Province is a vital global hub for the transshipment of energy and bulk raw materials. Through recent technological innovation, the port has been upgraded into a modern port, serving as a key node for the New Eurasian Land Bridge and an important […]

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Leong Yeow Chicken Rice, family-run business with 50-year history, to shutter both outlets

Zhen Yu — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:38:00 +0000

Goodbyes are never easy, especially when a bond has been formed for decades. The Loy family has been running Leong Yeow Chicken Rice since 1974 but come May 27, this 50-year run is set to come to an end. Not only would the family be waving goodbye to the business, they’d be parting ways with their customers too. […]

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Tens of thousands protest against contentious Taiwan parliament reforms

Fen Juan — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 09:33:00 +0000

TAIPEI: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets around Taiwan’s parliament on Friday (May 24) to demonstrate against contested parliamentary reforms, in a protest also marked by anger over China’s perceived influence on the island’s democracy. The rally outside parliament, following one on Tuesday, came on the same day China, which claims Taiwan […]

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China ends war games, Taiwan detects involvement of 62 planes and 27 ships

Hai Rong — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:27:00 +0000

TAIPEI — China ended two days of war games around Taiwan, in which it simulated attacks with bombers and practised boarding ships, while Taiwan’s defence ministry detailed on May 25 the surge of Chinese planes and ships involved. Chinese state television’s military channel said late on May 24 the drills had concluded. A commentary in the […]

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Guatemala says China’s rejection of shipments could be linked to Taiwan ties

Ju Huiwen — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 08:12:00 +0000

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo said on Friday that China had rejected entry to some shipments from the Central American nation, speculating that this could be due to Guatemala’s diplomatic relationship with Taiwan. The day before, Guatemala’s exporters association had reported that at least seven containers of macadamia nuts had been unable to enter China and […]

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Pakistan seeks $17b from China

station3 — Fri, 31 May 2024 08:49:00 +0000

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan requested China on Friday to begin construction work on three electricity generation projects totalling 2,100 megawatts and proposed seven infrastructure schemes for Chinese financing – in a move that appears to further expand Phase-I of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Islamabad requested China to fund the Diamer Basha dam, Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway, and Mainline-I project […]

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Biden extends tariff exemptions on some imports from China

Li Wen — Wed, 29 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000

President Joe Biden plans to extend tariff exemptions on hundreds of products from China for two weeks as a transition period before reimposing duties on some of them, and will continue exclusions for some others until the middle of next year, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said. The exemptions were set to expire […]

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Armies of young insurgents are changing the course of a forgotten war

Kun Lan — Mon, 27 May 2024 08:54:00 +0000

Two loudspeakers, as big as the men carrying them, are brought to the rocky hilltop. Some 800m below, in the town of Hpasang, lies a sprawling Myanmar army base. It’s a blisteringly hot day – above 40C – and behind, on bamboo poles, more young resistance fighters carry a large, heavy battery pack and amplifier. […]

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