China’s status as a ‘near-peer competitor’ is driving efforts to limit access to key technologies such as semiconductors and counter its global influence.
Police in northern China have detained five people for allegedly colluding to steal about 10,000 tonnes of corn amid Beijing’s increasing focus on food security.
The plan would next be submitted to the relevant ministries in each of the 21 member economies of Apec before appearing on the agenda of the Apec Leaders’ summit in Lima in the week of November 10.
The People’s Bank of China has indicated its approval for trading treasury bonds on the secondary market, signalling more robust action to boost liquidity and fuel growth is no longer out of the question.
Xiaolei Wu, who was studying jazz at the Berklee College of Music, will be deported after serving his sentence in a US prison, a federal judge orders.
Taiwan’s exports to the US in the first quarter beat shipments sent to mainland China, with analysts pointing to a ‘strategic plan’ by Washington to construct and lead a world supply chain and market order.
Trade, Ukraine among topics on the agenda, with Blinken expected to pressure China to urge its firms to stop supplying dual-use goods to Russia or face more punitive measures.
Politburo member Chen Wenqing says Beijing supports Moscow’s national security efforts as he visits Russia a month after deadly concert hall attack.
Reports suggest US has discussed sanctions on some Chinese banks over their trade with Russia, but analysts say moves to remove China from the Swift interbank financial system could create a ‘huge problem’ for global trade.
Head of US space command warns that China’s space development is make its terrestrial forces ‘more precise, more lethal and more far ranging’.
Dong Yunhu, who was once responsible for spreading China’s official position on human rights, is accused of corruption stretching back to 1999.
While Philippines was absent from forum, members passed updated Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, a non-binding multilateral agreement.
Launched in 2006, Baidu Baike gained popularity partly because access to Wikipedia was unreliable and eventually blocked in China.
The German carmaker, which saw its market share shrink in China last year, said it plans to launch 30 new electric cars on the mainland by 2030 as it vies to keep up with the rapid pace of electrification in the world’s largest vehicle market.
During their six-month stay on the Tiangong space station, the Chinese astronauts will carry out experiments on fish in a step towards raising other animals in space.
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