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China Wary as NATO Chief Seeks Stronger Ties With Japan, Korea on Asia Trip
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is set to meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on an Asian tour that has sparked suspicion in China, which is wary of the group’s efforts to build ties with its neighbors.
Biden Administration Considers Cutting Off Huawei From U.S. Suppliers
The U.S. blacklisted the Chinese telecommunications company in 2019 but has granted exceptions for components not deemed a national-security risk.
‘Not all smiles’ despite ‘rapid rebound’ for China’s factory, services activity
China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 50.1 in January from 47 in December, while the non-manufacturing gauge rose to 54.4 this month, data released on Tuesday showed.
IMF expects China’s economy to grow 5.2 per cent this year
IMF’s World Economic Outlook Update, released on Tuesday, also reflects a much more optimistic outlook for the US economy than was expected three months ago.
China foreign minister seeks stronger economic ties with Saudi Arabia
China's new foreign minister Qin Gang wants to build stronger ties with Saudi Arabia and set up a China-Gulf free trade zone "as soon as possible", according to a ministry statement published late on Monday.
Foreigners Buy China Shares With January Inflow at Record, Above 2022 Levels
Foreigners are returning to China’s stock market with a vengeance, snapping up more shares in January alone than they did for the whole of 2022.
Demand for Chinese medicine fuelling illicit African donkey trade
Researchers warn that the lucrative market has seen poachers killing poor farmers’ animals for the hides needed to make the high-status product.
Fall of Asia’s gambling kingpin augurs change for Macau industry
Alvin Chau’s jailing comes as Beijing cracks down on money laundering and capital flight
Blinken trip unlikely to fix US-China ties but Russia talk promising: analysts
Tariffs, human rights and climate change among contentious items America’s top diplomat expected to discuss in Beijing.
The Jack Ma test for China’s promised shift
Beijing’s treatment of fallen entrepreneurs will provide evidence of how far it has shifted on the private sector
BYD expects to post record fourth quarter profit as EV sales surge in China
The Shenzhen-based company backed by Warren Buffett said it ‘overcame various unexpected difficulties’ to post a huge increase in vehicle delivery to customers.
Disillusioned at home, super-rich Chinese set their sights on Singapore
Singapore has long been a haven for ultra-rich foreigners. But it has seen a fresh influx of wealth since 2021 after it became one of the first Asian cities to significantly ease pandemic restrictions.
Peru Protests Hit Mining Sector and Impede Exports
Peru’s political upheaval is battering industries that once powered one of Latin America’s fastest-growing economies.
Inside three turbulent months at Foxconn’s iPhone factory
Workers describe a peak production season marred by labor protests and Covid-19 chaos, right as Apple reconsiders its China supply chain.
Chinese-owned copper mine in Peru may halt production over unrest
The huge Chinese-owned Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, normally the supplier of 2% of the metal worldwide, could halt production this week due to protests and blockades that are starting to snarl output of the red metal amid already tight global supply.
Russia Boosts China Trade to Counter Western Sanctions
Trade between China and Russia boomed last year, providing a lifeline to Russia’s beleaguered economy and showing the limits of Western sanctions, according to a new report.
WSJ News Exclusive | China’s Top Nuclear-Weapons Lab Used American Computer Chips Decades After Ban
The state-owned institute has continued buying computer chips made by Intel and Nvidia despite its inclusion on a U.S. export blacklist in 1997.
ZTE: We’re totally back in business
Li Zixue 李自学, the new chairman of telecom hardware giant ZTE, stood with new CEO Xu Ziyang 徐子阳 at a shareholder meeting in Shenzhen yesterday…
Wanna eat fast? Try eating while standing
Students from the Henan Shangqiu County High School in China have to eat their lunch while standing — there are no chairs in the cafeteria…
Didi reeling amid public anger after second female passenger murdered in three months
Over the weekend, the reported rape and murder of a Didi Chuxing passenger — the second such incident in three months — has left China’s…
Sinica Podcast: Chas W. Freeman, Jr., talks U.S.-China strategy (Pt 2 of 3)
This week’s Sinica Podcast is now live. This week, Kaiser and Jeremy continue their conversation with Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., and focus on how…
Two rides, two opposite reactions from Chinese internet users
A video of four construction workers taking off their shirts and putting them on the seat of a taxi so they wouldn’t get it dirty…
