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To Get the Latest Drugs, Head to China
For the first time giants like AstraZeneca are taking their newest blockbuster medicines to China before the U.S. and Europe.
China’s Empire of Money Is Reshaping Lives Across New Silk Road
Xi Jinping’s new “Belt and Road” initiative was designed to promote economic development and extend China’s influence
Cambodia Strongman Extends 33-Year Rule in Boycotted Election
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen extended his more-than-three-decade run in power, easily winning a boycotted election on Sunday after he disbanded the main opposition party last year.
What Does the Apparent Trump-EU Trade Truce Mean for China?
Donald Trump’s surprise trade truce with the European Union has analysts asking, “What does this mean for the trade war with China?”
As China's Skies Clear, Philips Sales of Air Purifiers Decline
China’s battle to cut notorious air-pollution levels is hurting sales of air purifiers by Royal Philips NV.
SoftBank Fund Is Said to Seek Investment in Chinese AI Giant
SoftBank Vision Fund is seeking to invest almost $1 billion in China’s SenseTime Group Ltd. as it seeks a stake in the world’s most valuable artificial intelligence startup, people familiar with the matter said.
Xi Jinping’s Superpower Plans
As the U.S. retreats, Beijing is talking more boldly about how it wants to change the global order and assert its own values and interests.
China Hears Rumbles of Company Discontent in Rare Open Session
The ink had barely dried on the first joint statement between China and the European Union in three years before the complaints began.
The World Cup winner in China is a little-known oven maker
Called Vatti, it pledged to give out product refunds if the team it sponsored, France, won the tournament. The move generated massive online buzz.
China's new destroyers: 'Power, prestige and majesty' | CNN
China's navy is getting bigger and better and doing it at a speed unmatched by any nation around the globe.
Tesla, BMW Bypass Trump’s Trade War and Score a Win for China
Less than a week into President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, global automakers have shown there are ways to bypass the battle -- and scoring a win for Beijing in the process.
China’s Xiaomi makes underwhelming public debut in Hong Kong IPO – TechCrunch
China’s Xiaomi, the world’s fifth biggest seller of smartphones, made an underwhelming public debut after it hit the Hong Kong Stock Exchange amid concerns around an ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China. Media reports in the lead up to today’s bell ringing suggested that eight-year-old Xiaomi was shooting for a valuation of as […]
China paper denounces US Navy ships' Taiwan Strait passage
BEIJING (AP) — A ruling Chinese Communist Party newspaper on Monday denounced the passage of a pair of U.S. Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait as a "psychological game," as the two sides square off over trade and relations with self-governing Taiwan. The Global Times said in an editorial that the U.S. was adding to tensions by sailing the Japan-based guided missile destroyers USS Mustin and USS Benfold through the 160-kilometer-wide (100-mile-wide) strait that divides Taiwan from mainland China. Though such missions are not uncommon, both Taiwan and the U.S. made unusual public confirmations of the ships' passage over the weekend.
China's first authorized sex educators to break decades of silence | CNN
Wu Shuang, a 24-year-old college student, recalled the day when she asked her parents how she was born. "My parents told me I was picked up in a bathroom," she said.
Trump to Pull Tariff Trigger at Midnight in Trade-War Escalation
President Donald Trump is preparing to slap tariffs on Chinese goods early Friday, the first shot in a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
China Stocks Resume Slide as Yuan Rebound Fails to Soothe Nerves
Chinese equities closed at the lowest since March 2016, resuming their slide as the planned imposition of U.S. tariffs on Friday overshadowed one of the yuan’s strongest days this year.
Trump Trade War Arrives in the Data as China Awaits Tariffs
Donald Trump’s assault on trade with China is moving from tweeted threats and abortive talks to the real-world.
18 killed, 14 injured in China bus-truck highway collision
BEIJING (AP) — Eighteen people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in central China, police said Saturday. The accident took place Friday evening in Hunan province south of Beijing. Video from the scene showed both heavily damaged vehicles along the rain-slicked highway. It appeared that one of the vehicles may have crossed a center divider. Speeding, dangerous passing, poorly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are most often the cause of serious traffic accidents in China. Friday's accident appeared to be one of the worst in recent months.
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Exclusive: State Department risks China's ire with request for US Marines in Taiwan | CNN Politics
The State Department has requested that US Marines be sent to Taiwan to help safeguard America's de facto embassy there, two US officials tell CNN, prompting China to urge the US to "exercise caution."
