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Truth at last: Yes, Chinese Uyghurs ARE treated badly

MEMBERS OF THE UYGHUR minorities in China are treated shockingly badly, attendees at an international gathering this week agreed. The products, rights, jobs, of Uyghur people were being hit hard - by deeply unfair sanctions and policies from the United States and their allies. While the regional authorities provided training and funding for new industries…

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Record-breaking number of deals clinched at China import expo

THE 7TH CHINA INTERNATIONAL Import Expo (CIIE) filed a record number of business deals, with more than US$80 billion in agreements by Mainland and overseas enterprises. This is the highest in its seven year history. One of the world’s biggest import and trade shows, the expo at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai…

December 16, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Mainland China, HK, now helping other nations make clean energy transition

AFTER BECOMING GLOBAL LEADER of the transition to clean energy, China is reaching out to help neighbors achieve the same, it was revealed yesterday. And Hong Kong is playing a key part, having already sent expert teams of environmental engineers to other countries, said participants at the 'Pathways to a Sustainable Future' forum in Hong…

December 14, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Yes, China is preparing to take humans back to the moon

China has stepped up its operations to train a new generation of astronauts for more space exploration, including a crewed lunar landing mission by 2030. Chinese space programs have come under the media spotlight in recent years. China made history by retrieving rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon in June…

December 9, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Illiberal places are finding answers to the baby shortage

THERE ARE GLIMMERINGS of an answer to the worrying global baby shortage. But they are not being found in liberal places. The offering of government incentives to inspire people to have more children have largely failed—but now it's clear that a few exceptions have seen a small measure of success: four examples are given below.…

November 28, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Europe glares at China, hugs US and Israel: What’s going on?

Today, we are told, elites in Western Europe are “waking up to the malevolent influence of the Chinese regime”. At the same time, the conspicuously adverse, contemporary influence of the US and Israel in Europe prompts more “hug-ins” with this terrifying tag-team rather than any awakening. What is going on? Richard Cullen investigates. First: Europe…

November 28, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Starmer meets Xi today, hopes to rebuild UK’s relationship

THE UK IS GOING to try to rebuild its relationship with China, following years of backing US-led hostility and political interference. New British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil today. “We are both global players, global powers, both permanent members of the security council…

November 18, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Shenzhen becomes dominant seller of goods on Amazon

Amazon is now a Chinese sales outlet. A study of which communities actually provide the goods sold on the famous e-commerce site shows southern China has quietly become dominant. "Out of the top 20 cities with the most Amazon sellers, more than half are in China, with Shenzhen leading by a massive margin, hosting over…

October 26, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Global wind farm growth goes into reverse, except in China: new study

THE EFFORTS OF a single country are keeping the world's wind-power farms in growth mode, new data reveals. Without China, "wind farm installations may actually fall slightly this year," BloombergNEF reported yesterday. More than 130 nations last year agreed to triple clean power capacity by the end of the decade, but China is one of…

October 24, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Trump offer to let Chinese EV makers into US

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP invited Chinese electric carmakers to enter the US market—as long as they made the China-designed cars in America. This would be a stark contrast to the Biden-Harris system of keeping the popular clean-energy cars out of the country by slapping a 100 per cent surcharge on them. BANKERS INTRIGUED The…

August 22, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi