China's imports and exports expanded by 1.2 percent year-on-year in November, with exports recording the first expansion in dollar terms in seven months, according to official data of Thursday, beating markets expectations and offering more proof that China's economic recovery ...
China on Tuesday firmly pushed back against a decision by US ratings agency Moody's to affirm China's credit ratings but cut its outlook from stable to negative, stressing that China's economy remains resilient, it has the capabilities to deepen reforms ...
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's latest remarks that renewed the US illusion of the so-called China threat and attacked US chip companies that seek to continue doing business with China are counterproductive to the efforts from both sides of the ...
At the ongoing China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, a major platform for strengthening cooperation on safeguarding global supply chains, Chinese firms showcased their independent technological achievements as well as their efforts in cooperating with partners from around ...
When Chinese President Xi Jinping and the US President Joe Biden meet for the first time in a year in San Francisco later this week, there will be a complex, urgent set of bilateral and global issues for them to ...
The ongoing 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai serves as a catalyst for boosting bilateral trade cooperation between Kazakhstan and China, as bilateral trade is on track for another record this year, Kazakh Minister of Trade and Integration ...
Executives of many multinational companies have expressed their confidence in the Chinese market and vowed to further expand their businesses in the country, as they explore opportunities at the ongoing China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai.
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Shanghai announced on Thursday that it will co-host the American Food and Agriculture Pavilion with the US Department of Agriculture at the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE), marking the first official US ...
The central financial work conference that concluded on Tuesday stressed to comprehensively strengthen financial supervision, improve the financial system, optimize financial services, prevent and resolve risks, unswervingly follow the path of financial development with Chinese characteristics, and promote high-quality financial ...
Californian Governor Gavin Newsom's trip to China has drawn much attention both in China and the US over the past several days. As the first US state governor to visit China in more than four years, Newsom has been warmly ...
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday starts his four-day trip to Kyrgyzstan, attending the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Bishkek, and paying an official visit to Kyrgyz ...
At about 10 am on Monday morning, traffic was gridlocked outside a massive building in ¬-Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province. Many people were already lining up to enter the building. Inside, people of all nationalities and ethnicities carrying luggage moved ...
China on Wednesday launched the Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Initiative, offering an open, inclusive and fair approach for the development, security and governance of emerging artificial intelligence technologies and services, in stark contrast to the US' restrictions and blockade ...
The third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) is crucial for not just consultations on the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but also the promotion of unity, cooperation and peace, at a time of ...
On a summer afternoon this year, bridge cranes were in constant movement, loading and unloading massive cargo ships at the container terminal of the Port of Piraeus, about 10 kilometers southwest of Athens. A seemingly endless stream of ferries was ...
Several third-quarter indicators due out on Friday, including exports, are expected to show that the Chinese economy is still on a sustained recovery track, even as downward pressure persists due largely to a deteriorating external environment, Chinese economists said on ...
On a recent summer afternoon in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, there were very few people on the streets, and traffic was relatively light. Such a sight hardly showed any sign of a rapidly shifting global geo-economic landscape. Yet, a closer ...
As the 8-day Golden Week holiday approaches, tourists are swarming to China's famous landmarks like Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, the Bund in Shanghai, and West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province. The vibrant atmosphere, buzzing with excitement and activities, ...
Editor's Note: On Tuesday, Bakyt Torobaev, deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, held a meeting with representatives of many Chinese businesses to boost trade and investment cooperation with China. Following the meeting, the Global Times reporter Wang ...
On Tuesday morning, outside a hotel in northeastern Beijing, a motorcade consisting of cars with diplomatic plates and police cars packed the parking lot. In the lobby, a big blue poster with the Chinese and Kyrgyz flags reads: "Deputy Prime ...
Chinese and EU officials on Monday held a high-level economic and trade dialogue in person in Beijing for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that they had held “in-depth, candid and productive” talks and reached a series of ...
The 20th China-ASEAN Expo, which concluded on Tuesday in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, saw record numbers of events, cooperation projects and investments. Nearly 2,000 businesses, up 18.2 percent from 2022, showcased their products at the expo. High-tech ...
At first glance, the streets of Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, look more like a typical Central Asian city. There are not many high rises. Most of the street signs are in Uzbek or Russian, though some newer restaurants also carried ...
China and ASEAN are set to further boost economic and trade cooperation amid a rapidly shifting global geo-economic landscape, as a major expo is set to kick off on Saturday in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, offering a ...
Ask anyone in Uzbekistan about the biggest advantage of the country's culture and tourism development, the response is usually three words - history, culture and safety - usually in that order. In history, Uzbekistan was a crucial hub on the ...
At a major fair for investment and trade that kicked off in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province on Friday, many global businesses, including those from the US and the UK, expressed confidence in the Chinese market thanks to the long-term ...
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo held “rational, candid and constructive” talks on Monday, the second day of the US commerce chief's four-day high-stake trip to China, and the two sides announced to set up ...
The Chinese mainland on Monday suspended imports of mangoes from the island of Taiwan, after detecting harmful pests in the fruit that pose a serious threat to the mainland's agricultural production and biological security if allowed in, a mainland official ...
The US' announcement of preliminary anti-dumping duties on tin-plated steel imports from three countries based on a single firm's petition unfairly targets China, with a substantially higher tariff rate on its imports, which is likely in violation of WTO rules, ...
US politicians, including President Joe Biden, and some mainstream media have recently launched a smearing campaign against China's economy, while touting the so-called "Bidenomics"; however, lingering risks in the US economy and Washington's toxic policies have already wreaked havoc and ...
The 7th China-South Asia Expo officially kicked off in Kunming, the provincial capital of Southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Wednesday, fully resuming its offline exhibition for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and offering a crucial ...
After a series of Chinese policymakers' back-to-back policy measures to boost the economy in the second half of 2023, many around the world are keeping a close eye on China's forthcoming economic data for July to gauge the recovery trajectory ...
China on Thursday scathingly criticized the US government's move to ban new US investment in key technology industries in China, the latest attempt in Washington's relentless crackdown campaign against China. China has lodged stern representations with the US side and ...
Chinese farmers and analysts said on Wednesday that while the country's Northeast region, which accounts for more than one-fifth of the national grain production and is known as "China's granary," recently suffered from severe rainstorms and flooding, the impact on ...
In China's economic policymaking, policymakers and economists often use a rather apt term to describe the integral role the private sector plays in the country's social and economic development: "56789." This refers to private firms' contribution of more than 50 ...
Chinese authorities on Monday issued 20 measures to boost domestic consumption, including support for expanding real estate and auto sales, underscoring the country's intensifying efforts to ensure steady economic recovery and meet annual economic development goals amid internal and external ...
Chinese and overseas markets on Tuesday responded positively to a top meeting on the Chinese economy, where top Chinese officials vowed various efforts to ensure reasonable economic growth amid new challenges, which evidently injected confi-dence into the growth prospect of ...
China's six largest economic powerhouse provinces had all released their first-half GDP data as of Sunday, showing solid expansion, with many growing faster than the national economy, amid a steady recovery despite domestic and external downward pressure.
Chinese officials said on Monday China's economy expanded by 6.3 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023, as they sought to project confidence in the overall positive recovery trend, while also acknowledging challenges from a complex global political and ...
Chinese officials said on Friday that China's economic recovery remains on track, with positive improvements in the economic cycle, residents' income and consumption, and has effectively coped with changes in the external environment amid an intricate and complex global geo-economic ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Thursday that it holds an open and welcoming attitude toward a potential visit by US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, in the latest sign of growing official bilateral exchanges, but the ministry reiterated ...
Success in R&D over the years has propelled the private company to be the first firm listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's new Science and Technology Innovation Board, or the STAR market, a NASDAQ-style board for tech firms. That has ...
China's Ministry of Finance said on Monday that in meetings with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during her recent China trip, the Chinese side raised major concerns with the US side, and urged the US to remove additional tariffs on ...
Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Beijing on Friday, urging the US to maintain a "rational and pragmatic" attitude and work with China to bring bilateral ties back to the right track as soon ...
The sun shone brightly in the clear, blue sky right before noon at the Meishan Port Area of the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province. Several massive, red tower cranes were simultaneously loading and unloading containers from a ...
The third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo kicked off on Thursday in Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province, where representatives from 53 African countries and 12 international organizations gathered to further boost bilateral cooperation, with deals worth $19.1 billion expected to ...
Even as American officials, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are pursuing talks with their Chinese counterparts aimed at stabilizing a bilateral relationship that is at its nadir, there is growing talk in Washington of letting a landmark bilateral ...
As Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set to embark on his first overseas trip as premier to Germany and France on Sunday, strengthening economic and trade cooperation between China and two of European continent's biggest economies is high on the ...
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned of “disastrous” consequences for the US to decouple from China, while also claiming that the World Bank and the IMF can be used as “an important counterweight” to China.
The US has become hysterical and unscrupulous in its campaign to contain China's technological rise, even as some of its radical export bans are facing increasing resistance from industry players due to massive losses, Chinese officials and experts said on ...
Chinese officials said on Monday that China has achieved positive initial results in building a unified national market, and they vowed to further carry out the crucial strategy, which aims to root out local protectionism and give full play to ...
Foreign ministers from the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – kicked off a meeting on Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa, where they are expected to discuss a wide range of issues, including preparation for ...
On a sweltering Friday afternoon, cranes periodically maneuver over a massive construction site in northwest Beijing's Haidian district. Inside the walled-up site, trucks and machines roar, though the sound is muffled. At first glance, this is just a typical scene ...
China is making clear its unwavering commitment to openness and global cooperation in scientific and technological innovation with two major tech forums that have brought together businesses and scholars from around the world, in a resounding rejection of the US' ...
Standing in the middle of a massive construction site with a strong, gusty wind and constant construction noise in the background, Fu Xing, a mid-aged, bespectacled construction manager with a slight figure can barely be heard. Wearing his typical workman ...
The 3rd China-Central & Eastern European Countries (CEEC) Expo officially kicked off in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday, drawing a record number of participants as many CEEC businesses are keen to introduce everything from agricultural products to wine ...
As finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries continued their three-day meeting in Japan on Friday in preparation for the leaders' summit next week, Washington's gridlock over its debt ceiling issue has cast a dark cloud over the ...
A detailed report by China Media Group (CMG) detailing Chinese national security and other authorities' recent law enforcement action against consultancy Capvision has drawn widespread attention from foreign media outlets and representatives of certain Western business groups in China. But ...
China is willing to further deepen friendly cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and work together to make the global intellectual property governance system fairer and more equitable and better improve the well-being of humankind, Chinese President Xi ...
Sitting at the southernmost tip of the Chinese mainland, Xuwen Port in Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province was one of the starting ports for the ancient Maritime Silk Road more than 2,000 years ago. Today, the port is the world's ...
The 133rd China Import and Export Fair, commonly known as the Canton Fair, officially kicked off with an opening ceremony on Friday in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong, and is expected to be the largest ever after fully resuming its offline ...
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday officially kicked off his highly expected visit to China, after a brief delay due to his health condition.
Sanya, a city in South China's Hainan Province, is known as a holiday paradise for both Chinese and foreign travelers. However, when Yuan Zhipeng arrived in the city in 2020, he didn't come for the beautiful beaches and resorts the ...
Top Chinese agricultural scientists have warned against food security risks for the country due to a number of factors, including growing domestic demand and over-reliance on imports amid global uncertainties, while vowing to make breakthroughs in studying and finding better ...
"The world assumed China had been sleeping for three years, but it certainly has not," Mark Hutchinson, CEO of Fortescue Future Industries, an Australian green energy firm, said at a panel discussion at the BFA, pointing to advances in China's ...
Chinese Premier Li Qiang inspected South China's Hainan Province and met with Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire Patrick Achi and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva, stressing China's high-level opening-up and firm support for multilateralism and ...
Asian officials and top experts on Wednesday called for efforts to safeguard and advance regional economic integration, which they say is crucial for regional and global peace and prosperity, as they warned against the dangers of rising major power rivalry ...
Behind foreign media outlets' obsession with Jack Ma's travels is their relentless campaign to smear China, in this case China's policies for the private sector. But as usual, they are wrong and utterly unprofessional. Just take a look at the ...
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) said in a report on Tuesday that Asia's economy is expected to grow 4.5 percent in 2023 thanks to an accelerating pace of growth, which will be a “bright spot” in an otherwise bleak ...
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) officially kicked off its annual conference in Boao, South China's Hainan Province on Tuesday, with experts saying Asia's accelerating economic recovery in 2023 will be a "bright spot" in an otherwise bleak economic landscape ...
One thing was widely anticipated before TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the US Congress, and then verified on Thursday: that the hearing was nothing more than xenophobic political grandstanding and that nothing will change Washington's attempt to seize ...
The US is aggressively pushing forward talks for its so-called Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), which is widely viewed as an attempt to rope in countries in the Asia-Pacific region to contain China, but negotiations have not only failed to make ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Thursday pushed back against foreign media claims of Chinese “trade curbs” against Australian coal imports, saying such misleading claims are inappropriate and China's automatic permit management system for coal imports is functioning normally.
China will fully promote rural vitalization and accelerate the pace of agricultural and rural modernization in order to the build the country into a great agricultural power by the middle of this century, President Xi Jinping stressed in an article ...
During this year's two sessions, Xi made three such visits and meetings and delivered a speech at the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), the country's national legislature, on Monday morning. On three ...
President Xi Jinping's unswerving support and encouraging words for the country's private businesses have reverberated through the vast private sector, with many firms and entrepreneurs on Tuesday vowing to strive for sound development in line with the country's goal for ...
Chinese officials said on Monday the country's goal to achieve a GDP growth target of around 5 percent in 2023 conforms to the long-term trend of economic development and the focus on tackling risks and improving quality and efficiency, underscoring ...
As China prepares to kick off its annual two sessions on Saturday, what can be expected from one of China's most important political and economic events of the year? President Xi Jinping's remarks made at various top meetings over the ...
As recession warning signs continue to flash for the global economy, particularly in some advanced economies, Chinese and overseas markets and businesses are turning their eyes to one of China's most important political events scheduled to start later this week, ...
The head of China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), which oversees giant state-owned enterprises (SOEs), vowed on Thursday that it will strive for faster growth in the profits of centrally administered SOEs and take ...
China and five Central Asian countries on Thursday kicked off a first-ever forum on industry and investment cooperation in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, eyeing greater collaboration in digital economy, energy and agriculture.
Over the past week or so, many foreign media outlets have been hyping an incident on February 6 involving Chinese and Philippine vessels in the waters off the Ren'ai Reef, which is part of China's Nansha Islands. US officials, in ...
Editor's Note: Since 2012, China has witnessed an extraordinary economic transition, with historic achievements in all aspects of the economy from its size to quality. Such an unparalleled feat does not just happen, especially during a tumultuous period in the global ...
On a cold Thursday at the Manzhouli port in North China's Inner Mongolia, the roar of trucks and excavators was constant. An endless stream of cargo trucks passed through the port and on the roadside, and long lines of trucks ...
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Monday held a video meeting with Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell, the first meeting between a Chinese commerce minister and an Australian trade minister in three years. Both sides described the meeting as an ...
In 1986, Japan was forced by the US into an agreement that led to the dismantling of its once world-leading chip industry. Now, Japan wants to revive the sector, but it must take orders from the US again to target ...
Chinese mainland stocks mounted a remarkable rally on Monday, the first trading day of the year of the Rabbit, with a benchmark surging to a near bull market, despite a pullback later in the session, as market sentiments are evidently ...
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Tuesday offered a comprehensive view on China's economy and its development strategies during a speech at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, expressing confidence in an overall improvement of China's ...
As thousands of political, economic and social leaders from around the world gather in the Swiss resort of Davos for the annual conference of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which kicked off in person on Monday for the first time ...
Several economic indicators and other prominent signs on Thursday suggested that the Chinese economy is headed for a fast recovery and a world-leading growth rate in 2023, with latest inflation data showing price stability in 2022 despite huge pressure. As ...
On a Monday morning in Erenhot, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, temperatures are low and the streets are mostly empty. But for Li, a local government official, this winter is relatively warmer and busy scenes will soon return to ...
Major border ports in North China's Inner Mongolia and Southwest China's Yunnan on Sunday officially lifted restrictions related to COVID-19 as part of the country's new optimized management, fully resuming normal operations following pandemic disruptions in the past three years. ...
Chinese stocks both on the mainland and in Hong Kong made solid gains on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2023, after overcoming earlier losses, with certain indexes pointing to the best start to a year in four years, with ...
China's ultra-efficiency in policymaking and implementation has been on full display in the last week of 2022. After the nation's top health authority on Monday night announced it will downgrade management of COVID-19 and lift quarantine requirements on inbound travelers ...
In a major speech at the central rural work conference from Friday to Saturday, where top officials mapped out policy priorities for agriculture, rural areas, and farmers in 2023, President Xi Jinping again stressed the need to protect food security, ...
Jonathan Tepperman, former editor of Foreign Policy magazine, wrote that the US should adjust policies to deal with a “collapsing China.” Many Western media reports have intensified “China collapse” fearmongering, which is an attempt to cover up crises in the ...
In August 2014, when then US president Barack Obama convened the first ever US-Africa Leaders' Summit in Washington DC, he announced, among the very few outcomes of the three-day event, that the summit “will be a recurring event.” More than ...
We Chinese people have reasons to believe we are well positioned to move into a new chapter. When we eventually emerge from the cloud of COVID-19 stronger, all the Western media headlines desperately wishing for a "China collapse" will again ...
As China moves decisively to get out of the haze of the COVID-19 pandemic, a battle to boost the economic recovery has also begun. The rebound will be nothing short of spectacular.
A US district judge in Brooklyn, New York on Friday dismissed an indictment against Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies. The move is purely a formality after a deferred prosecution agreement reached with US prosecutors ...
As more European leaders are coming to China for talks in what appears to be a clear shift in approach to China, many are keenly watching for signs of breakthroughs in bilateral ties that have been strained over the past ...
The UK government confirmed on Tuesday that it would spend 700 million pounds ($839 million) of its taxpayers' money amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades simply to buy out a Chinese firm's stake in the Sizewell C nuclear power ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Saturday agreed to build a more stable, prosperous and sustainable China-Thailand community with a shared future during their meeting in Bangkok.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday delivered a written speech to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit held in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, calling for steadfastly advancing the Asia-Pacific regional economic integration and building a Asia-Pacific community of shared ...
The 2022 G20 Leaders' Summit concluded on Wednesday with member states issuing a joint declaration on cooperation for global development, and analysts said that China's proposals have received worldwide support and contributed wisdom for the turbulent world to deal with ...
Economic connections between China and Indonesia, host of the ongoing G20 Summit, are set to be strengthened, underpinned by a shared vision between the two countries and a new pattern of bilateral relations driven by the "four wheels" - political, ...
Speaking at the G20 Leaders' Summit in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for unity and inclusive global development as the world faces major challenges, while warning that drawing ideological lines and promoting group politics and bloc ...
The Jakarta Post, the main English-language daily in Indonesia, which holds the G20 presidency this year, made a sincere appeal to world leaders on Monday: “Please don't come to Bali just to quarrel.” In an article written by Kornelius Purba, ...
During German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's closely watched trip to China on Friday, China and Germany discussed a wide range of topics, including bilateral economic and trade cooperation and global issues of shared interest. While much of the discussions were more ...
After weeks of speculation and controversy, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to arrive in Beijing later this week for his first visit to China since becoming chancellor. Scholz himself has for weeks made clear his plan to visit China, ...
Australia will eventually pay dearly for the irresponsible vicious words and deeds of their leaders. Canberra has already pushed itself into a vicious circle in antagonizing China and Albanese has a real opportunity to pull himself out. But will he? ...
Certainly, under the current toxic political environment in Washington filled with raging anti-China hostility, ending the tariff war means Biden will be crucified by his political opponents, particularly Trump and his former lieutenants who are looking to run for president ...
The debt troubles are severe but there are also initiatives and ways to tackle them. For example, the G20 economies have provided support through debt suspension and external debt restructuring to poor and developing countries. China is a leading advocate ...
As the head of the US Treasury Department, which has been imposing numerous types of sanctions against other countries, including Russia, China and some of their allies, Yellen should know better that sanctions and long-arm jurisdictions do not work for ...
India appears to have successfully foiled an attempt by the US to blackmail the South Asian country into abandoning its energy trade with Russia and joining in the US-led sanctions against Moscow. Having repeatedly threatened with "significant and long-term" consequences ...
Right now, US elites are complacent thinking no currency can challenge the dollar. They may be right about that. But who says the world has to be dominated by one currency? Would a multi-currency payment system be much safer and ...
Concerns, genuine or otherwise, were already growing over the downward pressure of the Chinese economy in 2022, then a new severe wave of COVID-19 infections in several major cities, including the spread of the more transmissible Omicron variant, sparked a ...
Jim Cramer, the famed financial commentator on the US business news network CNBC who usually has plenty of recommendations for stock picks even during periods of financial crisis (He once said Bear Stearns was in good shape right ...
A ship loaded with 20,000 tons of fertilizer from Shandong-based producer Seawin Biotech meant for export to Sri Lanka is on its way back after failing to reach any constructive agreement with Sri Lanka, despite relentless efforts to solve the ...
If there was still any question about China's solid economic resilience or the US' fragile economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the two countries' vastly different reactions to the emergence of the Omicron variant should offer an unmistakable answer.
US President Joe Biden is far from recovering from a disastrous military withdrawal from Afghanistan that was set in motion before he took over the White House, and he is now facing a dilemma over another lost cause started by ...
After months of what his administration called a review period on its trade policy toward China, US President Joe Biden appears poised to make some adjustments to his predecessor Donald Trump's toxic China trade policy.
After a week of diplomacy in Europe, where he had to apologize to world leaders for his predecessor's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate pact, US President Joe Biden returned to Washington on Wednesday to face what some call ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel received her discharge papers on Tuesday, formally marking the conclusion of her 16-year reign as Chancellor. An iconic figure on the global stage, Merkel has been largely praised by world leaders. Within the EU, where she ...
Even as the deadly COVID-19 pandemic remains a severe challenge, another crisis – one that can also be deadly and just as intricate and difficult to tackle – is emerging. Ahead of a rapidly approaching Northern Hemisphere winter, many parts ...
After a period of turbulence in bilateral relations, China and the EU appear to be ramping up diplomatic communication and exchanges.
Following several days of belligerent claims and counterclaims between France and the US over what French officials called a stab in the back in the form of a new agreement among the US, the UK and Australia known as AUKUS, ...
A week ago, Chinese and US leaders held a phone call that injected some positive sentiment into what have otherwise been rapidly deteriorating China-US relations. Nevertheless, the US government seems to continue to provoke China on some issues related ...
After a chaotic and deadly evacuation debacle, the US' 20-year war in Afghanistan ended in disgrace and defeat. Political finger-pointing and calls for refection and accountability were seen and heard in the US.
With the chaotic evacuation of the US and its allies from the Kabul airport still underway and profound political and security uncertainty still hanging over the country, it is difficult and may even be premature at this moment to envision ...
On July 1, China declared that it has reached its first centenary development goal - building a moderately prosperous society, or xiaokang, in all respects and is marching in confident strides toward the second centennial goal of building the nation ...
As Chinese regulators mount a broad and swift crackdown on monopolistic and other illegal practices in several sectors, including internet and after-school tutoring, many questions have been raised: Is this a short-term trend or a lasting theme for China's regulatory ...
There is no better phrase to describe what China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is going through than a popular Chinese idiom: Misfortunes never come alone.
As veteran German leader Angela Merkel plans to step down in a few weeks, the future of the massive China-Germany economic and trade relationship could enter a period of uncertainty with very different views and rhetoric coming out from German ...
A media report that sharply criticized the vast online gaming industry over adverse effect on the population continues to send shockwaves through financial markets as well as influencing the public conversation.
A new wave of COVID-19 infections in numerous places across China has prompted swift anti-virus efforts by officials, including shutting down tourist attractions and imposing travel restrictions, raising concerns over potentially profound disruptions to China's hard-won, robust economic recovery in ...
The record rainfall and deadly floods over the past several days in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province have triggered China into a crisis management mode. As of Thursday noon, the situation remains dire in Zhengzhou and elsewhere in the province, ...
How close China and Russia are in terms of diplomatic ties? Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has described the two nations as better than allies.
Chinese regulators' swift actions against Didi Chuxing this week unleashed quite a shock wave through the financial market and the vast domestic digital economy. Since the first action - a cybersecurity review - on July 2, the online ride-hailing giant's ...
At a grand ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, President Xi Jinping declared the completion of building China into a moderately prosperous society in all respects – an achievement in social and economic development ...
China on Wednesday harshly criticized the US Senate's passing of an innovation and competition bill, saying that the legislation is full of Cold War mentality, grossly interferes in China's internal affairs and is doomed to fail, urging Washington to halt ...
China on Tuesday kicked off a major trade expo aimed at boosting trade with Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) with widespread participation by heads of state and businesses from the region, shrugging off recent disruptions and noise instigated by ...
On surface, the Biden administration stresses "competition", instead of confrontation pursued by its predecessors, but the US is actually becoming more hostile as it hypes the issue of the COVID-19 origin to stigmatize China again, with Chinese experts warning that ...
Chinese and US senior trade officials on Thursday held what both sides described as "candid" discussions in their first phone call since US President Joe Biden took office, sending a positive signal that the world's two biggest economies are restarting ...
As China seeks to bolster its world-leading big data industry, which has transformed businesses and people's daily lives, there are calls for more efforts to protect data security. In addition to increasing investment in security, regulations are needed to ensure ...
China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday praised China-New Zealand bilateral relations based on mutual respect and interests and urged the country to shrug off external disruptions to jointly advance the relationship and expand areas of cooperation, after the New Zealand Foreign ...
Industrial commodity prices extended sharp losses on Monday both in China and abroad, after officials in China, the world's factory floor and largest consumer of raw materials, intensified a top-down campaign to rein in runaway prices that have already exerted ...
China and Russia are seeking to further bolster the security of their financial and trade relations to fend off threats posed by some “unfriendly” countries, officials said on Tuesday, in an apparent reference to the US and a few Western ...
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov started a two-day trip to China on Monday, days after senior Chinese and US officials clashed openly during a bilateral meeting, a major topic in talks with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang ...
After the world saw what has been characterized as an unprecedented open confrontation between China and the US, many in the business world are turning their eyes to trade in the hope of possible cooperation, as the two biggest economic ...
In a move apparently timed to strike a tough tone ahead of a key dialogue on Thursday, the US government took a couple of moves against Chinese telecommunication companies, continuing a Trump-era crackdown on Chinese firms that has drawn ire ...
As the world turns its eyes to a critical high-level meeting between senior Chinese and US officials, the US picked up a signature Trump era strategy of wielding the stick ahead of talks by issuing sanctions against two dozen Chinese ...
Since neighboring Myanmar plunged into a political crisis, China has strictly observed its long-standing diplomatic tradition of noninterference into other countries' internal affairs and advocacy for peaceful resolution of conflicts. However, many Western governments and political activists have been inclined, ...
Chinese market regulators moved swiftly to crack down on illegal activities in the country's burgeoning online e-commerce platforms by releasing a series of probes and directives on Tuesday, a day after a widely watched television show exposed a litany of ...
Trade issues, particularly the lingering tariffs war, will “definitely” be on the agenda for the first China-US high-level official dialogue since Joe Biden took over the White House – but any concrete outcome is unlikely as the focus will likely ...
A senior official from China's central bank on Wednesday reiterated that the country will ensure "continuity and stability" in macro policies for 2021, in an apparent bid to calm worries over the potential normalization of monetary and fiscal support, given ...
China announced on Friday a growth target of over 6 percent for its economy for 2021, picking up the decades-long tradition of releasing a numeric goal after skipping it in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, showcasing top policymakers' solid ...
China has formally entered the annual "two sessions" time Thursday as the country's top political advisory body Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) kicked off. The National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislative body, will start Friday.
Top Chinese legislators and political advisors are calling for the country to set up an EU-style "passporting" mechanism for financial services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) to allow seamless integration among Hong Kong and Macao special administrative ...
Top political advisory body held its first press conference on Wednesday ahead of its annual sessions, which means China has officially ushered in “two session” time. The country's annual top political event carries extra weight this year, as China moves ...
As thousands of China's top legislators and political advisors prepare to convene in Beijing later this week for the annual two sessions, they are tasked to review and discuss various policy priorities and sweeping development plans designed to further lift ...
With many Hong Kong-based deputies to the national legislature and members of the top political advisory body set to attend the upcoming two sessions in Beijing, they are bringing a flurry of proposals and suggestions focused on further boosting economic ...
The US Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday issued a report addressing the China-US economic relationship, warning hundreds of billions of dollars in potential losses for US businesses if a decoupling were to take place but also repeating accusations of China's ...
A massive winter storm in the middle swath of the US forced closures at some refineries and oil fields which drove up crude prices, raising concerns of a potential impact on China's purchases of US oil covered in the phase ...
After US President Joe Biden warned of "extreme competition" with China, while also making clear that he would not pursue the same path his predecessor Donald Trump took, many in China's technological arena took that as a clear sign that ...
Around this time last year, China was brought to a virtual standstill by the novel coronavirus, with widespread business shutdowns and millions of consumers trapped at home. This year, cascading wave of people rushing to local markets and online shopping ...
For years, China has been known as the factory of the world. That has not changed, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when China supplied everything from personal protective gear to daily goods for countries around the world. But as China ...
China on Tuesday struck a notably positive tone over economic and trade issues with the US, with the country's top diplomat reiterating China's openness to US businesses and broader cooperation, as the new US administration maintains a tough tone but ...
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Monday defended the national security law for the city as a stabilizing force that creates a stable and safe environment for businesses, while harshly criticizing the US ...
Australia appears to be pulling another publicity stunt. In a recent interview, the newly installed Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan said that he had written a "detailed" letter to his Chinese counterpart in which he expresses hope that they could ...
In a rare move, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government chief Carrie Lam reported her work to Chinese President Xi Jinping via a videoconference on Wednesday - the first time since the city returned to the motherland in ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday heard the annual duty report from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor via video link, praising Lam on her "firm stand" on major issues such as national security, ...
Since taking over the White House, US President Joe Biden has kept his focus on pressing domestic issues and reversing a slew of actions taken by his predecessor Donald Trump, which is understandable given the confluence of crises the US ...
China on Tuesday called on the new administration of US President Joe Biden to reverse what officials called the "wrong policies" toward China under former president Donald Trump, and instead take a positive and constructive approach to pull bilateral ties ...
Addressing the World Economic Forum on Monday night, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a stern repudiation of bullying tactics, ideological prejudice and hatred as well as economic decoupling and sanctions, which he warned could push the world into division and ...
Even as clusters of COVID-19 outbreaks in several places across the country renewed worry over potential disruptions to economic activities, many provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have recently moved to continue a long-running tradition of setting an annual GDP growth ...
Chinese experts remain cautious over the relatively tough policy stances toward China aired by several of incoming US President Joe Biden's cabinet minister nominees, saying that the harsh rhetoric on trade and other issues will persist under the new US ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Davos Agenda of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and deliver a speech via video link on January 25, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday, marking the first major diplomatic event of the ...
With the first anniversary of the China-US phase one deal's signing falling on Friday, the entire world is glued to how the incoming Joe Biden administration will mobilize his brand new negotiating team to reach out to the US' most ...
Just days ahead of a power transfer in the US, several positive signs - from solid progress for the phase one trade agreement, encouraging words from China's top leader, to news of potential engagement between Chinese officials and the new ...
Shares of three Chinese telecom giants rallied in Hong Kong on Monday, surging as much as about 6 percent, in what appears to be a defiant move by investors in the three firms, following a US move to delist them ...
Even as he incited violence in the US capital that plunged the country into chaos, President Donald Trump appears to be stepping up his ill attempt for China-US economic decoupling, as his administration reportedly mulls blacklisting Alibaba Group and Tencent ...
In the first three days of 2021, China launched its first free trade agreement (FTA) with an African nation and China's foreign minister prepared for his first official trip of the year to several African countries, underscoring China's unchanged focus ...
China and the European Union (EU) are pushing for the inking of the sweeping Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), despite a rising number of hurdles during the negotiation and the increasing pressure from third parties, such as the US, said ...
Top Chinese policymakers on Friday put heavy emphasis on addressing various internal challenges ranging from consumption, technology and financial security at a key meeting that outlines top policy priorities for 2021, signaling the world's second-largest economy is shifting reliance on ...
Chinese financial technology (fintech) firms are scrambling to shut down certain online banking services that could potentially be targeted by tighter regulations as part of Chinese regulators' recent campaign to crack down on illegal activities in the online financial sector ...
Chinese top policymakers are expected to outline economic policy priorities and targets for 2021 at a highly-anticipated tone-setting meeting, which could pave the way for the most significant shift in China's economic development model in decades that puts more focus ...
In a recent interview with Reuters, outgoing US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer sought to defend the US' multi-year trade war with China and even suggested that the incoming Joe Biden administration should keep tariffs on Chinese goods and "hold their ...
China is expected to open up new sectors and industries, including forestry resource, mining rights and carbon emissions trading, to both domestic and foreign businesses, as it started to remove restrictions and approval requirements in what's known as a negative ...
Following weeks of speculation over US president-elect Joe Biden's stance toward China-US trade ties, with a lingering bruising trade war hanging overhead, a still-elusive but emerging image of the new US administration's approach is slowly taking shape, as Biden continues ...
This week, Chinese and EU officials are holding a fresh round of negotiations for a highly anticipated bilateral investment treaty (BIT) that would further boost investment and trade between the two major economies. While few details have emerged from the ...
China is likely to further increase purchases of US agricultural products, particularly soybeans, in 2021, as Beijing continues to fulfill its commitment under the phase one trade agreement and domestic demand surges, according to industry and trade analysts.
China's exports jumped to record levels in November, offering fresh evidence of the world's second-largest economy's solid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ravage many major economies, while slower growth in imports also underscored persistent pressure on domestic ...
China's leading chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) said on Friday that the US' blacklisting would not result in any major impacts on its operations and denied US allegations over its relationship with the Chinese military.
Market expectations for US President-elect Joe Biden to remove costly tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese products, which have been ruled illegal by the WTO and drawn court action by 3,500 US companies, have dimmed after ...
China and Russia are moving closer to further coordinate and cooperate in a wide range of areas, from epidemic control and prevention to trade, as both countries face an increasingly uncertain and risky external environment marked by not just the ...
As US president-elect Joe Biden started to pick his economic team, China is also waiting to see who will take over Washington's years-long trade and technology war with Beijing, with analysts expressing "cautious optimism" after Biden picked economists with no ...
China has fulfilled its commitment under the phase one trade agreement with the US to carry out dozens of quarantine protocols that pave the way for expanding imports of US animal and plant products, a customs official said on Monday, ...
While the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a platform for its eight members to coordinate security policies, the upcoming meeting of the Council of Heads of Government is likely to focus on cooperation in fighting the COVID-19 epidemic, as well ...
The European Union (EU) needs to seize the window of opportunity and push for signing the China-EU bilateral investment treaty (BIT) by the end of the year, to achieve a win-win pact for businesses on both sides against the backdrop ...
