4 h. ago China Continues Its Steady Expansion Into Central Asia On The Sidelines Of Big Summits

China Continues Its Steady Expansion Into Central Asia On The Sidelines Of Big Summits  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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11 h. ago China gold licences: Yellow metal’s largest buyer to ease rules; continues to diversify away from dollar

China gold licences: Yellow metal’s largest buyer to ease rules; continues to diversify away from dollar  The Times of India

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61 h. ago As aid runs thin, Afghanistan’s quakes spell ‘intergenerational’ crisis

Earthquakes that flattened villages in eastern Afghanistan this month destroyed homes and livestock, the only assets owned by most families, leaving survivors with almost nothing to rebuild as aid runs thin. At least 2,200 people were killed and more than half a million affected when a powerful earthquake struck the region on the night of August 31 followed by a series of strong aftershocks. The quakes have left tens of thousands of people homeless, with some fearing further landslides. Abdul...

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68 h. ago China Rocket Force bans nearly 200 suppliers, evaluators after corruption probe

The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force has terminated nearly 200 partnerships with experts and suppliers, following an investigation into procurement corruption covering the past nine years, as scrutiny of the troubled military branch continues. The official China Government Procurement News reported on Tuesday that between August 28 and September 1, the rocket force made announcements on the military procurement network, banning 74 bid evaluation experts and 116 suppliers. Some suppliers and...

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68 h. ago China’s rocket force bans nearly 200 suppliers, evaluators after corruption probe

The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force has terminated nearly 200 partnerships with experts and suppliers, following an investigation into procurement corruption covering the past nine years, as scrutiny of the troubled military branch continues. The official China Government Procurement News reported on Tuesday that between August 28 and September 1, the rocket force made announcements on the military procurement network, banning 74 bid evaluation experts and 116 suppliers. Some suppliers and...

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3 d. ago China takes top place in new Asia green central banking scorecard

China takes top place in new Asia green central banking scorecard  Green Central Banking

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3 d. ago China's core CPI continues expansion, PPI decline narrows as policies take hold

China's core CPI continues expansion, PPI decline narrows as policies take hold  chinadailyasia.com

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3 d. ago Watch China AI Rally Continues Amid Weak Inflation Data | The China Show 9/10/2025

Watch China AI Rally Continues Amid Weak Inflation Data | The China Show 9/10/2025  Bloomberg

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4 d. ago Tesla continues its skid in mainland China as sales and market share fall

Tesla is gradually losing its appeal in China’s premium electric vehicle (EV) segment as its sales and market share fall. The US carmaker handed 57,152 Shanghai-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles over to customers on the mainland last month, down 9.9 per cent from a year earlier, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). That meant Tesla’s losing streak has extended to six months in a row, despite its efforts to woo consumers away from rivals like Xpeng and Xiaomi with price cuts,...

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4 d. ago Tesla continues its skid in China as August sales and market share fall

Tesla is gradually losing its appeal in China’s premium electric vehicle (EV) segment as its sales and market share fall. The US carmaker handed 57,152 Shanghai-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles over to customers on the mainland last month, down 9.9 per cent from a year earlier, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). That meant Tesla’s losing streak has extended to six months in a row, despite its efforts to woo consumers away from rivals like Xpeng and Xiaomi with price cuts,...

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4 d. ago As China’s ‘Air Silk Road’ grows, can homegrown C909, C919 jets take off abroad?

China plans to help dozens of countries develop their civil aviation capabilities through the Air Silk Road – a campaign that could, in turn, promote its home-grown aircraft and boost trade with nations from Central Asia to Europe. In the next phase of the eight-year-old initiative, Beijing would step up cooperation on aircraft leasing and civil aviation equipment manufacturing with some of the 150 countries taking part in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the government said in a report. At a...

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5 d. ago China's exports continue to grow, despite a sharp decline in its trade with the U.S.

China's exports continue to grow, despite a sharp decline in its trade with the U.S.  marketplace.org

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5 d. ago Mars discovery, NBA star writes for Chinese state media: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s export growth slows in August under shadow of trade war uncertainty China’s exports continued to rise in August, though at a slower pace, with the near-term outlook clouded as global markets watch to see whether the world’s two largest economies can reach a lasting and durable trade deal. 2. Oxford’s Ian Goldin on the biggest challenges for China’s...

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5 d. ago China’s export growth slows in August under shadow of trade war uncertainty

China’s exports continued to rise in August, though at a slower pace, as global markets watch to see whether the world’s two largest economies can reach a lasting and durable trade deal. Outbound shipments rose by 4.4 per cent year on year to US$321.8 billion last month, according to customs data released on Monday. The figure was lower than the 7.2 per cent recorded in July and fell short of the 5.4 per cent forecasted by Chinese financial data provider Wind. Imports in August, meanwhile, rose...

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9 d. ago Venture firm Lanchi doubles down on Chinese AI, robotics start

Chinese venture capital firm Lanchi Ventures is doubling down on investing in China’s artificial intelligence and robotics start-ups while raising a new fund amid increased global investor appetite for the country’s early-stage tech firms, its executives said. Lanchi Ventures, formerly known as BlueRun Ventures China, would continue to be “all in” on AI and robotics, focusing on AI applications, multimodal AI models and firms targeting overseas markets, managing partner Jui Tan said in an...

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9 d. ago Trump tells Europe to put economic pressure on China over Ukraine

US President Donald Trump urged European countries on Thursday to put economic pressure on China because of its support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said. Speaking by video conference with European leaders gathered in Paris, Trump also said “Europe must stop purchasing Russian oil that is funding the war”, a senior White House official said on condition of anonymity. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, who also took part in the meeting, said earlier that Trump was “very...

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9 d. ago Afghan earthquake deaths top 2,200, survivors face aid crunch

Rescuers on Thursday pulled bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan’s earthquakes as the confirmed death toll topped 2,200, while homeless survivors faced a bleak future with global aid agencies warning of dwindling resources. Search operations continued in the quake-hit mountainous eastern areas, the Taliban administration said, announcing a new death toll of 2,205 with at least 3,640 people injured. “Everything we had has been destroyed,” said Aalem Jan, whose house in the...

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1 week ago Afghan commandos airdrop to quake zones where helicopters can’t land

Afghanistan airdropped commandos on Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble of homes in mountainous eastern areas ravaged by earthquakes this week that have killed 1,400, as it ramped up efforts to deliver food, shelter and medical supplies. The first earthquake of magnitude 6, one of Afghanistan’s worst in recent years, unleashed widespread damage and destruction when it struck the provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar around midnight on Sunday at a shallow depth of 10km (6 miles). A second...

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1 week ago Afghanistan quake death toll passes 1,400 as rescuers search for survivors

Rescue teams scoured Afghanistan’s mountainous east for survivors on Tuesday, as the death toll from a strong earthquake rose to 1,411, a Taliban government spokesman said on Tuesday. More than 3,000 people are injured, Zabihullah Mujahid said on social media. Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities had earlier said the death toll was about 900. The 6.0 magnitude quake struck late on Sunday night in several provinces, flattening villages and leaving people trapped under rubble for hours. It damaged or...

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1 week ago Taliban asks world for help in wake of Afghanistan earthquake

Afghanistan’s Taliban administration made an appeal for help on Monday after one of the country’s worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800. Rescuers were struggling to reach remote areas due to rough mountainous terrain and inclement weather. The disaster will further stretch the resources of the war-torn nation’s Taliban government, already grappling with crises ranging from a sharp drop in foreign aid to deportations of hundreds of thousands of Afghans by...

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