14 h. ago China’s Xi tells party ‘power is granted by people’ amid corruption crackdown

China must allow for more public and media oversight of the government and the Communist Party to ensure accountability and to uncover abuses of power, according to President Xi Jinping. Addressing a group study session of the 24-member Politburo on Monday, Xi said the country needed a “clear, transparent and traceable” process to oversee the national anti-corruption drive, according to state news agency Xinhua. “To fight corruption, [we must] regulate the exercise of power,” Xi said on the eve...

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3 d. ago Trump: US to tell countries ‘what they have to pay’; China, India deals coming

With the July 9 deadline for “Liberation Day” tariffs nearing, US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington would inform countries “what they have to pay” to do business with America “over the next week and a half or so”. His remarks came hours after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested trade talks could continue to September. Trump also directed a new salvo at Canada, announcing an immediate halt to trade talks in retaliation for Ottawa’s plan to introduce a digital trade tax...

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7 d. ago Zelensky tells Nato Chinese firms among Russia’s suppliers aiding war on Ukraine

Chinese defence companies are part of the network helping Russia sustain its war against Ukraine – a war “crucial” to European security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the Nato summit on Tuesday. While Russia poses a long-term threat to Europe, it is not just Russia alone, Zelensky told the summit’s defence industry forum, held in The Hague. Zelensky said that the continent was facing a “network of state and non-state actors” that are “assuring the course of aggression”. “This...

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8 d. ago Beijing tells China ships in Strait of Hormuz to phone home amid safety risks

Check in once a day so we know you’re OK – that is the message China has sent to all domestic shipping vessels traversing the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran mulls closure of the key oil trade route following air strikes by the United States at the weekend. Effective immediately, all shipping companies and ship-management firms must submit daily reports with specific details from vessels transiting not only the Hormuz – a critically important shipping chokepoint – but also the Gulf of Oman and the...

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8 d. ago EU needs rare earths strategic reserves against China threat, commissioner tells paper

EU needs rare earths strategic reserves against China threat, commissioner tells paper  Reuters

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9 d. ago Former traditional Chinese medicine chief caught in corruption crackdown

China’s top graft-buster is investigating the former director of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine on suspicion of corruption. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on Sunday that Yu Wenming, 62, was suspected of committing “serious violations of discipline and law”, a euphemism for corruption. Yu last appeared in public giving a speech at the Qihuang Forum held by the Chinese Association of TCM in April. His was taking part as the association’s...

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1 week ago ‘No conflict of interest’ between China and New Zealand, Xi tells Luxon

China has “no fundamental conflict of interest” with New Zealand, President Xi Jinping told New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Beijing on Friday while calling for the constructive management of differences. “Both sides should adhere to mutual respect, seek common ground while acknowledging differences, and correctly view and manage their differences and disagreements,” Xi was quoted as saying by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Just ahead of Luxon’s arrival in the Chinese capital...

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1 week ago Exclusive | Treasury secretary tells 'Pod Force One' China's 30% share of global manufacturing is 'too high — and it can't go higher'

Exclusive | Treasury secretary tells 'Pod Force One' China's 30% share of global manufacturing is 'too high — and it can't go higher'  New York Post

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2 w. ago China tells citizens in Israel to leave ‘as soon as possible’

China tells citizens in Israel to leave ‘as soon as possible’  Jamaica Observer

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2 w. ago New legislation aims to tell China 'no' on buying up American farmland

New legislation aims to tell China 'no' on buying up American farmland  Fox Business

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2 w. ago 'Tell China no!': New bill aims to crack down on China buying US land

'Tell China no!': New bill aims to crack down on China buying US land  Fox Business

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2 w. ago China tells G7 to stop 'manipulating' China issues for its own agenda

China tells G7 to stop 'manipulating' China issues for its own agenda  The Straits Times

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2 w. ago Huawei 'has got China covered' if the U.S. doesn't participate, Nvidia CEO tells CNBC

Huawei 'has got China covered' if the U.S. doesn't participate, Nvidia CEO tells CNBC  CNBC

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2 w. ago Starbucks has received 'a lot of interest' for China business stake, CEO tells FT

Starbucks has received 'a lot of interest' for China business stake, CEO tells FT  Reuters

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3 w. ago China’s rare mineral gives blind mice ‘super vision’, hope for human blindness

Researchers have used a rare mineral produced mostly in China to create an artificial retina that not only restored sight in blind animals, but also gave them “super vision” – the extraordinary ability to see infrared light. The advance offers significant promise for treating human blindness, according to scientists. The study, led by Wang Shuiyuan, a researcher at the College of Integrated Circuits and Micro-Nano Electronics at Fudan University in Shanghai, was published in the journal Science...

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3 w. ago China’s rare mineral gives blind mice ‘super vision’, offers hope for humans

Researchers have used a rare mineral produced mostly in China to create an artificial retina that not only restored sight in blind animals, but also gave them “super vision” – the extraordinary ability to see infrared light. The advance offers significant promise for treating human blindness, according to scientists. The study, led by Wang Shuiyuan, a researcher at the College of Integrated Circuits and Micro-Nano Electronics at Fudan University in Shanghai, was published in the journal Science...

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3 w. ago South Korea’s new ‘president for all’ inherits a deeply divided nation

When Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung emerged victorious early on Wednesday in South Korea’s snap presidential election, elation swept through his supporters massed outside the National Assembly. Strobe lights lit the night sky, celebratory music thundered from speakers and the crowd erupted into cheers and embraces – some dissolving into tears of relief. Just a few hundred metres away, however, the atmosphere outside the People Power Party’s (PPP) headquarters could not have been more...

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3 w. ago What South Korea’s new president means for its US, China ties

Six months ago, South Korea teetered on the brink of authoritarian regression. But on Tuesday, its citizens elected Lee Jae-myung – a symbol of resilience and reform – as their new president, in a vote seen as a rebuke of his predecessor’s failed martial law decree that plunged the nation into a political crisis. The liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) candidate secured a decisive victory over conservative rival Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party (PPP), capturing 49.42 per cent of the...

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3 w. ago No US tariffs on ‘unavailable natural resources’: commerce chief

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday said Washington would refrain from imposing tariffs on natural resources the country does not hold in abundance amid tough questioning by House lawmakers about American consumers facing rising prices. “In our trade deals, our expectation is we will not have tariffs on unavailable natural resources, but we will have market access for our farmers and our ranchers,” said Lutnick in testimony at a budget hearing of the House Appropriations...

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3 w. ago Xi Tells Lukashenko China Will Hold Military Parade on Sept. 3

Xi Tells Lukashenko China Will Hold Military Parade on Sept. 3  Bloomberg

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