2 m. ago China's factory output slows, retail sales unexpectedly robust

China's factory output slows, retail sales unexpectedly robust  MSN

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30 m. ago China outpaces the West by several years in a promising economic sector: modular nuclear reactors.

China outpaces the West by several years in a promising economic sector: modular nuclear reactors.  Farmingdale Observer

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38 m. ago Australian Dollar steadies following mixed economic data from China

Australian Dollar steadies following mixed economic data from China  FXStreet

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48 m. ago China’s Consumption Unexpectedly Improved in Relief From Tariffs

China’s Consumption Unexpectedly Improved in Relief From Tariffs  Bloomberg

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52 m. ago China May retail sales grow at fastest pace since December 2023; industrial output misses expectations

China May retail sales grow at fastest pace since December 2023; industrial output misses expectations  CNBC

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54 m. ago China's May factory output slows, retail sales surprisingly upbeat

China's May factory output slows, retail sales surprisingly upbeat  Reuters

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62 m. ago China’s economy weathers US tariff storm in May as consumption picks up

China’s economic data sent mixed signals in May, with US tariffs continuing to weigh on the country’s manufacturing and exports but domestic consumption picking up slightly in the run-up to a major online shopping festival. Retail sales, a gauge of consumption, rose by 6.4 per cent in May, compared with the 5.1 per cent growth observed in April, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. The figures exceeded a forecast of 4.85 per cent growth by financial data provider...

Economics

93 m. ago Going down: the acclaimed Japanese airport that’s sinking into the sea

Japan’s Kansai International Airport (KIX) has won international awards for its architectural design, efficiency and staff, and was recognised last year as the best airport in the world for baggage delivery after not mislaying a single item of luggage for a decade. Despite all the plaudits, KIX has a major drawback: it is sinking. Built on a man-made island in Osaka Bay, KIX was one of the largest construction and engineering projects ever undertaken in Japan. Made up of two islands, one...

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94 m. ago Africa looks to China as preferred and reliable development partner

Africa looks to China as preferred and reliable development partner  China Daily

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2 h. ago China twins, separated at 10 days, reunite at 17, become besties before truth revealed

Twin sisters in China who were adopted by separate families at just 10 days old have been miraculously bound together by fate, becoming best friends at 17 before realising they are sisters. Zhang Guoxin and Hai Chao were given away by their parents, who could not afford to bring them up. One of the conditions of the adoption was that the two families must be from the same city in northern China’s Hebei province. They had been living separately without knowing of each other’s existence until they...

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2 h. ago China Reviews Impact of US Data Curbs Due to Trump’s Budget Cuts

China Reviews Impact of US Data Curbs Due to Trump’s Budget Cuts  Bloomberg.com

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2 h. ago Hong Kong can lead world in AI healthcare by tapping trove of patient data: expert

Hong Kong has the potential to develop the world’s most sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) system for healthcare, thanks to the data of millions of residents stored in the city’s public hospitals, according to a leading expert in the field from mainland China. Professor Wang Haibo, director of the Research Centre of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine under the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, told the Post that the health data system in the...

Science

2 h. ago China says it will drop tariffs on almost all African imports

China says it will drop tariffs on almost all African imports  Macao News

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3 h. ago Food security takes root: how China’s Xinjiang is at forefront of national push

Chinese agricultural scientists have turned 40 hectares (99 acres) of salty soil in Xinjiang into fertile land capable of supporting multiple crops – part of a national strategy to bolster food security by transforming vast swathes of non-arable terrain into farms. The breakthrough followed seven years of effort in the Uygur autonomous region’s Shihezi, led by a research team from a local university, the state-owned People’s Daily reported. The previously degraded soil now sustains wheat,...

Events

4 h. ago China’s nuclear arsenal surges 20% in one year, reaching over 600 warheads: SIPRI

China’s nuclear arsenal surges 20% in one year, reaching over 600 warheads: SIPRI  Breaking Defense

Events

5 h. ago Exclusive | Trump and Xi to act tough but won’t allow free fall in US

Exclusive | Trump and Xi to act tough but won’t allow free fall in US-China ties: Ryan Hass  South China Morning Post

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5 h. ago China’s nuclear stockpile is growing ‘faster than any other country’: SIPRI

China’s nuclear arsenal is growing “faster than any other country” and its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force could potentially match that of Russia or the US by the turn of the decade, a Swedish think tank dedicated to weapons research has said. According to the latest yearbook of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), China has added 100 more warheads to its nuclear stockpile each year since 2023. It held at least 600 and that number was expected to “keep...

Events

5 h. ago AI race between US and China resembles Cold War — Marc Andreessen

AI race between US and China resembles Cold War — Marc Andreessen  Cointelegraph

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12 h. ago Majority of Australians think China will be world’s most powerful country by 2035, poll finds

Majority of Australians think China will be world’s most powerful country by 2035, poll finds  The Guardian

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12 h. ago Becoming ‘princesses, princes’ in Forbidden City trending among foreign tourists visiting China

Becoming ‘princesses, princes’ in Forbidden City trending among foreign tourists visiting China  Global Times

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