35 y. ago State Visit to the People's Republic of China by HM King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV and Queen Halaevalu Mata‘aho

State Visit to the People's Republic of China by HM King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV and Queen Halaevalu Mata‘aho  Matangi Tonga

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33 m. ago Trump Believes China Will Sentence Fentanyl Traffickers To Death, Calls 20% Tariffs On Beijing 'Penalty'

Trump Believes China Will Sentence Fentanyl Traffickers To Death, Calls 20% Tariffs On Beijing 'Penalty'  News18

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68 m. ago China’s Belt and Road investment and construction activity hits record

China’s Belt and Road investment and construction activity hits record  Financial Times

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69 m. ago China’s ‘green great wall’ triggers hay fever misery: scientists

For Ma Bo, a resident of Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, late July marks the beginning of another round of suffering. He has suffered from hay fever – an allergic condition triggered by inhaling pollen – for many years. His symptoms have gradually worsened since 2018, progressing from sneezing and conjunctivitis to an allergic cough and, eventually, bronchial asthma. The artemisia plant, which is widely cultivated in northwestern China to contain wind and sand erosion, has been identified...

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69 m. ago Chinese ethnic minorities sing songs to solve legal disputes; case goes viral

Some courts in southwestern China’s Guizhou province have hired folk singers to work as mediators in a bid to settle legal disputes among local ethnic minorities. In a 2023 video that recently went viral on social media, a man in Rongjiang County, Guizhou province, took a woman from a neighbouring village to court after she spread a folk song she made up to defame him and his wife in several chat groups. Both parties are from the Shui ethnic group, for whom folk singing is a major way of...

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99 m. ago DSE versus gaokao: more mainland Chinese pupils opting for Hong Kong system

An increasing number of mainland Chinese pupils are taking Hong Kong’s university entrance exams as a step towards more diverse opportunities in higher education, with at least two achieving flying colours as private candidates this year. Leslie Wang Ziqi, 18, a student in Shenzhen, switched from the National Higher Education Entrance Examination or gaokao, mainland China’s university entrance exam, to the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), as a private candidate at the beginning of his final...

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99 m. ago ‘Less stressful’: why mainland Chinese pupils choose Hong Kong’s DSE over gaokao

An increasing number of mainland Chinese pupils are taking Hong Kong’s university entrance exams as a step towards more diverse opportunities in higher education, with at least two achieving flying colours as private candidates this year. Leslie Wang Ziqi, 18, a student in Shenzhen, switched from the National Higher Education Entrance Examination or gaokao, mainland China’s university entrance exam, to the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), as a private candidate at the beginning of his final...

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2 h. ago Nvidia, AMD to win market share in China as US eases export curbs

The sales resumption of Nvidia’s H20 processors and Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) MI308 chips in China is expected to ease the anxiety of local artificial intelligence companies, according to analysts. Speaking at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on Wednesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he hoped to introduce more advanced chips to China. The H20, designed to comply with US trade curbs, is less powerful than the H200. Under current US rules, most advanced Nvidia chips,...

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2 h. ago Philippines weighs legal action against China over US$194,000 coral reef damage

The Philippines has publicly accused a Chinese vessel of causing more than 11 million pesos (US$194,000) in damage to protected coral reefs near Thitu Island in the South China Sea. On Monday, Manila released the results of an environmental survey showing that a Chinese ship had ran aground near Thitu Island in June. Investigators found that the vessel dragged a parachute anchor across the sensitive marine ecosystem, scarring at least 464 square metres (4,994 square feet) of reef less than 3km...

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3 h. ago Trump thinks China will sentence fentanyl traffickers to death

Trump thinks China will sentence fentanyl traffickers to death  Reuters

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3 h. ago Xi Jinping is losing his grip on China— and Trump can give him a push

Xi Jinping is losing his grip on China— and Trump can give him a push  New York Post

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3 h. ago Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praises China tech during Beijing visit

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praises China tech during Beijing visit  Semafor

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4 h. ago ‘Swayed by external forces’: the harsh reality for mainland students in Taiwan

As tensions between Beijing and Taipei rise, academia and the education sector reveal how each side is changing to adapt to – or shape – the new environment. In the second of a two-part series, we look at the situation for mainland students in Taiwan. Read the first instalment here. As a mainland Chinese student in Taiwan, John Wang felt apprehensive only once during his five months on exchange. It was December 20 and he was passing the parliament building in Taipei on his way back from a social...

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4 h. ago Live: Panda diplomacy on display during PM's final day of China visit

Live: Panda diplomacy on display during PM's final day of China visit  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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5 h. ago Trump says Beijing making ‘big steps’ in controlling fentanyl

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Beijing is “making big steps” in efforts to control the flow of fentanyl, an issue that the American leader has used to justify tariffs that he has slapped on imports from China. “I think China has been helping out,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I mean, it’s been a terrible situation for many years with fentanyl, but since I came here, we’re talking to them, and they’re making big steps ... You know that they’re being penalised with...

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7 h. ago US firms consider China market critical despite fraying relations, other issues, survey says

A new survey of American companies operating in China indicated that most of them consider the country’s market critical despite fraying bilateral relations, tariffs, economic weakness and lost market share. Nearly all respondents participating in an annual US-China Business Council survey said they cannot remain globally competitive without their business in the world’s second-largest economy, according to a report about the survey published by the advocacy group on Wednesday. This is despite...

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7 h. ago US firms say China market vital despite fraying relations, other issues: survey

A new survey of American companies operating in China has indicated that most of them consider the country’s market critical despite fraying bilateral relations, tariffs, economic weakness and lost market share. Nearly all respondents participating in an annual US-China Business Council survey said they cannot remain globally competitive without their business in the world’s second-largest economy, according to a report about the survey published by the advocacy group on Wednesday. This is...

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9 h. ago Japan calls axis of China, Russia, North Korea the 'gravest threat' to global order since WWII

Japan calls axis of China, Russia, North Korea the 'gravest threat' to global order since WWII  Fox News

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10 h. ago Tesla reveals Model 3 Plus and Model YL in China as price war heats up

Tesla reveals Model 3 Plus and Model YL in China as price war heats up  The Verge

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10 h. ago China's Richest Man Buying Water Supply of New Hampshire Town Sparks Alarm

China's Richest Man Buying Water Supply of New Hampshire Town Sparks Alarm  Newsweek

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