3 d. ago Shut windows and empty offices: China's massive military parade is closed to the public

Shut windows and empty offices: China's massive military parade is closed to the public  CNBC

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5 d. ago Opinion | China is why we should support the VOA, not shut it down

Opinion | China is why we should support the VOA, not shut it down  The Washington Post

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1 week ago Trump threatens 200% tariff on China over key part that shut down US car plants

Trump threatens 200% tariff on China over key part that shut down US car plants  Daily Mail

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1 week ago ‘Terrifying’ Typhoon Kajiki batters Vietnam, blowing roofs off homes

Typhoon Kajiki brought torrential rains to Vietnam’s north central coast on Monday, felling trees and flooding homes, despite wind speeds tapering off from earlier in the day. Typhoon Kajiki’s wind speeds eased from 166km/h (103 mph) to 118-133km/h (73-83mph) as the storm hit the coast of Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, according to the country’s weather agency. “It’s terrifying,” said Dang Xuan Phuong, a 48-year-old resident of Cua Lo, a tourism town in Nghe An province directly hit by the...

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1 week ago Typhoon Kajiki forces mass evacuation in Vietnam, shuts China’s Sanya

Typhoon Kajiki forces mass evacuation in Vietnam, shuts China’s Sanya  CNN

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1 week ago Typhoon Kajiki drenches southern China's Hainan island and heads toward Vietnam

Typhoon Kajiki drenches southern China's Hainan island and heads toward Vietnam  ABC News

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1 week ago Vietnam plans mass evacuation, China's Sanya shuts as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies

Vietnam plans mass evacuation, China's Sanya shuts as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies  CNBC

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1 week ago China’s Tropical Resort Island Orders Evacuations as Typhoon Kajiki Nears

China’s Tropical Resort Island Orders Evacuations as Typhoon Kajiki Nears  The New York Times

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1 week ago All typhoon signals in Hong Kong to be cancelled at 12.10pm as cyclone departs

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. All typhoon signals will be cancelled at 12.10pm on Sunday as Tropical Cyclone Kajiki moves further away from Hong Kong, according to the city’s weather forecaster. The Hong Kong Observatory said the No 1 typhoon signal would be replaced by the strong monsoon signal at noon, as Kajiki moved...

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2 w. ago China’s Weibo shuts down social media accounts for ‘inciting gender antagonism’

The Chinese social media platform Weibo has shut down several accounts for “inciting gender antagonism” and vowed to continue cracking down on such behaviour. On Monday, the social media site announced via its official account that it had permanently closed an account named “Lilian Shuodao” for “continuously stigmatising the opposite sex and posting extreme anti-marriage remarks”. The term “opposite sex” referred to men. As of Tuesday, the banned account, which had 129,000 followers, was no...

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2 w. ago Cheating concerns shut down US law school admissions test in China

Cheating concerns shut down US law school admissions test in China  Reuters

Society

3 w. ago Singaporean chip equipment maker ASMPT to close Shenzhen plant, axe 950 workers

Singapore-based ASMPT, which makes semiconductor assembly and packaging equipment, will close its factory in Shenzhen and lay off 950 workers to streamline its operations in mainland China, the company’s largest market. Shutting down ASMPT Equipment (Shenzhen), which falls under the company’s semiconductor solutions segment, “was a tough but necessary decision” to better align the company “with evolving market dynamics and customer needs”, according to the Hong Kong-listed firm’s statement on...

Economics

3 w. ago Lithium stocks soar after world's largest EV battery maker shutters mine in China

Lithium stocks soar after world's largest EV battery maker shutters mine in China  Yahoo Finance

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