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We won't meddle in the 2024 election, China's Xi Jinping told Biden: report
China says it doesn't interfere in the politics of other countries, but US intelligence recently found...
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China's defense budget was reported as 3 times smaller than America's, but 2 analysts say the Pentagon is underselling Beijing's true military strength
The 2023 assessment didn't account for military research spending, or consider how China pays its soldiers...
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Beijing is unlikely to rescue Evergrande's offshore creditors because it could make things worse at home
Embattled Chinese real-estate giant Evergrande has been ordered by a Hong Kong to liquidate following two...
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A China-Taiwan war simulation that assumes a Trump return to office in 2025 warns Taiwan would be 'toast'
In one simulation, a conflict between Taiwan and China ended quicker than anticipated as Taiwan couldn't...
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China's air force is far from ready for a crucial mission it needs to seize Taiwan
China's military is still working towards the tight air-ground integration that has been a standard for...
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Beijing is making moves to restore confidence in its battered stock markets, but there might be another big problem just ahead
Analysts' earnings estimates for companies represented by the MSCI China Index members are down nearly 1%...
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Chinese people are debating a superstition that says 2024 is the 'Year of the Widow.' Beijing is starting to pay attention.
China is debating whether people should listen to a superstition that says 2024 is a bad...
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Life in the US got boring, so I moved to China. I'm lonely and single, but I plan to stay.
Danielle Marcano was bored of her life in Philadelphia and accepted a teaching job in China....
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China's stock market is in a 3-year slump and Beijing's flip-flops are adding to the confusion
"There has been increasing confusion over Beijing's policy stance on the economy," wrote Nomura economists in...
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25 experts calculated the scenarios they think could play out in the US-China relationship. All the results are bleak.
The experts, including former Trump and Obama officials and retired researchers in the PLA, posited four...
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First he was a teacher. Then he was China's top tech titan. Now, meet Jack Ma 3.0 — a high-tech farmer.
Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma has stayed out of the limelight since angering Beijing. In the meantime,...
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Tesla is taking the Cybertruck on a tour of China — but it won't be on sale
Elon Musk's automaker plans to show off the Cybertruck in multiple cities, but it's unlikely to...
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US House Committee says China delayed releasing COVID-19 information for weeks and lied about sharing it immediately
The weeks-long delay cost the world valuable time in creating COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, the US...
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2024 will be a perilous year for the world economy as geopolitical tensions ramp up, top economists warn
Over 80% of respondents to a World Economic Forum survey said they're expecting heightened economic and...
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China hates the new president of Taiwan — but its 'real nightmare scenario' is a Trump-Taiwan combo: analyst
Trump's unpredictability, combined with a defiant DPP under Lai Ching-te, could spell trouble for Beijing, Rorry...
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Russia's Kinzhals are frustrating Chinese analysts who want to find out how Beijing's hypersonic missiles might stack up against US battlefield defenses
"The accuracy is unsatisfactory," one analyst wrote. China has been watching the Kinzhal keenly as it...
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Trade between China and Russia ballooned to a record $240 billion last year
Commerce between Beijing and Moscow spiked 26% to hit a new record in 2023, according to...
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Xi Jinping is in a battle with China's own military, and the outcome could drag the US into WWIII
Xi Jinping's is purging Chinese officers who seem either unwilling or too corrupt to effectively fight...
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John Kerry steps down from Biden administration
John Kerry stepped down as Biden's special envoy on climate on Saturday.
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Wait, Xi Jinping has an 85-year-old pen pal in Iowa?
China has recently been trying to bank on nostalgia from a friendly trip Xi made in...
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Bad news, Beijing: Real-estate booms like the one in China nearly always end with a major banking crisis
"History shows that credit-fuelled real-estate booms do not end in a whimper," wrote Andrew Lawrence, the...
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A war over Taiwan would be even more damaging to the US economy than COVID was, Bloomberg forecasts
A war over Taiwan would hit the world to the tune of $10 trillion, Bloomberg forecasts.
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A top city official used a downtown billboard to secretly funnel 'huge sums' of cash into his family's pockets, Chinese state media says
Zhang Xiaopei, former party secretary of Jilin, used the billboard as an "overpass bridge to his...
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A US Navy sailor handed over military secrets to China for just $15,000, prosecutors say
Officials said Wenheng Zhao, 26, took just under $15,000 in 14 separate payments from China. He...