File picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Chinese President Xi Jinping | Photo Credit: via Reuters The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping plan to have contacts but it gave no time frame for a possible Putin visit to Beijing. Asked about a possible Mr. Putin visit … Read more
Four days of top-level economic meetings between the United States and China concluded in Beijing on Monday with no major breakthrough, but the world’s two largest economies agreed to hold more discussions to address rising friction over trade, investment and national security. The conversation is poised to become even more difficult, however, as hopes of … Read more
Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, speaks at the opening ceremony of Boao Forum of Asia, in Boao in southern China’s Hainan province on March 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP China’s top legislator Zhao Leji on March 28 said that Asia has endured both “hot and cold” wars … Read more
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Nepal remains a non-starter despite recent assertion by the Himalayan state’s deputy prime minister that the two countries will “very soon” sign a plan to implement the ambitious infrastructure programme. Nepal and China signed a memorandum of understanding on BRI in 2017. Nearly seven years since, not a … Read more
The night before China’s civil service exam, Melody Zhang anxiously paced up and down the corridor of her dormitory, rehearsing her answers. Only when she got back to her room did she realise she had been crying the whole time. Zhang was hoping to start a career in state propaganda after more than 100 unsuccessful … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping upgraded diplomatic ties with a record number of countries last year as he seeks to rally the Global South to help reshape the US-led world order. Beijing elevated the way it described ties with 17 countries and territories, most of them from the developing world, according to a Bloomberg analysis of … Read more
Xi jinping has waged a fierce campaign against corruption since taking power. | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to step up a crackdown on corruption in key sectors, including finance, energy and infrastructure, state media reported. Mr. Xi, who began his second decade as China’s top leader in 2022 in a … Read more
China’s air pollution worsened in 2023, the first time it has done so in a decade, a study released on Friday said. “2023 is the first year that China’s national average PM2.5 level has increased year-on-year since the beginning of China’s ‘war on pollution’ in 2013,” a study by independent research organisation the Centre for … Read more
China’s financial hub Shanghai was set to record its chilliest period in December in four decades, spurring authorities to issue warnings for low temperatures and wind, while northern cities battled icy conditions forecast to ease only next week. The city’s lowest temperatures on Thursday will be minus 4 to minus 6 degrees Celsius (21 to … Read more
Rescue work in China after a devastating earthquake is drawing to an end and the focus of authorities has shifted to post-disaster management in the affected region including the treatment of injured and resettlement of displaced people, The Global Times reported on Wednesday. The devastating Jishishan earthquake that rattled Northwest China overnight has led to … Read more