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China imposes sanctions on Nancy Pelosi, family after Taiwan visit

"It gravely undermines China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously tramples on the one-China principle, and severely threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait."

Global stocks mixed as Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan irks Beijing

Global stock markets were mixed Wednesday as traders watched for potential economic impact from the visit to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives. London and Shanghai fell. Frankfurt, Tokyo and Hong Kong gained. Oil prices declined. China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory, banned imports of Taiwanese citrus fruits and frozen fish in retaliation for Pelosi's visit. But it has avoided disrupting the flow of processor chips and other industrial goods, a step that could jolt the global economy. The real show of force by China is still to come, said Clifford Bennett of ACY Securities in a report. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost 0.2% 7,392.56 while the DAX in Frankfurt gained less than 0.1% to 13,454.28. The CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.1% higher to 6,417.52. On Wall Street, the future for the benchmark S&P 500 index was up 0.2% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.3% higher. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 lost ...

China's Covid zero policy could last for years as it works for Xi

It's 2025 in Beijing, five years since the start of the pandemic, and Chinese President Xi Jinping's Covid Zero policy is still an inescapable part of daily life

Property crisis threatens to drag down a third of China's steel industry

Almost a third of China's steel mills could go into bankruptcy in a squeeze that's likely to last five years

China targets $148 bn in financing for cash-strapped developers: Report

China's property sector has been lurching from one crisis to another for the past year

China's economy grows 0.4% in June quarter, set to miss fiscal target

China's economy logged a 2.5 per cent YoY growth in the first half of 2022, official data showed on Friday

Beijing appears to retract vaccine mandate after pushback from residents

The Chinese capital Beijing appears to have backed off a plan to launch a vaccine mandate for entry into certain public spaces after pushback from residents

China: Beijing mandates Covid vaccines to enter some public spaces

The Chinese capital has issued a mandate requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they can enter some public spaces including gyms, museums and libraries

China reports new Omicron variant: Beijing mandates Covid vaccinations

Omicron sub-variant BA.5.2 was discovered in Beijing and northwest China's Shaanxi Province, leading to strengthened anti-epidemic measures in those areas, state-run Global Times reported.

China's easing Covid curbs spark travel inquiry surge, and caution

Unexpected moves mark a significant easing of rigid curbs that have severely curtailed travel and battered China's economy, although tough measures remain in place including a scarcity of intl flights

China reports 7 new local Covid-19 cases, 2 logged from Beijing in 24 hours

China reported 7 locally transmitted confirmed Covid cases, including five in Guangdong Province and two in Beijing in the past 24 hours, according to the National Health Commission's report Saturday

China registers 13 new locally confirmed Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

China reported 13 locally transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases, including three in Beijing and nine in Shanghai and one in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions in the past 24 hours

Even without a lockdown, Beijing's economic activity declined in May

Industrial output in the capital city dropped nearly 40% in May, worse than Shanghai's almost 28% drop

China reports 14 fresh local Covid-19 infections, 10 logged in Shanghai

China reported 14 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including four in Beijing and 10 in Shanghai in the past 24 hours, according to the National Health Commission's report Monday.

Concern over China's BRI projects in Nepal amid Beijing's vested interest

Experts raised concern over the lack of transparency and viability of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in Nepal and said that it must be cautious while accepting support

China's Xi Jinping to host 14th BRICS Summit in Beijing on June 23

Chinese President Xi Jinping will host the 14th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in Beijing on June 23, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced here on Friday

Beijing reels under threat of severe Covid-19 outbreak, warn authorities

The authorities in China's capital have warned that a Covid-19 surge due to the bar-related outbreaks was critical and the city is gripped with the most serious outbreak since the pandemic began

Chinese President Xi expresses readiness to help settle Ukrainian crisis

In a telephonic conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Xi said, "All parties concerned must take a responsible stance, thus promoting the correct settlement of the Ukraine crisis"

Rewritten schoolbooks say Hong Kong was never British colony: Report

The four sets of textbooks for a class on citizenship say the Chinese government never recognized the 19th-century treaties that handed Britain control of Hong Kong

Oil rises on tight global supplies; trade choppy on demand worries

Brent crude rose 68 cents to $122.69 a barrel at 12:13 p.m. EDT (1613 GMT). US West Texas Intermediate crude rose 61 cents to $121.28 a barrel.