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Beijing breaches 40 deg C for first time in 9 yrs as heatwaves return

Last week, national weather bureau issued an alert for heat stroke, almost a fortnight earlier than in previous yrs, as new record temperatures for the month of June assailed cities across north China

What is China's position on restructuring debt owed by poor nations?

China wants multilateral lenders like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to absorb some of the losses, which those institutions and many developed nations

Google Doodle celebrates Dragon Boat Festival 2023, details inside

In honour of the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Google created a GIF doodle

Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at barbecue restaurant in China

A massive cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China killed 31 people and injured seven, Chinese authorities said Thursday. The blast tore through the establishment at around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday on a busy street in Yinchuan, the capital of the traditionally Muslim Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, as people were gathering on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The festival is a national holiday devoted to eating rice dumplings and racing boats manned by teams of paddlers. Online news site The Paper cited a woman identified only by her surname Chen saying she had been about 50 meters (164 feet) from the restaurant when she heard the explosion. She described seeing two waiters emerge from the restaurant afterward, one of whom collapsed immediately, while thick smoke billowed from the restaurant and a strong smell of cooking gas permeated the area. The Central Government's Ministry of Emergency Management said on it

China starts fresh round of nationwide inspections to reveal govt debt

Local officials will be pressed to come clean about their so-called hidden debt as national leaders attempt to get a fuller picture of liabilities across all levels of government

LIVE: UN Yoga Day celebration makes to Guinness World Record book

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A day after Blinken's China visit, Joe Biden calls Xi Jinping a 'dictator'

Joe Biden said Xi Jinping was embarrassed after an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the US

Oil rises as hawkish Fed talk expectations offset China demand worries

The congressional testimony by Powell later on Wednesday is expected to provide clues on future rate moves in the world's biggest economy

Foreign companies shifting investment out of China as confidence wanes

Business confidence in China is "pretty much the lowest we have on record," the European Chamber president, Jens Eskelund, said

China blocks proposal at UN to blacklist 26/11 accused terrorist Sajid Mir

Beijing blocked the proposal that had been moved by the US and co-designated by India to blacklist Mir under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council

China ramps up flood control preparations amid growing El Nino threat

China on Tuesday ramped up its flood control and disaster relief efforts to safeguard people's lives and properties amid the growing El Nino threat

Pakistan signs MoU with China for nuclear power project worth $3.4 billion

Pakistan PM Sharif witnessed signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Pakistan and China for a 1200MW Chashma-5 (C-5) nuclear power project worth $3.48 billion, local media reported

Yuan dips after China cuts rates; Swedish crown at weakest since 2009

China lowered its one-year and five-year loan prime rates (LPR) by 10 basis points, the first such easing in 10 months as authorities seek to shore up a slowing economic recovery

Netherlands to soon roll out semiconductor export control measures: Report

The US in October 2022, announced its own export control measures affecting advanced computing integrated circuits and certain semiconductor manufacturing items

Alibaba names Joseph Tsai chairman, Eddie Wu CEO in a surprise shake-up

Zhang's shock departure comes after Alibaba announced a six-way restructuring to try and juice growth and create a family of standalone leaders in businesses from cloud computing and logistics

Early days of optimism for steel firms as prices move up in China

Stock valuations could improve dramatically if demand rebounds and the China policy support comes through

Xi Jinping hails 'progress' as he meets Blinken during rare China trip

The two delegations then faced each other across a long conference table bedecked with pink lotus flowers, with Xi at the head and Blinken just to his right

4 Chinese display makers team up to challenge Samsung's OLED Patent in US

Some Chinese display manufacturers have teamed up to invalidate Samsung Display OLED patent, the media reported

US is courting India for its growing economic clout, against China: Report

The United States is courting India for its growing economic influence and also considering the latter as an indispensable accomplice in their rivalry with China, according to The Economist.The Economist is a British weekly newspaper printed in demi tab format and published digitally.According to the publication, India's foreign policy has become more assertive and more hostile to China. The US is also seeing that the Indian diaspora is the world's biggest, and remarkably influential which would be helpful for them.But what is the more alluring asset that India have is the economy which is growing to its full potential.The US and India are seeing their partnership growing deep and close. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to visit the US this week where President Joe Biden is throwing a formal banquet for him at the White House. PM Modi has also been invited to address a joint session for the second time--an honour previously accorded only to the likes of Winston Churchill, ...

Indonesia Open: Chinese shuttlers bag 2 golds; Axelsen wins men's single

Chinese shuttlers clinched titles in both women's singles and mixed doubles at the Indonesia Open badminton tournament here on Sunday.