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China ring-fences Beijing as coronavirus outbreaks continue to swell

The growing concerns over a resurgence fuelled by the delta variant finds echoes even in the European Union

China taking tactical actions to press claims at LAC: Pentagon

The Pentagon report comes amid heightened tensions between the US and China over the issue of Taiwan

China's daily coal output near annual high, govt continues crackdown

The most-traded January contract of thermal coal fell 0.4% to 936 yuan a tonne as of 1409 GMT on Thursday night.

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China's Lenovo says global chip shortage to persist as profit jumps

The company said it was able to outgrow the market by securing more supply of components than its peers

China ring-fences Beijing as coronavirus outbreaks continue to swell

The escalating restrictions come after the number of infections in the capital rose persistently over the past few days and are now nearing 40.

'Full of prejudice': China says Pentagon's nuclear report disregards facts

The Pentagon estimated in its Wednesday report that China will have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030

China's recommendation to stockpile sparks speculation of Taiwan war

A government advice for people to store necessities for an emergency sparked scattered instances of panic-buying

Sinopec signs China's largest long-term LNG contract with US firm

China's Sinopec has signed a contract with US Venture Global LNG to buy 4 million tonnes of LNG annually for 20 years

China's nonferrous group suggests commercial reserves for metals: Report

China should improve its capability to secure nickel and cobalt resources and set up commercial reserves for the metals, an official with the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said.

Chinese developer Kaisa plunges as poor Oct sales add to liquidity worries

Kaisa said late on Wednesday its October contracted sales dropped 30.5% to 8.195 billion yuan ($1.28 billion) from a year ago, while sales in the first 10 months rose 23%.

China trying to influence media, businesses in US, other places: Pentagon

CCP leaders probably consider open democracies, including the US, as more susceptible to influence operations than other types of governments, the report read.

China's latest delta outbreak is most widespread since one in Wuhan 2019

The highly-infectious delta variant is hurtling across the country

Coronavirus pandemic, politics drive Xi's absence from global talks

Xi has been absent from the G20 summit in Rome and climate talks in Scotland

China coal prices claw back after Beijing signals pacing down price drive

Traders took cue from a meeting earlier on Wednesday as the country's top economic planner told miners and power plants that prices should not fall too much too fast

Covid: China's latest Delta outbreak its most widespread since Wuhan

China reported 93 new local cases on Wednesday, and 11 asymptomatic infections. Three more provinces detected cases: central Chongqing, Henan, and Jiangsu on the eastern coast.

Xi Jinping faces power struggle before Party Congress 2022: Report

In the run-up to the Party Congress in 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping seems to be facing power struggle between him and powerful factions amid the ongoing economic breakdown, said media report.

China's services sector activity expands at faster pace in October

The improved readings in the private survey, focuses more on small firms in coastal regions, stood in contrast to an official survey, which showed the expansion in the services sector lost some steam.

China defends emissions after criticism, blasts USA's climate change record

Xie Zhenhua, a special climate envoy for China, spoke to reporters at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.

ByteDance to reorganise into six units, CFO steps down to focus on TikTok

This is the biggest organizational change since ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming said in May he would step down as CEO