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China is on course to build the best cars in the world for the right price

China pays relatively low wages and has millions of skilled workers steeped in the nation's strong manufacturing culture.

China tech shares slide on latest volley of internet restrictions

Traders mulled a report that the government intends to break up Ant Group Co.'s Alipay business

China worse than India on regulatory woes, state-owned enterprise skew

Domestic markets up 22% this year, MSCI China down 12%

Delta breaches China less than a month after previous outbreak

The virus quickly took off in Fujian's scho­ols and factories

China plans to break up Ant's Alipay, force creation of separate loans app

Beijing wants to break up Alipay and create a separate app for the company's highly profitable loans business, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Xi Jinping's sharp turn to the left

Politics has acquired a strong populist flavour in China, with foreign policy implications for India

Pak hosts intel chiefs of Russia, China, Iran to discuss Afghan situation

Pakistan hosted a meeting of spymasters of some countries in the region on the situation in Afghanis­tan, a security source said

China's southeastern Fujian province reports new Covid-19 outbreak

China's southeastern Fujian province on Sunday registered 20 new Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission (NHC) said

Southern Chinese city with coronavirus outbreak stops buses, trains

A city in southern China that is trying to contain a coronavirus outbreak told the public Sunday not to leave, suspended bus and train service and closed cinemas, bars and other facilities

China tells Alibaba, Tencent to open platforms up to each other: Report

China's industry ministry has told technology companies including Alibaba Group Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd to stop blocking each other's website links from their platforms: report

China tech shares rebound on easing investor worry over gaming

The Hang Seng Tech Index advanced 2.9% on Friday, pushing the index up a third straight week.

What Xi Jinping means by 'disorderly capital' is $1.5 trillion question

The phrase has been employed by govt agencies and researchers to explain actions against tech moguls, celebs and private tutors that fueled a $1.5 trn stock rout last month

In a first, China taps strategic reserves to cool down oil prices

The announcement comes amid surging energy costs in China, not just for oil but also for coal and natural gas, and electricity shortages that have forced some factories to cut production

China building 30 airports in Tibet, Xinjiang for military infra: Report

About 30 airports have been either built or under construction in Tibet and Xinjiang provinces which will boost China's civil and military infrastructure in the remote regions bordering India

Gaming giants lose $60 billion on China's sermon against profit

Regulators slow down nod for new online games; warning against metaverse stocks, too

China to host BRICS summit next year, says President Xi Jinping

President Xi Jinping on Thursday said that China will take over as the chair of BRICS next year and host the 14th summit of the bloc in 2022.

China will suspend approvals for new online games, says report

Tencent and Netease led a selloff of Chinese stocks in Hong Kong after the Xinhua news service reported that officials had invited gaming firms to meeting to discuss further oversight of industry

China tells gaming firms Tencent, Netease to end 'solitary' focus on profit

Tencent, the country's largest gaming company, dived as much as 6.7%, on track for its biggest fall since July, while smaller rival Netease fell as much as 7.7%.

Taliban's interim administration has put an end to 'anarchy': China

China on Wednesday said the new interim administration announced by the Taliban has put an end to "anarchy" in Afghanistan, terming it as a necessary step to restore order

China, Pak and Russia trying to figure out what to do with Taliban: Biden

China, Pakistan, Russia and Iran are trying to figure out what do they do now with the Taliban, US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday