Page 54 - China

Foreign automakers' market share in China projected to shrink further

Despite persistent competitive pressures, the nation's aggressive car price war is expected to evolve, rather than abate

Foreigners evacuated by air, land and sea as Israel-Iran conflict worsens

Countries are evacuating their nationals from Israel and Iran by air, land and sea as conflict rages between the bitter rivals. Days of attacks and reprisals by the two enemies have shuttered airspace across the Middle East, severely disrupting commercial flights and leaving people unable to get in or out of the region easily. Some governments are using land borders to get their citizens out by road to countries where airports remain open. Thousands of foreigners have already left since the conflict started last week when Israel launched surprise missile strikes on Iran. Bulgaria Bulgaria has moved all its diplomats from Tehran to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, the Balkan country's prime minister said Thursday. We are not closing the embassy, ??but moving it to Baku until the danger passes, said Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov. A group of 89 Bulgarians was evacuated from Israel by plane to Sofia, along with 59 nationals from Slovenia, the US, Belgium, Albania, Kosovo and ...

Women see reversal of China's one-child policy as more state pressure

Instead of viewing it as encouragement to have more children, women see the modification in China's one-child policy as government pressure to reverse the declining birth rate

New Zealand halts millions of funds to Cook Islands over its China ties

New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the breadth and content of agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials from the New Zealand Foreign Minister's office said on Thursday. New Zealand, which is the smaller Pacific nation's biggest funder, won't consider any new money for the Cook Islands until the relationship improves, a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Winston Peters told The Associated Press. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Relations between other Pacific islands and their larger regional backers Australia and New Zealand have stumbled over ties with China in recent years as Beijing has vied to increase its Pacific sway. But the latest move by New Zealand's government was striking because it reflected growing friction between two countries with strong constitutional ties Cook Islands is self-governing but shares a military and passports with New Zealand .

China's rare earth exports hit five-year low as magnet sales curbs

Export controls launched on April 4 covered not just seven individual rare earths, but also magnets that contain even tiny amounts of them

China talks up digital yuan in push for multi-polar currency system

China will establish an international operation centre for e-CNY in Shanghai, People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng said

China pitches digital yuan to challenge dollar-led global currency system

To curb overreliance on a single currency, China is pushing for a multi-polar currency system with the digital renminbi at its centre

MakeMyTrip to raise $2.5 bn to slash Trip.com's stake and voting power

MakeMyTrip to repurchase Class-B shares from Trip.com, reducing its voting power and board rights amid calls to limit Chinese investment following India-Pakistan conflict

Darwin port dispute shows not all Chinese stakes pose security threat

Beijing's ownership of critical infrastructure has been growing steadily over the years, but Trump's new administration is paying more attention

US-China tech fight widens after Taiwan blacklists Huawei, chipmaker SMIC

Taipei this month added Huawei Technologies Co. and its main chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to its entity list, barring the island's firms from doing business with the pair

India needs to try become indispensable like China: CEA Nageswaran

Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the Indian government, V Anantha Nageswaran, on Tuesday said the country needs to prioritise areas like manufacturing, education, and employment generation to become a developed nation by 2047 and become indispensable like China. Nageswaran, delivering a lecture on the topic 'Global Economic Trends India's Challenges and Prospect' at the Raj Bhavan here, said that in the next couple of decades there will be a unpredictable, volatile and dangerous geo-political environment in the world and the geo-economic is going to be uncertain. So, the priority areas for India in the next 20-25 years should be education, skilling, good mental and physical health of the population, energy affordability and transition, rise of manufacturing, food security, increasing agriculture productivity, generating employment and increasing the rate of investments, he said. Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, who presided over the event, said that 'Viksit Bharat' will

China targets 200GW nuclear capacity by 2040 to curb coal reliance

The China Nuclear Energy Association report highlights Beijing's aim to reach 200GW installed nuclear capacity by 2040, shifting away from coal and stabilising its energy mix

India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, China far ahead: SIPRI report

A new SIPRI yearbook reveals that India now has more nuclear warheads than Pakistan. But China continues to outpace both South Asian neighbours.

TikTok ban on hold? Trump hints at more time for ByteDance to sell app

Donald Trump hints at extending ByteDance's TikTok sale deadline, after twice delaying a ban initially set under the 2023 law citing national security and data privacy concerns

Nvidia to attend China Expo 2025 as US steps up AI chip export curbs

US chipmaker Nvidia will make its debut at China's 2025 Supply Chain Expo, which is expected to feature over 650 companies and more than 100 new product launches

India eyes resolution on China's rare earth curbs impacting auto sector

China's restrictions on the export of rare earth elements and related magnets are affecting the domestic auto and white goods sectors

Scaling manufacturing power: Apple in China, key lessons for India

One company turned China into a manufacturing powerhouse. Now India must ride the diversification wave to do the same

Lupin, Sino Universal sign agreement to launch Tiotropium DPI in China

Tiotropium DPI, known for improving lung function and quality of life in patients with respiratory diseases, supports the aim to expand access to quality healthcare solutions in China

China's nuclear arsenal growing fastest globally, may hit 1,500 by 2035

Even with 1,500 warheads by 2035, China's nuclear arsenal would still be only about one-third the size of Russia's or the US's current stockpiles

China's home prices dip in May, extending two-year slump despite support

New home prices fell 0.2 per cent month-on-month in May after showing no growth the previous month