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China Jan manufacturing activity shrinks unexpectedly, hits five-month low

China's $18 trillion economy hit the government's growth target of "around 5 per cent" over 2024 but in a lopsided fashion, with exports and industrial output far outpacing retail sales

Taiwan sees increase in Chinese incursions around its territory: MND

On Sunday, Taiwan reported six Chinese aircraft and seven naval vessels near its territory

Opportunity, risks for India in Quad's Trump card to counter China

Grouping's first meeting under new US President reaffirms its commitment to Indo-Pacific security, though experts flag concerns, writes Bhaswar Kumar

China boosts index investments in latest measure to revive market

The government aims to achieve a significant increase in the scale and proportion of index investment in the capital market through efforts over a period of time

China's rising power demand hinders climate goals as coal usage increases

But that hasn't happened so far, in large part because the nation's energy demand is growing unprecedentedly fast, requiring ever more coal to be burned. Electricity use grew 6.8 per cent last year

Marco Rubio stresses 'America First' in call with China's FM Wang Yi

Rubio emphasized to Wang that the new US administration would pursue a relationship with China that 'advances US interests and puts the American people first'

Philippines accuses China's naval forces of harassing fisheries vessels

Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the South China Sea, forcing them to cancel the operation, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday. Beijing has repeatedly asserted sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and accused rival claimant states, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia of encroachment. China has demarcated its territorial claims with a 10 dashed-line printed on maps but has not provided the exact coordinates. The harassment took place Friday near Sandy Cay, three small uninhabited sandbars planked by an artificial island base of Chinese forces and a Philippines-occupied island in the Spratlys archipelago, the coast guard said. The Chinese coast guard ships approached two larger vessels, which maneuvered to avoid a collision, and a navy helicopter flew low over two smaller boats deployed by the ships, forcing the survey to be calle

Arunachal CM concerned over China's refusal to get into intl water treaties

CM Pema Khandu pointed that the dam would allow China to control the timing and volume of water flowing downstream, which could have devastating effects during periods of low flow or drought

China FY24 revenue growth falls, non-tax income jumps amid market slump

Fiscal revenues in 2024 totalled 21.97 trillion yuan ($3.03 trillion), including 17.497 trillion yuan in tax receipts and 4.473 trillion yuan in non-tax income

China's R&D investment grows despite slower funding, US tops global list

China's R&D intensity, which measures expenditure as a percentage of GDP and serves as a benchmark for innovation capability and competitiveness, remained stable at 2.68 per cent in 2024

China's social media under fire over xenophobic content after stabbings

The algorithms used by Chinese platforms, which are optimised to maximise user engagement, contribute to the spread of controversial content, including hyper-nationalistic posts

US lawmakers introduce bill to repeal China's preferential trade status

China is the US's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade hitting a record $690.6 billion in 2022

Donald Trump downplays threat of China using TikTok to spy on Americans

Trump suggested all electronic products manufactured in China could carry a spying risk, adding that TikTok's was not the most serious of them

Taiwan MND detects 35 Chinese aircraft, 6 vessels around its territory

Among them, 27 aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Jinping, Putin pledge to boost China-Russia ties in 2025 as Trump returns

Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a video conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin 'shared his hope for a flourishing China-Russia relationship in the year ahead'

Here's why China's EV makers have a good reason to delay paying bills

The biggest producer of electric cars last year was a high accounting risk because of the unprecedented scale of financing from its supply chain, analyst Nigel Stevenson wrote

Taiwan activates backup comm for Matsu Islands after undersea cable glitch

Back-up communications including microwave communications have been activated, they said, which could allow internet services to partially resume in the islands

China expresses firm support for WHO after Trump announces to quit

China on Tuesday expressed its firm support for the World Health Organisation (WHO) after US President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the UN health body, accusing it of mishandling the Covid-19 crisis and failing to carry out reforms. Soon after his swearing-in on Monday, Trump signed an executive order beginning the process of withdrawing America from the WHO, the second time in less than five years that the US has ordered to withdraw from the world body. Reacting to Trump's move, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Tuesday that China will continue to support the world health body in fulfilling its duties. Guo said that as an authoritative international organisation in the field of global public health, WHO plays a central coordinating role in global health governance, and its role should be strengthened, not weakened. China will, as always, support WHO in fulfilling its duties, deepen international public health cooperation, strengthen global heal

Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump's remarks on canal

US President Donald Trump's insistence Monday that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under US control fed nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with US military intervention. American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form, and that includes the United States Navy. And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal, Trump said Monday. In the streets of the capital, some Panamanians saw Trump's remarks as a way of applying pressure on Panama for something else he wants: better control of migration through the Darien Gap. Others recalled the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama with concern. Panama President Jos Ral Mulino responded forcefully Monday, as he did after Trump's initial statement last month that the U.S. should consider repossessing the canal, saying the canal belongs to his country of 4 million and will remain Panama's territory. Luis Barrera, a 52-year-old cab drive

Setback for Apple: iPhone sales in China plunge 18% in December qtr

The company's flagship handsets, China's top sellers a year earlier, relinquished the top spot to Huawei Technologies Co., Counterpoint Research found