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Navigation for News Categories Lam prices fell more than 10 percent in June compared to the month before. Photo: Phil Smith Prices for New Zealand's major commodity exports have been soft in recent months, notably for meat, dairy and logs. ANZ Bank's latest commodity price index showed a 2.3 percent…

“Dare to fight”: Xi Jinping tells the Chinese military to deepen its war planning. The second U.S. cabinet official to visit China in a month, Treasury Secretary Yellen is kicking off a trip to Beijing on Thursday. Beijing takes a new swipe at Washington, telling Japan and South Korea, “You…

In recent years, critical minerals have become intimately linked with the national security of Western nations. Access to critical minerals is essential to any country hoping to gain or maintain technological superiority over its rivals - a fact that China was distinctly aware of when it moved to buy up…

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via video conference from Beijing, capital of China, July 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) * Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) must rise…

China Daily) Never Say Never, the second directorial work of actor-turned filmmaker Wang Baoqiang, will launch a four-day nationwide advanced screening on June 29, and be released across the country on July 6.Adapted from real-life events, the movie stars Wang as a fight coach determined to assist a group of underprivileged…

Source: Pintau Studio/adobeBitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH)-powered “bribery” cases are on the rise in Taiwan, the nation’s justice ministry has claimed. Per the China Times, the ministry warned that cash is no longer the only currency used in corruption cases. The ministry said that BTC, ETH, and other coins were…

Source: AdobeStock / rabbit75_fotHopes that China’s anti-crypto stance could soon change have been crushed by the appointment of a known crypto-critic as the Communist Party’s top official at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC). According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, the Party’s new appointee to the Chinese central…

Gulzar Imam, the BNA leader known as Shambay, is among the leaders of a separatist alliance formed in November 2018 “to launch assaults against the Chinese interests in Balochistan,” security analyst Ahmad Baloch told The China Project from Quetta. The alliance targeted Belt and Road projects announced in 2015 by…

In the wake of January 2023 protests in Gwadar port, a focus of Chinese investment in Pakistan, how have Pakistanis reacted to the ongoing Chinese presence? If the locals do not see much change and improvement, it fosters resentment. For instance, they ask “where are our jobs, water, electricity, education,…

When: July 12-15, 2023 Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC), 2345 Longyang Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China Buyer Pre-Registration East China Fair (ECF), supported by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and co-sponsored by nine local commerce departments of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Nanjing and…