China’s Social Credit System

China’s economic authorities have a problem. They are confronted with the threat of deflation and the prospect of “Japanification”, or the decades of economic stagnation from which Japan is only just emerging. This week’s inflation data showed consumer price inflation at zero last month and factory gate prices falling 5.4…

There’s a lot of hype about humanoid robots right now and while one company is taking most of the attention, they’re not the only game in town. Fourier Intelligence is a China-based technology company that started back in 2015 and focused on exoskeleton tech that enabled people to walk again.…

US-China relations have been tense for years over national security issues including Taiwan, US export bans on advanced technologies, China's state-led industrial policies, human rights issues, the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and trade tariffs Reuters Republican US presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Sunday he would…

China is tamping down on meetings that provide false information and could harm citizens, state media said, as the authorities step up oversight on what they consider questionable activities in various areas. The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and 10 other authorities issued a circular…

Updated 2 hours ago · Published on 9 Jul 2023 1:00PM · US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, in Beijing, on Friday. – AFP pic, July 9, 2023. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today that her talks with top Chinese officials have helped…

MEETING. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) shakes hands with China's Vice Premier He Lifeng during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 8, 2023. Pedro Pardo/Pool/Reuters (1st UPDATE) 'Healthy economic competition is only sustainable if it benefits both sides,' United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says…

By DAVID BRUNNSTROM, SIMON LEWIS, Reuters Published July 8, 2023 4:12am WASHINGTON - Washington hopes to rally Southeast Asian nations to take tougher action against Myanmar's military junta and to push back on China's actions in the South China Sea as top US diplomat Antony Blinken heads to the region…

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…