China’s Social Credit System

China's new Premier Li Qiang warned of 'many new challenges' to economic growth. — AFPChina's new premier warned Monday that the country's five-percent growth target for 2023 would not be "easy" to achieve, as its rubber-stamp parliament wrapped up over a week of meetings. The government set the economic growth…

While the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in China will no doubt continue to grow in 2023, domestic manufacturers are accelerating their exploration of the Thai market. On March 10, BYD and NETA announced the construction of their factories in Thailand. Both sides said that the factory aims to…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), the centrist Democrat who has been highly critical of Biden administration energy policy, released a statement on March 10 in which he called “beyond irresponsible” clean energy czar John Podesta’s remarks that day that Chinese companies will be “big players” in U.S. domestic production of EV batteries.…

The route will be built on the basis of concessions in which China will gain long-term access to the natural resources in the region. This new Chinese initiative will benefit Moscow and especially those Russian firms and officials who control the natural resources in Sakha. Even with Chinese resources behind…

China on Saturday named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier nominally in charge of the world’s second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years. Li was nominated by Xi and appointed to the position at Saturday morning’s session of the…

From: Inside StoryXi starts his 11th year in the job as tensions are rising with the United States and European Union. Xi Jinping has been formally appointed for a third term as China’s president. It may be a ceremonial position, but the man who holds it is by far the…

2:59 AM UTC The World Baseball Classic continues as the Czech Republic takes on China in a Pool B battle at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. China is coming off an opening-game loss against Japan, while the Czech Republic will be playing its first game of the tournament. China has…

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China and Russia kicked off their second joint computer-assisted anti-missile drill on Monday, a move experts said could deter potential missile threats amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The drill began on Monday in Beijing and is expected to conclude on Saturday, China's Defense Ministry said on its website…