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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Indiana’s Republican governor met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen Monday morning, following two recent high-profile visits by U.S. politicians that drew China’s ire and Chinese military drills that included firing missiles over the island. Gov. Eric Holcomb arrived Sunday evening in Taiwan for a four-day visit…

Home News Spaceflight Liftoff of a Long March 2D rocket carrying the three Yaogan 35 (04 group) satellites from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China on Aug. 19, 2022. (Image credit: OurSpace/CNSA) China launched three classified remote sensing satellites on Friday (Aug. 19), which are joining three earlier sets…

World 20 Aug, 2022 12:00 AM3 minutes to read Xiao Jianhua has not been seen in public since he was kidnapped from Four Seasons hotel in 2017. Photo / Handout A Chinese billionaire abducted from a Hong Kong hotel in 2017 was jailed for 13 years and his company was…

BEIJING, Aug. 19 -- The repair crew event in the Maters of Armored Vehicles contest of the IAG 2022 kicked off at a training base in Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh Region, Russia, on August 17. Six participating teams including teams from China, Russia and Belarus competed in the contest. In the event, on…

Your browser does not support the audio element. Tech giant Huawei and China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd. (CATARC) held a signing ceremony in Shenzhen on August 17 for a new deal to deepen cooperation between the two sides. Huang Zhiyong, the president of Huawei’s Optical Application Business,…

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area is well positioned to lead carbon reduction efforts in China as pilot carbon-trading exchange thrives, experts say...Read More

China’s one-year loan prime rate (LPR) is expected to be cut by 10 basis points from 3.7 to 3.6 per cent on Monday, while the mortgage reference rate could be cut by as much as 15 points from its current level of 4.45 per cent...Read More

Placeholder while article actions load UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. investigator says contemporary forms of slavery are widely practiced around the world, including forced labor for China’s Uyghur minority, bonded labor for the lowest caste Dalits in South Asia, and domestic servitude in Gulf countries, Brazil and Colombia. Human Rights…

August 18, 2022 By CIW Team Advertising spend in China in the first half of 2022 decreased by 11.8%, according to data from CTR. China's advertising market saw contractions in multiple industries; IT Products & Services and Entertainment's ad spend decreased by over 40% in H1 2022. Almost all top…

By James T. Areddy in New York and Ann M. Simmons in Moscow Updated Aug. 17, 2022 4:21 pm ET The People’s Liberation Army of China said it would join military exercises led by Russia in the latest demonstration of partnership between the two U.S. rivals. Building on a “no…