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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The biggest emitter of planet-warming pollution managed to take almost the whole world by surprise. In a September speech to the United Nations, Chinese President Xi Jinping put a 2060 end date on his country's contribution to global warming. No other nation can do more to…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 22 Nov 2020 5:10PM · Xi Jinping says China 'will actively consider joining' the CPTPP. – EPA pic, November 22, 2020. CHINA will consider joining a free trade pact once championed by the US but abandoned by Donald Trump, President Xi Jinping said…

China is ready to pursue peaceful coexistence with all countries on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, President Xi Jinping said on Saturday, and suggested narrowing differences through dialogue and resolving disputes through negotiation. Addressing the virtual G20 Summit hosted by Saudi Arabia's King Salman, Xi said…

China is ready to pursue peaceful coexistence with all countries on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, President Xi Jinping said on Saturday Topics G20 summit | Xi Jinping | border dispute China is ready to pursue peaceful coexistence with all countries on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual…

Illustration by Lau Ka-kuen China emits more carbon dioxide than the United States and Europe combined, at a rate that tripled in the past two decades amid the country’s breakneck economic growth as a World Trade Organization member The 2060 goal, along with a target for carbon emissions to peak…

Xi Jinping’s UN pledge to make China carbon neutral by 2060 conflicts with plans to expand the country’s coal-power capacity, two research groups say Next five-year plan for energy should phase out coal-fired power plants and double expansion of wind and solar power, they urge Published: 6:05am, 20 Nov, 2020…

HONOLULU — Anyone flying to Hawaii will be required to have a negative COVID-19 test result prior to their departure for the state, with the new rule going into effect two days before Thanksgiving, Gov. David Ige announced Thursday. Until now, passengers flying to the islands using a pre-travel testing…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday spurned suggestions that his country might decouple or separate itself from the U.S. and other trading partners amid tension with Washington and Europe over technology and security. Speaking by video link from Beijing to a meeting of Asia-Pacific CEOs,…

Ted S. Warren-Pool/Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping halted Ant Group's historic $37 billion initial public offering after its founder, Jack Ma, criticized government leaders, The Wall Street Journal reported.A week before the Chinese fintech was set to go public, Ma made incendiary comments that didn't go down well with…

Chinese President Xi Jinping personally made the decision to halt the initial public offering of Ant Group, which would have been the world’s biggest, after controlling shareholder Jack Ma infuriated government leaders, according to Chinese officials with knowledge of the matter. The rebuke was the culmination of years of tense…