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China to focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and tech in new economic plan

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China to focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and tech in new economic plan

The Communist Party’s Central Committee elevated Zhang Shengmin to vice chair of the Central Military Commission. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s ruling Communist Party said on Thursday (October 23, 2025) it would focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology in the face of “profound and complex” changes and rising “uncertainty.” The announcement…

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Chinese President Xi meets Sri Lankan PM Amarasuriya, calls for stronger security collaboration

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Chinese President Xi meets Sri Lankan PM Amarasuriya, calls for stronger security collaboration

Chinese President Xi Jinping, fourth left, attends a meeting with Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, fourth right, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on October 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya and called for strengthening of cooperation…

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China takes steps against U.S.-linked units of South Korea shipbuilder Hanwha

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China takes steps against U.S.-linked units of South Korea shipbuilder Hanwha

Hanwha’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Picture: hanwha.com China announced sanctions on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) against five U.S.-linked subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean amid trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies, sending the company’s shares sharply lower. The move, announced by the Chinese Commerce Ministry, comes on the day that China…

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China, North Korea to strengthen strategic cooperation: Reports

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China, North Korea to strengthen strategic cooperation: Reports

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP China says it is ready to develop its relationship with North Korea to strengthen strategic cooperation in international and regional…

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Watch: World’s highest bridge opens in China

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Watch: World’s highest bridge opens in China

The world’s tallest bridge opened in China’s Guizhou province. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge towers 625m above a river and vast gorge in the country’s rugged southern province. The province is also home to the 565-metre Beipanjiang Bridge that is now the world’s second highest.It is nine times the height of San Francisco’s Golden Gate…

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China sentences 16 Myanmar-linked gang members to death

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China sentences 16 Myanmar-linked gang members to death

A Chinese court sentenced to death on Monday (September 29, 2025) 16 members of a family-run criminal gang that established deadly scam centres in Myanmar’s Kokang region on the border with China, among other crimes. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners — many of them Chinese — who say they…

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Palestine applies for BRICS membership, says envoy; China ready to welcome more ‘like-minded partners’

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Palestine applies for BRICS membership, says envoy; China ready to welcome more ‘like-minded partners’

Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Palestine has applied for membership of the BRICS as more countries recognised it as a state in recent weeks, a Palestinian diplomat said on Friday (September 26, 2025). However, it is yet to receive a response, Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal told Russian media outlets. “We…

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U.S., E.U. trading with Moscow too: China dismisses Trump’s ‘primary funder’ of Ukraine war criticism over Russian oil purchases

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U.S., E.U. trading with Moscow too: China dismisses Trump’s ‘primary funder’ of Ukraine war criticism over Russian oil purchases

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun warned that Beijing will take countermeasures to safeguard its interests if its companies’ normal trade with Russia is obstructed. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Dismissing United States President Donald Trump’s criticism that India and China are the “primary funders” of the Ukraine war through purchases of Russian oil, Beijing…

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Tensions flare as Chinese, Philippine ships collide near disputed shoal in South China Sea

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Tensions flare as Chinese, Philippine ships collide near disputed shoal in South China Sea

China and the Philippines have clashed repeatedly around outcroppings in the South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS China’s Coast Guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday (September 16, 2025) near Scarborough Shoal, a disputed territory that both countries claim…

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