Announcing the conclave, Politburo highlights the ferocity of international competition and risks ‘lurking in key areas’ of the economy.
China will adopt ‘forward-thinking plan’ for building digital economy and boost international collaboration through technology arm of the belt and road strategy, according to Beijing’s top planner and data agency.
Four YF-100K engines pass ignition test to ‘fully verify’ their compatibility and individual reliability, chief designer said.
Sniper would have opened fire on police so protesters could collect service weapons from dead officers and have same level of power as force, ringleader Wong Chun-keung says.
China’s Communist Party will hold one of its most-watched meetings in July, as analysts predict the political body will lay out reforms to aid in the country’s economic recovery.
Beijing’s top anti-graft agency says Liu, who once served on Interpol executive committee, is ‘suspected of serious violations of discipline and law’ which is widely understood to mean corruption.
China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) remained in expansion territory for a second consecutive month in April, although the pace slowed as officials admitted that manufacturers are facing higher costs.
Firm’s flagship corporate social responsibility initiative works with 500 global universities and has benefited more than 18,000 students from 140 nations and regions.
Total venture-capital investment in China in the first quarter fell 30 per cent quarter on quarter to US$11.5 billion amid economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, though China still accounted for eight of the top 10 deals.
Unvaccinated four-year-old girl infected with influenza A died at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan.
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies is eyeing opportunities in digital and artificial intelligence transformation to regain ground in Asia-Pacific, according to its deputy chairwoman Meng Wanzhou.
Quinn said it was the ‘right time’ to look for a better work-life balance as the lender’s net profit slipped 1 per cent from a year ago to US$10.2 billion, surpassing the US$9.24 billion profit expected by analysts polled by Bloomberg.
Stress, anxiety and caffeine are among the reasons nearly one-third of American adults say they do not get the recommended seven to nine hours of rest a night. Experts offer five tips for better sleep.
After a stretch of trials in select Chinese cities, there is rising urgency to rapidly expand use of the underperforming retirement accounts as demographic challenges mount.
The American chicken franchise, fast-food rival McDonald’s and US coffee chain Starbucks have all become targets of a nationwide boycott movement triggered by Israel’s war on Gaza.
Chief Executive John Lee says Individual Visit Scheme helps city target high-spending arrivals.
Observers say Japan’s prime minister is going to need a political miracle to remain in office after his Liberal Democratic Party suffered an electoral drubbing over the weekend.
Why do Chinese fisherfolk celebrate Tin Hau in an annual festival ? Once upon a time there was a girl called Lin Mo, who became a deity after she learned how to predict the future and saved people from the sea.
A 45-year-old man, Zhang Ruijin, linked to Singapore’s largest money laundering case, was sentenced to 15 months’ jail on Tuesday. The sentence is the harshest meted out so far in the US$2.2 billion case.
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to receive eight months of training on the mainland and another 16 months in Hong Kong as part of government scheme.
Outstanding researchers in Beijing and Shanghai among those set to benefit from policies announced on Sunday by National Immigration Administration.
Holders of documents in mainland China will be able to enjoy 14 days from next week, and talent scheme will be expanded to Beijing and Shanghai.
Xinhua reports vehicle flow reached 3.26 million on mega bridge last year, after government-funded Voice of America referred to it as ‘ghost’ crossing in recent article.
With the junkets of Asia’s gambling capital ‘decimated’ by an anti-corruption crackdown, money launderers have shifted focus to more loosely regulated casinos in Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Myanmar.
A recent songwriting camp in Hong Kong brought Chris James, Gaston Pong and Chiyo – who between them have written for BTS, Tia Ray, and Priscilla Abby – to create all-but-guaranteed chart-toppers.
As China works to sell itself as a viable destination for international firms to air their disputes through arbitration, more must be done for these efforts to meet with success, analysts and professionals say.
Agriculture and fisheries blueprint outlines ambitious plans, but farming still viewed as a sunset industry.