Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has warned that Chinese espionage activities could target German research institutions involved in cooperation with Chinese universities, citing insufficient awareness of security risks within parts of the research
Oil prices rose sharply in Asian trading on Monday after US President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear negotiations with Washington. The move came as fresh Chinese data showed industrial profit
A Chinese medical doctor with a PhD has left a prestigious hospital career to work as a food-delivery rider, breakfast seller and pub singer,
Southeast Asian businesses are looking to China’s newly opened Pinglu Canal to reduce transport bottlenecks and provide direct access to markets deep inside the
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is rapidly becoming a hub for highly organized cyber scams operated by Chinese and Indian networks, exploiting both local youth and the country’s vulnerable digital
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Chinese automaker Chery Automobile and metals giant Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group are reviving an old form of commerce: barter. Bloomberg reports that in recent years, the two Anhui province companies have exchanged
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China’s Jiaolong manned submersible has carried out the world’s first joint underwater operation with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Arctic Ocean, the China Media Group (CMG) reported on Saturday. The
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A high-stakes rivalry is quietly unfolding beneath the world’s oceans, where vast networks of subsea cables carry nearly all global internet traffic, linking billions of people, trillions in financial transactions, and critical
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China’s push into the Northern Sea Route (NSR)—the Arctic shipping lane stretching along Russia’s northern coast—has reignited debate over the safety, environmental impact, and commercial viability of the high-latitude shortcut. While the
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China and Sri Lanka first became connected through Buddhism and later through the Maritime Silk Road. The friendship between the two peoples has transcended time and continues today. For decades, many residents
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The Chinese Embassy in the Maldives hosted a grand reception on September 30 to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The
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BYD, China’s leading electric vehicle maker, reported its first monthly sales decline in 19 months in September, as domestic demand cooled and regulators clamped down on aggressive price competition, the Financial Times
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China is restricting the use of European telecom equipment in its networks, targeting suppliers such as Nokia and Ericsson, as President Xi Jinping accelerates efforts to decouple the country’s critical technology infrastructure
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In recent months, a wave of commentary from across the border has painted Chittagong Port—Bangladesh’s most significant maritime hub—as a looming threat to India’s eastern frontier. This rhetoric from India surrounding Chittagong
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Global trading of the Chinese yuan has surged to $817 billion a day, continuing a decade-long trend and bringing volumes closer to those of the British pound, according to the Bank for
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Chinese military cargo planes delivered rockets, artillery shells, and mortars to Cambodia weeks before a simmering border dispute with Thailand erupted into a brief but deadly war in July, according to Thai
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China’s manufacturing sector showed slight improvement in September, but the broader economy faces ongoing challenges, marking a sixth consecutive month of contraction—the longest slump since 2019, Bloomberg reports. The National Bureau of
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Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is reportedly in talks to acquire the top 13 floors of One Causeway Bay in Hong Kong in a deal valued at around HK$7 billion
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China’s ruling Communist Party is set to convene a major meeting in October to outline the country’s social and economic development strategy for the next five years, as Beijing seeks to sustain
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