China is stepping up anti-espionage activities amid worsening ties with the United States and a renewed focus on national security ahead of a key Communist Party anniversary later this year.
China says coal will play less-dominant energy role
China, the world’s biggest coal user, is aiming to have the fossil fuel play a less dominant role in its energy mix …
A kaleidoscope illusion and a China sandstorm: Tuesday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world …
South Korean Economy Joins China in Surpassing Pre-Pandemic Peak
South Korea led the developed world to join China in exceeding the size of its pre-pandemic economy, as investment and exports helped it expand faster than expected.Gross domestic product grew 1.6% …
Singapore agtech firm DiMuto taps fintech startup to provide payment services
The two firms plan to develop a payment module that will allow DiMuto’s customers to make payments tagged to the movement of goods on its platform.
Long delayed Hong Kong, Singapore set May 26 for launch of travel bubble
Singapore already has some pacts on essential business and official travel, and has opened unilaterally to general visitors from countries including Brunei Darussalam, China and New Zealand. Singapore …
How China opened for business
China’s financial and capital markets. The next 12 months could be just as busy, as regulators rush to approve a host of licences lodged by global financial institutions.
Tesla’s publicity nightmare in China comes at crucial juncture
Beijing’s targeting of Tesla for the electric vehicle maker’s bungled handling of a high-profile customer protest has exposed a weakness in the US group’s China business as competition intensifies in …
Germany, China to increase cooperation on climate change
Germany and China have agreed to step up their cooperation in combating climate change in an effort to help keep global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius by the year 2100 …
Students riding bus discover they came from same orphanage in China
A pair of students at a Virginia university struck up a conversation on a bus and soon discovered they lived at the same orphanage in China 15 years earlier.