China is trying to rescue its property market. Prices are still plunging
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A Tale of Two Nearly Extinct Giant Salamanders
In Japanese rivers, if you’re very lucky, you might find unusual amphibians that grow up to five feet long and look like strange cartoon dinosaurs. They are giant salamanders.
China opens tit-for-tat anti-dumping probe into European pork
BEIJING (Reuters) -- China has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imported pork and its by-products from the European Union, a step that appears mainly targeted at Spain, the Netherlands, France and Denmark in response to curbs on its electric vehicle exports.
China Vanke: the poster child of a now-troubled property sector
HONG KONG -- Call China Vanke a poster child for the country's economic evolution since Deng Xiaoping introduced his reform and opening-up policies at the end of the 1970s.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang says ties with Australia are back on track
SYDNEY -- Relations between China and Australia, strained by years of acrimony, are "on the right track," Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Monday during an appearance with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who emphasized "renewed and revitalized" engagement between the two countries.
China retail sales beat expectations as industrial output loses some steam
HONG KONG -- China's retail sales grew at a faster-than-expected pace in May while industrial output missed forecasts but remained relatively robust, painting a mixed picture of the world's second-largest economy.
China says one of its ships bumped by Philippine vessel in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) -- A Philippine supply ship dangerously approached a Chinese ship resulting in a slight collision after it illegally intruded into waters adjacent to the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, the Chinese coast guard said on Monday, a claim which Manila's military said was "deceptive and misleading."
Online rumours of civil war in Philippines tied to China’s covert agenda
Analysts link such efforts to a broader cognitive warfare strategy by China, leveraging disinformation through social media and traditional channels in an attempt to sway public sentiment and destabilise the Philippines’ political landscape.