Chinese firms facing EU probe exit from Romanian solar project
BRUSSELS -- Two Chinese groups have withdrawn from a solar project in Romania after the European Union launched a fair competition investigation against them, an EU official said Monday.
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Beijing's transnational repression reaches overseas Chinese students: report
NEW YORK -- When Chinese President Xi Jinping met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris last week, members of France-based Chinese student group Le Front de la Liberte received phone calls from their parents back home, asking about their upcoming activities and urging them not to do anything that could embarrass Xi.
China markets dip as real-time foreign trading data withheld
HONG KONG -- Major mainland stock indexes closed slightly lower on Monday, the same day exchanges halted real-time trading volume data disclosures on foreign investors coming through Hong Kong.
Thailand, Japan signal policy shifts on engaging Myanmar's resistance
BANGKOK -- Moves by Thailand and Japan to engage with Myanmar's resistance indicate a shift in policies that previously favored Naypyitaw's military regime and excluded key resistance organizations such as the parallel National Unity Government.
China to start selling 1tn yuan in long bonds for economic support
HONG KONG -- China will start selling a series of long-term special treasury bonds this week, as Beijing explores new ways to prop up its flagging economy.
Chinese cities' last-ditch property easing exposes limited toolkit
HONG KONG -- Chinese cities have dropped some of the last barriers to home purchases in an effort to spur demand. But rather than raising hopes for a recovery, experts say the moves show how little space the authorities now have to work with.
China and Cambodia to begin annual military exercise to strengthen cooperation, fight terrorism
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia and China begin their annual Golden Dragon military exercise this week to strengthen cooperation and exchange military experiences, a Cambodian official said Monday.
Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release
BANGKOK (AP) — The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be released Monday are unknown, raising concern from activists.