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Zhang Zhan, thought to be the first person in China imprisoned for documenting the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, was expected to be released on Monday, after serving a four-year sentence.
China is taking the rare step of sharply increasing fares for riders on four major bullet train lines, in its broadest move to address rising costs and heavy debts since construction of the system began nearly two decades ago.
TOKYO -- China's carbon allowances are trading in record-high territory as the country's biggest polluters scramble to buy emissions credits amid tightening government regulations.
Across the world, many cities are slowly sinking. Most are on the coast, including tropical megacities like Jakarta in Indonesia or Manila in the Philippines, or places like New Orleans, Vancouver or much of the Netherlands. Other sinking cities, like Mexico City and many of those in China, can be well inland. Yet this still remains a widely overlooked hazard.
SHANGHAI/PARIS -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is performing a delicate balancing act during his trip to Europe, analysts said, as he seeks to bolster economic ties with the region while facing growing pressure to fix trade imbalances and intervene in the Ukraine war.
BEIJING — ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence is speeding up research and bringing humanoid robots closer to reality in China, home to many of the world's factories.
HONG KONG -- Michael Kadoorie, the 82-year-old chairman of the company that runs the luxury Peninsula Hotels chain, said Wednesday that he plans to stay on for the foreseeable future, while the group seeks a successor to its retiring chief executive who is almost 20 years his junior.