A laborer works in a container area at a port in Tokyo, Japan July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Toru HanaiTOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) – Japan’s exports jumped in June led by U.S. demand for cars and China-bound shipments of chip-making equipment, supporting hopes for an export-led recovery in the world’s third-largest economy.Exports rose 48.6% in June from…
People line up for nucleic acid testing at a residential compound following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ruili, a border city with Myanmar, in Yunnan province, China July 5, 2021. cnsphoto via REUTERSBEIJING, July 21 (Reuters) – China reported 22 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland on July 20 versus 65 a…
Signage illuminated at the China Huarong Asset Management Co. headquarters on Financial Street in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.Yan Cong | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Weak spots are emerging in China’s growing debt pile.National debt levels have climbed to nearly four times of GDP, while an increasing number of corporate bonds have…
KARACHI — Following a terror attack that killed nine Chinese engineers in northern Pakistan last week, Beijing has ramped up pressure on Islamabad, postponing a high-level joint committee for the Belt and Road Initiative and halting a billion-dollar hydropower project.The Dasu Hydropower project currently under construction in northwest Pakistan is led by China Gezhouba Group…
Passengers trapped inside submerged subway as China battles deadly floods – CNN Video MUST WATCHSeveral people in Zhengzhou, China have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded the city’s subway. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced as emergency services have been deployed to assist in the rescue operations.Source: CNNSee More
Standing on a podium on Saturday to take an oath of office, Bashar al-Assad declared himself the only man who could rebuild Syria.His first foreign guest, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, seemed to enhance his claim, endorsing the president’s win in a May poll described by Britain and Europe as “neither free nor fair” and…
On the cover of Japan’s annual defence white paper released last week, a legendary 14th-century Samurai rides towards the viewer — a stark contrast with last year’s Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms.The invocation of the famed warrior caste is no accident: Japan is putting stronger emphasis on defence and taking on a bigger role in…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A teenager who says he’s a U.S. permanent resident and his fiancée are once again on the run from the threat of extradition to their homeland, China, in a sign of Beijing’s lengthening reach over perceived dissidents abroad.Chinese officials had sought Wang Jingyu, a 19-year-old student, over his online comments about…
Children cool off in the water at a park as a heat wave hits the city on July 16, 2021 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China.VCG | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Families in China can now have as many children as they like without facing fines or other consequences, the Chinese government…
HONG KONG—Record rainfall in central China caused severe floods that have claimed more than two dozen lives, turned city streets into gushing rivers and forced authorities to relocate hundreds of thousands of people.Henan province has been pelted by heavy rains since Saturday, with its capital of Zhengzhou among the worst-hit areas. Local news reports and…
