China’s electric car drive, led by BYD, leaves global brands behind
SHANGHAI, Apr 17, 2023, Reuters. China’s auto market, the world’s largest, is accelerating toward an…
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The People’s Republic of China is an economy of 1.3 billion people. When it joined APEC in 1991, it had a real GDP of USD 906 billion and a per capita GDP of USD 788. Today it is the second-largest economy in the world. By 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 9.5 trillion, while its per capita GDP increased nine-fold to USD 6,800.
Mongolia grass fires threaten border with China, Chinese state media report
BEIJING, Apr 10, 2023, Reuters. Grassland fires from Mongolia on Monday threatened to spread across…
Malaysia open to talks with Beijing over dispute in South China Sea: PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 3, 2023, Reuters. Malaysia is prepared to negotiate with China over a…
Former Taiwan president arrives in China pledging peace
TAOYUAN, Mar 27, 2023, Reuters. Taiwan’s ex-President Ma Ying-jeou became on Monday the first sitting…
China, Cambodia hold first-ever joint maritime military exercises
BEIJING, Mar 20, 2023, Reuters. China and Cambodia held military naval exercises for the first…
China’s parliament approves changes to speed up ’emergency’ laws
BEIJING, Mar 13, 2023, Reuters. China’s parliament approved changes to a law on Monday that…
Japan to relax border controls for passengers from China from Mar 1
TOKYO, Feb 27, 2023, Reuters. Japan will from Wednesday ease its COVID restrictions on travellers…
China lodges protest over US shooting down of ‘civilian’ balloon
BEIJING, Feb 6, 2023, Kyodo. China said Monday it has lodged a protest over the…
Asia-Pacific markets rise as China reopens borders with Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Jan 9, 2023, CNBC. Asia-Pacific markets traded higher as Hong Kong and mainland…
China stages ‘strike drills’ around Taiwan, citing provocation
BEIJING, Dec 26, 2022, Reuters. China’s military said it had conducted “strike drills” in the…
Indian, Chinese soldiers injured in clash near Arunachal border
NEW DELHI, Dec 12, 2022, The Hindu. Indian and Chinese soldiers suffered “minor injuries” after…
iPhone maker Foxconn reports slump in revenue after unrest and Covid outbreak at key China plant
ZHENGZHOU, Dec 5, 2022, CNBC. Foxconn said November revenue totaled 551.1 billion new Taiwan dollars…