As the US faces isolation in UN over Middle East, China emerges as the responsible power
NEW YORK, May 20, 2021, Reuters. United States isolation at the United Nations over efforts…
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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.
Xi, Putin witness launch of joint nuclear energy project
BEIJING, May 20, 2021, Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin…
Divorces fall 70 per cent in China after govt orders couples to cool off
HONG KONG, May 19, 2021, CNN. The number of divorces recorded in China has fallen…
Xi, Putin to see launch of China-Russia nuclear energy project
BEIJING/MOSCOW, May 18, 2021, China Daily. President Xi Jinping will witness the commencement ceremony of…
Foreign ministry revs up preparations to launch S. Korea-China cooperation panel
SEOUL, May 17, 2021, Yonhap. The foreign ministry agreed to work together with a government…
A Xinjiang solar giant breaks ranks in bid to woo the West
BEIJING, May 17, 2021, Bloomberg. At the Daqo New Energy Corp. factory in China’s Xinjiang…
[Analytics] China vowed to reduce steel output but hasn’t – is it part of a sinister plan?
Amid a backdrop of rising tensions between Beijing and Canberra, the price of iron ore…
As US pulls out of Afghanistan, China sees opportunities
BEIJING, May 16, 2021, CNN. China is conflicted about Afghanistan. Speaking at a forum of…
China’s probe lands on Mars
BEIJING, May 15, 2021, Xinhua. The lander carrying China’s first Mars rover has successfully touched…
Tesla’s Model Y slumps in China sales rankings
BEIJING, May 14, 2021, CNBC. Sales of Tesla’s newest model for the Chinese market lost…
China closes in on Japan at beauty giant Shiseido
TOKYO/BEIJING, May 14, 2021, Forbes. Shiseido’s geographic balance has shifted considerably in the space of…
[Analytics] Bangladesh has shown courage against Chinese bullying
Following the statement, read threat, by the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh that Beijing-Dhaka ties would…