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Sat, 05 Nov 2022 02:48:03 +0800
Mainland to allow expats to have BioNTech Covid shot
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced an agreement on Friday to let expatriates on the mainland use the Covid-19 vaccine from Germany's BioNTech and pressed for Beijing to allow the shot to be made freely available to Chinese citizens. On his firs...

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:38:37 +0800
German leader Scholz on China visit
President Xi Jinping said the German chancellor's visit to Beijing will "deepen practical cooperation" between the two countries as he met Olaf Scholz in Beijing on Friday. Xi said he believed the visit would "enhance mutual understanding and mutual...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:54:24 +0800
Shenzhou-14 crew enter Mengtian lab module
Shenzhou-14 astronauts have entered the Mengtian lab module of China's under-construction space station, Tiangong. According to the China Manned Space Agency, the Shenzhou-14 crew entered Mengtian at 3:12pm on Thursday, Beijing time. The agency sai...

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 13:50:34 +0800
Canada's CBC News to shut Beijing bureau
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said on Wednesday it was shutting its news bureau in Beijing after waiting two years in vain for a China work permit for its journalists. The publicly owned news outlet had numerous exchanges with Chinese offici...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:27:51 +0800
'Economic growth to stay within reasonable range'
The nation will be able to maintain normal monetary policy and positive interest rates for as long as possible with its potential economic growth likely to stay within a reasonable range, its central bank governor said. The world's second-biggest ec...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:02:02 +0800
'HK can help develop the mainland capital market'
A vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Fang Xinghai, told the Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit on Wednesday that Hong Kong plays an important role in the further growth of the mainland economy, such as develo...

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:57:38 +0800
Industrial park hosting iPhone factory locks down
An industral park in Zhengzhou that hosts an iPhone factory belonging to Foxconn announced a fresh Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday. The Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone in central China said it would impose "silent management" measures with immediate e...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:59:44 +0800
Mengtian lab module docks with space station
The Mengtian lab module has successfully docked with the under-construction Tiangong space station. Mengtian, which was blasted into space on Monday afternoon, docked with Tianhe, the space station's core module, at 4:27am on Tuesday Beijing time af...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:46:54 +0800
US should stop trying to suppress China: Wang Yi
The United States should stop trying to contain and suppress China and avoid creating obstacles to the relationship between the two countries, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his US counterpart on Monday. Wang also said in a Monday phone call with US ...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:47:56 +0800
China successfully launches Mengtian space module
China on Monday launched the Mengtian lab module, the third and final module of the nation's Tiangong space station. The module was carried into space by a Long March-5B Y4 carrier rocket and lifted off at 3:37pm from Hainan. It will first unfold it...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:32:12 +0800
Beijing to ease mainland residents' travel to Macau
Mainland Chinese residents will be allowed to visit Macau using an online visa system as of Tuesday, officials said, streamlining travel to the world's largest gambling hub after more than two years of pandemic restrictions. Macau is the only place ...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:01:37 +0800
China's factory activity contracts on Covid curbs
The nation's factory activity shrank in October, official data showed on Monday, after industries were hit by the pandemic. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) – a key gauge of manufacturing in the world's second-biggest economy – came in at 49...

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:57:47 +0800
Xi sends condolences to South Korea over stampede
President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent his condolences to South Korea, saying he was shocked to learn of the stampede that caused heavy casualties. "On behalf of the Chinese government and the people of China, I express our deep condolences for the vi...

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:33:43 +0800
Macau adds three cases, orders citywide rapid tests
Macau authorities on Sunday ordered all residents to undergo three consecutive days of rapid antigen tests, after the gaming hub reported three new Covid infections involving the same family. Officials said that in order to prevent social transmiss...

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:37:02 +0800
Four Chinese nationals among 153 dead in Seoul
The Chinese embassy in South Korea confirmed on Sunday that four Chinese nationals were among those killed in a stampede in the Itaewon district of Seoul on Saturday night during Halloween celebrations. Two others, meanwhile, suffered minor injuries....

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 17:48:58 +0800
China rolls out first inhalable Covid vaccine
In what is believed to be a world first, Shanghai this week introduced a new type of Covid-19 vaccine that is inhaled rather than administered via injection. Mainland regulators approved the vaccine, produced by Chinese pharmaceutical firm CanSino B...

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:16:48 +0800
Beijing mayor Chen Jining named Shanghai party boss
Beijing mayor Chen Jining has been appointed Communist Party secretary of Shanghai, succeeding Li Qiang who is now the second-ranked state leader. Chen, 58, was named a member of the Politburo at the recently concluded 20th party congress. Chen bec...

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:10:37 +0800
China economic slowdown to drag on Asia growth: IMF
The International Monetary Fund on Friday said China's economic slowdown is expected to drag on growth across Asia through the end of next year. Worldwide economic prospects have dimmed this year as countries have faced higher living costs, tighter ...

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:49:26 +0800
Shun empty slogans ahead of climate talks: Beijing
Rich countries must move on from "empty slogans" when it comes to climate change and make progress in meeting funding commitments, a Beijing official said on Thursday ahead of a new round of global climate talks in Egypt next month. "It is importan...

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:41:37 +0800
Mainland industrial profits down 2.3 pc
Profits at China's industrial firms fell at a faster clip in the January-September period amid Covid-19 and property woes that weighed on factory activity. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, industrial firms with annual main b...



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