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Analysts said the cuts in the House budget bill will increase emissions and raise energy prices while effectively ceding the clean energy market to China.
Could there be some hidden secrets that cannot see the light of day, prompting a hasty cover-up?” The scandal has put the authorities on the spot. Though they can sometimes suppress news completely, once a scandal gathers steam it can become more dangerous to try to squash it.
French President Emmanuel Macron and China's President Xi Jinping agreed in a phone call to advance as quickly as possible towards ending a dispute over cognac tariffs, Macron wrote in a post on social media platform X on Thursday.
THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — China has promised to give $500 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) over the next five years, positioning itself to become the group’s top donor. The pledge comes as the United States plans to leave the international organization, The Washington Post reported.
Beijing is racing ahead in advanced technology, including in robots, satellites and AI—and in some cases is catching up with the U.S.
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Xiaomi will start selling its YU7 electric vehicle, in July, founder and CEO Lei Jun said on Thursday, disclosing the launch date of an SUV analysts say will be the strongest rival in China to Tesla's best-selling Model Y.
The scholars join a dozen leading scientists of Chinese heritage who have recently left Western colleges for China. They include Sun Song, a star mathematician at the University of California Berkeley, who moved to Zhejiang University, home of DeepSeek, an ai firm.
Beijing will replace the United States as the organization’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.
China said on Wednesday trade talks with the U.S. were an important step toward bridging gaps but what was really needed was "indispensable" multilateralism to find a way out of global trade turmoil.
Roughly half of the world’s pigs live on Chinese farms. The country has purchased large quantities of breeding pigs from the U.S. since an outbreak of African swine fever, a virus with a near-total fatality rate, wiped out millions of the country’s hogs in 2018.
Once derided for its slower pace, Chengdu has a surging population and booming real estate market as workers look beyond China’s major coastal cities.
CCTV newscaster Hu Die accidentally referred to China and Taiwan as separate countries, contradicting Beijing's official narrative.