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The first Australian coal shipment to China in over two years neared delivery on Thursday
Feb 11, 2023The first Australian coal shipment to China in over two years neared delivery on Thursday, according to shipping data and media reports, as tensions between the two Pacific powers show signs of easing. Once close trading... -
China resumes issuing visas for Japanese citizens
Jan 29, 2023On Sunday, the Chinese embassy in Tokyo made the decision to resume providing visas to Japanese nationals. The action puts an end to a punitive action taken by Japan in response to that country’s choice to... -
Off the coast of Japan, a Chinese cargo ship goes down
Jan 26, 2023An international crew from China and Myanmar worked on the 6-ton chainese watercraft Jin Tian. According to Chinese media, only five of the 13 people found have survived. According to Chinese media, eight people died when... -
China, India firms dropped by Norway fund over Myanmar weapons
Jan 26, 2023The largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, Norway’s, has barred two businesses from doing business in China and India for providing Myanmar’s military government with light combat aircraft and a weapon system. Due to the... -
China’s passenger car sales rose 2.4% in December
Jan 12, 2023China’s passenger car sales rose 2.4% in December as consumers rushed to make use of a subsidy for electric vehicles (EV) before they expired last month, with sales likely to sharply weaken in January, an auto... -
Sri Lanka urged China and India to agree a write-down of their loans as soon as possible
Jan 12, 2023Sri Lanka’s central bank has urged China and India to agree a write-down of their loans as soon as possible. The crisis-hit Indian Ocean state defaulted on its debt repayments and negotiated a $2.9bn (£2.4bn) bailout.... -
Nearly 90% of people in Henan, China infected with Covid, local health officials say
Jan 10, 2023Nearly 90% of people in Henan, China’s third most populous province, have now been infected with Covid, local health officials say. Provincial official Kan Quancheng revealed the figure – amounting to about 88.5 million people –... -
China ends quarantine for overseas travellers
Jan 8, 2023On Sunday, China lifted its quarantine regulations for incoming travelers, putting an end to a nearly three-year period of seclusion even as the nation confronts an increase in Covid infections. Beijing started a dramatic deconstruction of... -
German MPs travel to Taiwan as China tensions rise
Jan 8, 2023A high-ranking parliamentary delegation from Germany said they were traveling to Taiwan on Sunday, ahead of an anticipated ministerial visit later this year in moves that could spark tensions with China. Johannes Vogel of the pro-business... -
Jack Ma will relinquish command of China’s Ant Group
Jan 7, 2023China’s Ant Group announced on Saturday that it would change the shareholding structure of the fintech juggernaut so that it would no longer be under the authority of its billionaire founder Jack Ma. After the adjustment...
