China and Russia are increasingly playing a dominant role in the Middle Eastern and North African region more than ten years ago, surpassing geo-political rival the United States’s influence in the region, according to a poll. The survey, conducted by independent news
China’s Xi Jinping was left reeling after figures showed the country’s economy lagging well behind those of the US and UK. Data shows that when the economy is measured in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, Chinese citizens are much
In a diplomatic move that defies the European Union’s intentions to tighten the screws on China’s economic activities, France has emphasised its commitment to maintaining robust ties with Beijing. The French Foreign Minister, Stéphane Séjourné, made the stance clear during his visit
Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that attempts to limit China’s access to technology won’t hinder its progress. In 2023, the Netherlands enforced export licensing for chip machinery, echoing US measures that restricted Chinese access to this technology.
China’s congress concluded its annual session with a show of near-unanimous support for the ruling Communist Party’s blueprint for the year. The nearly 3,000-member National People’s Congress approved a revised State Council law that directs China’s version of the cabinet to follow
Alarm bells have been ringing across the Western world in the past few weeks amid fears Vladimir Putin may be already planning to invade another European nation. In Britain, there have been various calls for the country to rearm, beef up the
Donald Trump is considering escalating the trade conflict with China if he secures a second term in the White House, imposing a 60 percent tariff on Chinese imports. On the other hand, President Biden is planning to enact a series of restrictions
China’s unquenchable thirst for energy is exposing Beijing’s inability to keep its workers safe – and that could spell problems for the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy, experts warned last night. More than 2,000 investigations are being carried out in China’s coal mines
India looks set to overtake China as the place to invest as millionaires scramble to escape from under Xi Jinping’s perilous Chinese economy. Wall Street has seen a shift of money flowing into India rather than China is the country battles a
“They have three and a half times more banking leverage than we did going into the crisis, and they’ve only been at this banking thing for a couple of decades.” “The basic architecture of the Chinese economy is broken.” Another expert also