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10 confirmed dead in north China bus accident

Ten people have been confirmed dead after a bus went missing on Sunday in China’s northern Shanxi province, as heavy rain lashed the region this week, state media said yesterday.

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China to hold military drills with Russia in August

China said yesterday it would conduct joint military drills with Russia in August, including sea and air exercises near Vladivostok and joint naval patrols in the Pacific.

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Heavy rains leave 30 dead in Chinese capital

Heavy rains in the Chinese capital Beijing have killed 30 people and prompted authorities to evacuate 80,000, state media said Tuesday

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Summit with eu officials / China’s Xi calls for ‘proper handling of frictions’

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged top European Union officials yesterday to “properly handle differences and frictions” as he criticised Brussels’s recent trade actions against Beijing at a tense summit dominated by concerns on trade and the Ukraine war.

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Chinese engines power Russian drones used in Ukraine

Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia, labelled as “industrial refrigeration units” to avoid detection in the wake of Western sanctions, according to three European security officials and documents reviewed by Reuters.

1w ago

China starts building dam on Brahmaputra

China started building a mega-dam yesterday on a river running through Tibet and India, with Premier Li Qiang attending the commencement ceremony, state media said.

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China jails Japanese national for espionage: embassy

A court in China sentenced a Japanese businessman to three-and-a-half years in prison yesterday for spying, Tokyo’s ambassador in Beijing said.

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China says economy grew 5.2% in second quarter

The country's leadership is fighting a multi-front battle to sustain growth, a challenge made more difficult by US President Donald Trump's tariff campaign

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China says it tailed US aircraft

The Chinese military tailed a US aircraft that was passing through the politically sensitive Taiwan Strait yesterday, Beijing’s army said, vowing to “resolutely defend national sovereignty”.

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China, Russia chide West

Chinese and Russian defence officials took swipes at the West at a military diplomacy forum in Beijing on Friday, with China courting the Global South and Russia saying the United States was shifting military conflicts to the Asia-Pacific. 

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China signs finance co-op deal with debt distressed Maldives

China’s central bank on Friday said it had signed an agreement with the Maldivian authorities to strengthen trade and investment, as the debt-distressed Indian Ocean nation strives to avoid default.

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China consumer prices edge up to six-month high in August

Chinese consumer inflation ticked up slightly in August to a six-month high, official data showed Monday, but the reading missed expectations and did little to soothe worries about sluggish spending in the world's number two economy

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China tells US it presents ‘opportunity’ not ‘threat’: ministry

Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen told his US counterpart on Saturday that a modern China was an economic “opportunity” not a “threat” to the United States, the ministry said.

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China school bus crashes into crowd, kills 11 including students

A school bus ploughed into a crowd of people outside a middle school in eastern China on Tuesday, killing 11 people including five students, state media reported

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China, the Philippines trade blame in latest South China Sea clash

China and the Philippines accused each other on Saturday of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea, the latest in a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks.

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Pacific bloc drops Taiwan to placate China anger

A joint declaration by Pacific leaders was reissued yesterday morning with mentions of Taiwan removed after China slammed an earlier version as a “mistake” that “must be corrected”.

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China lashes Pacific bloc over Taiwan ‘mistake’

China lashed out at a declaration by Pacific Island leaders that upheld decades of engagement with Taiwan on Friday, branding it a “mistake” that “must be corrected”.

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China says ‘willing to engage’ with UN rights body on Xinjiang

China said Wednesday it was “willing to engage” with the UN Human Rights Office over its northwestern region of Xinjiang but rejected efforts to “smear” its policies there.

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