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China New Growth: Strong standards strengthen safety, efficiency of China's civil drone industry
BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- China's national standards for civilian drones have significantly enhanced product safety and development efficiency since their implementation last year, the country's top market regulator said on Monday. The State...
China's foreign exchange reserves increase in June
BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- China's foreign exchange reserves totaled 3.3174 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of June 2025, up by 32.2 billion U.S. dollars, or 0.98 percent, compared to the end of May, official data showed Monday. In June, the...
Chinese travel agency looks at Latin America and the Caribbean
HAVANA, Cuba, July 6 (ACN) Promoting multi-destination tourism is essential to attracting the largest possible number of Chinese travelers to Latin America and the Caribbean. According to Terry Jiang, president of the tourism agency...

China Considers Doubling Southbound Bond Connect to $139 Billion
China is considering doubling an investment channel local investors use to buy bonds overseas, according to people familiar with the matter, a major step in its efforts to loosen restrictions on financial flows. Regulators in the country have held...

Chinese AI gains global traction as U.S. tech dominance faces challenges
Chinese AI gains global traction as U.S. tech dominance faces challenges Major Western firms like HSBC and Saudi Aramco are adopting Chinese AI models, challenging U.S. tech leadership. DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen offer performance comparable to...

China flexes its cuddly clout as Labubu monsters set off a g...
Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have become a global craze. They bare their teeth from the handbags of Rihanna and Dua Lipa and have driven fans to break-ins and brawls as shoppers scramble to get hold of them – breaking new...

China’s Small Banks Cancel IPOs, Delist on Concern Over Profits
Chinese small lenders are pulling their applications for initial public offerings and delisting, even as overall share sales have recovered and bank stocks surged, underscoring the the profit challenges still faced by the sector. Guangdong Shunde...
Trade & Tariff Recap: All Eyes On Today's 12pm "Signed Letters" Announcement
Trade tensions are back in view as the 90-day deadline to reciprocal tariffs (which sparked a painful but extremely short market correction) approaches on July 9, with Trump pledging to start issuing unilateral rates to dozens of countries in the...

China Condemns Trump’s Threat Against BRICS as ‘Arbitrary and Counterproductive’
A view of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. X/ @GuyTOHONE1 July 7, 2025 Hour: 9:21 am On Monday, China condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose an additional 10% tariff on BRICS countries, calling it an arbitrary and counterproductive...

China’s Hikvision says it is challenging Canada’s shut down order
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese surveillance camera manufacturer Hikvision said on Monday it was challenging an order the Canadian government issued last month that required it to cease operations in Canada. The company said its Canadian unit had...

China’s visa-free policy pays dividends as overseas entries soar in 2025
China’s expansion of visa-free entry to nationals from dozens of countries appears to have yielded substantial results, with tourists arriving in droves from overseas and providing a much-needed boost to the country’s consumption in the first half...

China to boost rural workers' skills under new plan
China unveils a national initiative focused on vocational education and retraining for rural workers, especially women, to support agricultural development and improve urban employment integration. China unveiled on Monday initiatives aimed at...
China hits back at Trump’s 10% tariff threat on BRICS aligned nations
China has strongly rebuked U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose an additional 10% tariff on countries that align with BRICS’ “anti-American” policies. Trump announced the tariff threat following the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro (July...

China's New Cash Plan to Tackle Birth Rate Threat
China plans to introduce new nationwide cash incentives for families with newborn babies in an effort to boost the country's declining birth rate and ensure long-term economic growth. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry via email...

China and Ethiopia reaffirm alliance at meeting on sidelies of BRICS summit
At a meeting with his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said the two countries are ready to work together to expand bilateral trade and investment and promote the sustainable development of the Addis-Ababa-Djibouti...

China retaliates against EU trade restrictions
China hit back at European Union trade restrictions, weeks before a summit meant to celebrate 50 years of the pair officially establishing diplomatic relations. Beijing’s ban on the sale of European medical devices came in response to Brussels’...

China slams Trump’s 10% tariff threats, calls them ‘coercion tactics’ as trade tensions escalate
Beijing: China on Monday strongly opposed to US President Doanld Trump’s 10% tariff threats and said it is being used as a tool of coercion to pressure other countries. The fresh statement came from the Chinese foreign ministry, following a threat...
China-led int'l standard for autonomous driving test scenarios released
BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- An international standard on test scenarios for autonomous driving systems has been officially released, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China said on Monday. The standard, led by China during its...

China rejects US threat to target BRICS members with tariffs
According to the Chinese English website Global Times, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry (FM) on Monday stressed that BRICS focuses on openness and win-win cooperation and does not target any country, in response to a media question...

China responds to Trump's extra 10% tariffs threat on BRICS
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. /China's Foreign Ministry Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. /China's Foreign Ministry The BRICS mechanism is not targeted at any country, and there are no winners in tariff wars, a...