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Dissidents from across the globe gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, to tell the stories of their survival and escape from authoritarian regimes. In just a few days, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will kick off its 58th session in that same city. In his opening remarks at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and…
What’s going on here? French firm Eramet is set to benefit from China’s decision to restrict exports of its lithium tech, boosting its foothold in South America. What does this mean? Eramet is positioning itself as a key player in the lithium market amid China’s potential technology export bans, which are a countermeasure against US…
A bus, believed to be carrying Chinese nationals who have worked at scam centers in eastern Myanmar, crosses the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot in Thailand’s Tak province before being flown back to China on Feb. 20, 2025. (Sarot Meksophawannakul | AP) BANGKOK — An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who…
Two United States allies in the South Pacific on Thursday sounded alarms on the “unusual” and “significant” presence of Chinese naval ships in the waters between them. The Chinese Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Why It Matters Both Australia and New Zealand signed a security treaty with the U.S….
BANGKOK – An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China. Thailand, China and Myanmar have coordinated efforts over the past month to shut down the…
BEIJING — China has been “doing its best” to push for negotiations with the European Union over its tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, a commerce ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, almost four months after the punitive import curbs took effect. The bloc voted to increase the tariffs to as much as 45.3% in October after…
By Amy Lv and Lewis Jackson BEIJING (Reuters) – Iron ore futures gained on Thursday as strong steel consumption data from top consumer China boosted sentiment, shifting investor focus to prospects of growing ore demand and spurring a wave of short covering. The most-traded May iron ore contract on … Source link
By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has changed references to China on its website, emphasising the trade deficit in an expanded section on economic ties, while dropping talk of working with allies and assistance to China on cultural and environmental issues. The February 13 … Source link
In the heart of Jiangsu Province sits the China-Israel Changzhou Innovation Park – the main entry point for the growing number of Israeli tech companies flocking to form subsidiaries in China. Changzhou is the largest of China’s government-funded innovation parks, built to attract foreign tech talent, and was established within the first Chinese province to…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian and New Zealand militaries were monitoring three Chinese warships moving unusually far south along Australia’s east coast on an unknown mission, officials said Thursday. The Australian government revealed a week ago that the warships had traveled through Southeast Asia and the Coral Sea and were approaching northeast Australia. Defense…