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China’s top legislature has reviewed a plan to gradually raise the retirement age, months after the ruling Communist Party’s Central Committee proposed it be lifted in a “voluntary and flexible” way. The retirement age has been in place since 1951 and is among the lowest in the world. It is currently 60 for men, 55…
In Brussels, Günther Oettinger has earned the nickname “Mr. Revolving Door.” Oettinger, a three-time European commissioner following a career in the ranks of Angela Merkel’s conservative German CDU party, was already the talk of the corridors of the European institutions when he switched to lobbying. But at the end of August, unease set in when…
Taipei, Taiwan — As China is set to host bilateral talks with the Philippines this month, their South China Sea dispute is expanding from sea to air, increasing the risk of military confrontation, analysts warn. The Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily newspaper on Monday published an article warning that “China-Philippines relations stand at a crossroads”…
The US House of Representatives is pursuing a string of bills aimed at reducing US reliance on Chinese tech and companies. Among the first to pass was The Biosecure Act aimed at protecting the US medical supply chain by restricting federal governments from using several Chinese biotech firms within their contracts. A vote is also…
The end of a decade-long partnership between a leading public research university in the United States and China’s Tianjin University was a “direct consequence” of a US strategy to decouple from China in hi-tech fields, and a worrying sign of dwindling academic exchanges between the two countries, analyst have warned. The Georgia Institute of Technology…
The United States and China have held high-level commander talks for the first time, Chinese authorities said, amid efforts to stabilise military ties and avoid misunderstandings, especially in regional hotspots such as the South China Sea. Washington hopes to open new channels of regular military communication with Beijing after ties sank to a historic low…
China will hold joint naval and air drills with Russia in Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk this month, along with the two countries carrying out a joint maritime patrol in the Pacific, announced China’s Ministry of National Defense on Monday. Over the weekend, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force tracked a four-ship People’s…
A small business in China has been devastated by the potential loss of 30 million yuan (US$4.2 million) after an employee accidentally labelled some of its washing machines with the wrong prices, triggering a buying spree. Little Swan Dongshan Franchise Shop, which also has a brick-and-mortar outlet in Jixi county, Anhui province in southeast China,…
Spreading disinformation and sowing discord have been Russia’s specialty for years. But recent federal indictments reveal how Russian propaganda infiltrates and influences American political discourse. The Justice Department’s actions show, we hope, that the U.S. is getting serious about these ongoing threats ahead of the election. But all of us need to recognize that our…
US President’s National Security Advisor Sullivan visited China from August 27 to 29, and China and the United States held a new round of strategic communication in Beijing. When meeting with Sullivan on August 29, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that China and the United States must first clarify whether the two countries are rivals…