China
China to stage major drills around Taiwan after Pelosi visit
Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after a less than 24-hour visit that defied a series of increasingly stark threats from Beijing, which views the island as its...
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'China export ban on SA wool is killing jobs, government must step in'
There is no foot and mouth disease in our wool producing areas - Bruce Whitfield interviews Agri SA's Christo van der Rheede.
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W. House warns Beijing against turning Pelosi Taiwan visit into a 'crisis'
The White House on Monday warned China against overreacting to a trip by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, saying she would have every right to visit the self-ruled island despite Beijing viewing it as a highly provocative challenge.
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'Lion’s share of JSE returns comes from exposure to China, partly via Naspers'
Pieter Hundersmarck (Fund Manager, Flagship Asset Management) on listed SA businesses' dependence on China - on The Money Show
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Fresh COVID-19 outbreaks put millions under lockdown in China
Chinese health authorities reported more than 300 infections in the historic northern city of Xi'an - home to the Terracotta Army - and the country's biggest city Shanghai.
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Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian
"The giant panda is... a rare case of a large carnivore with a short, carnivorous digestive tract... that has become a dedicated herbivore," Wang Xiaoming, curator of vertebrate palaeontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County said.
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Developers let Chinese farmers pay for homes with watermelons
One developer in the eastern city of Nanjing said it would accept truckloads of watermelons worth up to 100,000 yuan as a down payment from local farmers.
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Services, manufacturing rebound in China after COVID curbs eased
The non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of activity in the world's second-biggest economy, defied expectations and surged to 54.7 points in June after three months of sluggish performance.
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Shanghai reports zero Covid cases for first time since outbreak
China is the last major economy still committed to a zero-Covid strategy, stamping out new cases with a combination of targeted lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines.
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China to censor social media comments before publication
The Chinese government is tightening its already vice-like grip on the internet.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Brics partnership has great value for South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the Brics Leaders’ Summit later this week and says that is a valuable platform for South Africa to strengthen ties with its partner countries in support of our own growth and employment creation.
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Shanghai eases COVID curbs in step towards ending lockdown
The commercial hub of 25 million people was closed down in sections from late March, when the Omicron virus variant fuelled China's worst outbreak since Covid first took hold in 2020.
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Pacific nations reject China security pact
Talks in Fiji between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and leaders from the small island nations failed to reach an agreement, in a high-profile diplomatic setback for Beijing.
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China premier issues warning on COVID-hit economy
China is the last major economy welded to a policy of mass testing and rapid lockdowns to eliminate virus clusters, but the strict curbs have battered businesses.
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Xi speaks with UN rights chief as Xinjiang row rages
China's Communist Party is accused of detaining over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-western region as part of a years-long crackdown the United States and lawmakers in other Western countries have labelled a "genocide".
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Biden vows military defence of Taiwan if China invades
Washington and allies like Japan have framed their tough response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a warning to others, particularly China, about the consequences of unilateral military action.
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Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight COVID outbreak
Chinese authorities have pressed on with their zero-COVID policy involving lockdowns and mass testing as they battle the biggest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic, with entire neighbourhoods in the capital sealed over handfuls of infections.
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Two more survivors pulled from China building collapse, dozens still missing
The building in Changsha city, Hunan province - which housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema - caved in Friday afternoon, leaving a gaping hole in the dense streetscape.
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China's Xi urges 'all-out' infrastructure push to boost growth
China's Xi Jinping has called for an 'all-out' campaign to build infrastructure, according to state media, marking the latest attempt by leaders to boost growth in the COVID-battered economy.
