China’s local government financing vehicles are a ticking debt bomb
Amid infrastructure drive, shadowy LGFVs, which let local governments circumvent borrowing limits, risk triggering a ...
China-linked firm gets EZ pass contract in New Jersey, former senator calls it 'worse' than TikTok
A Singapore-owned company was awarded the automated tolling contract for the New Jersey Turnpike, and its ties to the Chinese ...
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Could China's System Replace Democracy?
And while China appeared to buck this trend with the brutal Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, many observers felt that the country’s eventual transition to an electoral system of government was ...
China Counters Trump’s Tariffs As Talks Remain in Limbo
After a 10 percent tariff on Chinese products took effect on Tuesday, China announced retaliatory measures, including tariffs ...
The Economist13d
China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
With few other safe assets to turn to, banks that are under pressure, as well as insurers and fund managers, have piled into ...
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What China’s DeepSeek AI Says (and Won’t Say) About Christianity
Some responses were candid, others disappeared moments later — but all revealed something about the state of the Catholic ...
China launches an antitrust probe into Google. Here’s what it means
HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese government’s move to open an antitrust probe into Google is the latest development in a long and ...
In China, Government Data on Drugs Blocked From Public After Backlash
Criticism over how the Chinese government buys drugs for its public health care system has ignited frustration over the ...
China’s Population Continues to Decrease—Falling for a Third Consecutive Year
The world's second largest economy faces demographic headwinds, as its dwindling population continues to age, leaving a ...
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China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy
The figures announced by the government in Beijing follow ... infrastructure projects continues to rise, China’s already frail social security system is teetering, with increasing numbers ...
The Diplomat1d
Aligning AI With China’s Authoritarian Value System
This is by no means surprising and is fully in line with China’s rules and regulations on generative AI.  After China ...
China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy
China’s population has fallen for the third straight year, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation that is now facing both an aging population and an eme ...