China will take steps to revive consumption by boosting people’s incomes, according to the official Xinhua News Agency, as part of a plan that adds to recent pledges by the government to support ...

Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at the heart of the great-power ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. China’s annual Congress ends with questions over how to revive its slowing economy, AP explains A Chinese ...

Xi Jinping wants China to surpass rivals as a tech superpower, undeterred by economic woes or trade wars. Critics ask if this focus neglects struggling citizens. By Chris Buckley Throughout China ...

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The annual gathering of the National People’s Congress, China’s parliament, is tightly choreographed, with all decisions made in advance by the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Security is even ...

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As US President Donald Trump ratcheted up economic pressure on China over the past week, Beijing sent back its own message: Its rise won’t be interrupted. A major political meeting taking place ...

BEIJING, March 9 (Reuters) - China's property sector is showing positive changes and market confidence is improving, its housing minister said on Sunday, as policymakers try to set a more ...

In July 2015, the Thai authorities sent 109 of them back to China. They did so even though Uyghurs and many human rights groups insisted that the Chinese government would treat them brutally.

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