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China has made its latest stride into space. On April 24, 2025, launched from the country’s northwestern Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China launched its Shenzhou-20 mission. Carrying Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie to China’s Tiangong, the mission later successfully docked using a Long March-2F rocket, which lifted the spacecraft into space, with the space station later on in …

Tesla has quietly suspended new orders for its high priced Model S and Model X vehicles on its Chinese website, indicating increasing pressure from intensifying U.S.-China trade tensions. The suspension reported earlier by Reuters and MKTNews also includes Tesla’s WeChat mini program where the two imported models are no longer listed. Both cars are produced in the U.S. and exported …

China asks India to fight the US’s trade practices because those measures hurt developing nations worldwide. According to Yu Jing of the Chinese Embassy in India, the nations need to unite in opposition to harmful development restrictions enforced on Global South countries. China's economy is underpinned by a system that ensures steady growth, and produces positive spillovers. Chinese manufacturing is …

On Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 10:12 a.m. Beijing time, China made a successful orbit placing satellite launch of Tianping-3A 02 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province. The launching rocket was a Long March-6, marking the 568th flight mission of the Long March program. Established in 1968, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is specifically used for launching …

The 2024-25 CBA season in China was an historic 30th season for the league that was filled with exciting matches, surprise upsets and record breaking acts. Guangsha dominated the regular season, occupying the top of the table comfortably by five games over second-positioned Shanxi. The fight for the last top-four spots was one of the closest in league history with …

China, stepping ahead of possible new US tariffs, has announced new trade plans from India to bring both countries closer in their trading relationship. Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong stated at the 75th anniversary ceremony between China and India that Beijing wants to team up with New Delhi to do more business and bring in best-selling Indian goods to China. China’s …

Chinese President Xi Jinping invited 40 foreign business executives to Beijing on Friday to boost investor confidence and restore stable international trade ties. https://x.com/shen_shiwei/status/1905500630044774853 The business leaders who met with President Xi included executive members of AstraZeneca, FedEx, Saudi Aramco, and Standard Chartered. China’s economic system depends heavily on foreign companies which Xi recognizes and appreciates for sustaining his nation’s …

Indeed, it is, and it marks a milestone in medical research as it transpired that doctors in China successfully transplanted genetically modified pig liver into brains-dead humans incredible milestone in seeking alternatives to organ donors. The procedure team at the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an has been successful, and high hopes linger that one day pig organs could help …

China’s electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD has officially taken over the global EV market, with a whopping revenue of 777 billion yuan (U.S. $107 billion) for the year 2024. That makes BYD a step ahead of Elon Musk’s Tesla, with $97.7 billion in revenues. This movement highlights the notorious rise of Chinese EV makers as competition grows for the clean-energy …

The Chinese Coast Guard ships extended their stays near the Senkaku Island region which led Japan to lodge formal diplomatic objections. Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Monday that China’s maritime expansion near the disputed islands is rapidly intensifying to create more international political instability.The ships stayed 92 hours inside Japanese waters for the first time since Japan acquired the …