Rise from low base fails to dispel doubts about growth in world’s second-biggest economy

Covert officer paid and directed far-right Belgian politician for more than three years

Mainland China-Hong Kong ETF Connect scheme is enjoying ‘robust growth’, SFC says

Mainland China-Hong Kong ETF Connect scheme is enjoying ‘robust growth’, SFC says

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ASUS is planning to release an ROG Phone 8 and ROG Phone 8 Pro next year, and a spec and design leak just revealed more information on the phones.
The ROG Phone 8 and Phone 8 Pro feature a flatter design on the rails, with chamfer…

China on Thursday successfully launched a reusable robotic spacecraft for the third time since 2020, in a series of secretive orbital test flights that it says are aimed at developing reusable technologies to reduce space mission costs.
The uncrewed sp…

The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica said on Thursday it planned to organize a regional conference on protecting 5G networks in April next year, days after China rejected cyber-security and spying concerns raised by Costa Rica's president.
The embassy announ…

Millions of Chinese borrowers have been blacklisted for failing to pay their debts and are mostly between the ages of 18 and 59, Voice of America (VOA) reported. They are in debt due to the loans they took during the economic disruption caused by the Covid pandemic and Beijing's strict lockdowns.

Millions of Chinese 'blacklisted' for debts as loan default hits record high: Report comes via ChinaTechNews.com.

One of Chinese Communist party’s most outspoken critics faces prospect of life in prison

ILiAD to be Licensed and Deployed at Livent’s Resource in Argentina
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, ILiAD Technologies, LLC and Livent Corporation (NYSE:LTHM) announced an agreement whereby Livent has acquired a minority stake in the par…

Britain must reduce dependence on China and follow US and EU with interventionist policies, foreign affairs committee says

“Hearing no objection, it is so decided,” Al Jaber said, as delegates looked around the room, then applauded, hugged and rose to their feet.
Al Jaber, an Emirati oil executive whose appointment as COP president had triggered intense backlash, relished …

A U.S. court allowed Microsoft to seize several websites it said belonged to a Vietnamese operation that allegedly sold hundreds of millions of fake Microsoft accounts, an unusual step in the ongoing fight against online fraud and cybercrime.
Microsoft…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a defense policy bill Thursday that authorizes the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades, overcoming objections from some conservatives concerned the measure did not do enough to restrict the Pentagon’…

Packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021.
Amazon is making a fresh appeal to China-based sellers as it fends off growing competition from discount online …

New Yorkers are known for grabbing life by the balls — now they’re lining up to grab them for dinner, at one of the hottest restaurants in town.

Naks, the latest offering from the Unapologetic Foods dream team, is, like sister joint Dhamaka, which won a James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in 2022, one of the tougher bookings in the city.

Naks is one of NYC's hottest new restaurants, serving testicle soup comes via ChinaTechNews.com.

China has launched its top-secret military spaceplane for a third time, days after the US military's winged spacecraft was grounded for several weeks due to problems with its SpaceX rocket.
Observers believe China's spaceplane looks much like the US mi…

The European Union’s three branches provisionally agreed on its landmark AI regulation, paving the way for the economic bloc to prohibit certain uses of the technology and demand transparency from providers. But despite warnings from some world leaders…