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Macau, Thursday, April 17, 2025
Shanghai’s stock index plunged nearly 7 percent yesterday, sparking a halt in trading of Chinese shares, after weak manufacturing data and Middle East tensions weighed on Asian markets. The Shanghai Composite Index
The Caixin/Markit index, based on a survey of factory purchasing managers, fell to 48.2 in December from 48.6 the previous month. The index uses a 100-point scale with numbers above 50
East Asia formed its first cross-nation union, the ASEAN Community, at the turn of the new year, which is expected to lead the region into a new stage of integration
The Philippine government said yesterday that like Vietnam, it opposes China’s recent test of a newly completed runway on one of seven islands Beijing has constructed in the disputed South
The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s top anti-graft body yesterday said some 29,000 officials were reprimanded for violating austerity rules in the first 11 months of 2015, bringing the total
China’s godfather of rock Cui Jian says his basic message of personal freedom hasn’t changed in his new album, even if the world has. The rocker, who fell out of favor with the government
Economic policy missteps loomed large over China’s economy this year, ranging from a controversial stock market bailout, to a yuan devaluation that roiled global markets to a financing crunch for
Hong Kong’s police department classified the disappearance of a bookstore’s co-owner as a missing person case. Lee Bo, a major shareholder of Causeway Bay Books, which specializes in material critical of
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wants to raise consciousness about the plight of refugees through his, and his students’, art. Ai, who has made his name as much through his clashes with
China has created three new military bodies as part of reforms to modernize its military — the world’s largest standing force — and improve its fighting capacity. State television on Saturday showed
China will stop approving new coal mines for the next three years and continue to trim production capacity as the world’s biggest energy consumer tries to shift away from the fuel
China, the world’s biggest clean energy investor, plans to increase wind and solar power capacity by more than 21 percent next year as it works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by cutting its reliance
Cabinet officials from China and Taiwan have spoken for the first time using a newly inaugurated hotline, the latest effort to build trust between the longtime rivals. The link that went into service yesterday represents
No schedule for a verdict on the case has been announced and the information will be published on the court’s website, according to an official from Shanghai Jiading district court surnamed Yang,
Rescuers using infrared cameras to peer into darkness at a wrecked mine in eastern China yesterday found eight surviving miners who were trapped for five days after a collapse so
The law approved Sunday by China’s legislature will take effect in March, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Women’s federations and civil organizations have been pushing for a law to protect victims of
Police in the Shenzhen city district of Guangming said Monday that two executives of an unspecified local company were detained after they posted the rumor-containing notice at their firm. A photo
Wealthy Chinese undergraduates aren’t the only ones looking to get a college degree in the U.S. So are a growing number of Chinese students from lower middle-class families who are
A controversial nuclear waste plant in Jiangmen, some 90km north of Macau, was scheduled to commence construction at the end of 2013. The plan to build the structure on the south
The approved nuclear power projects that are currently under construction will be able to provide 32.03 million kilowatts of energy, said Nur Bekri, head of the National Energy Administration. In
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