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22 Feb
China said Thursday it had signed agreements to send pandas to a zoo in San Diego after nearly all the beloved black-and-white animals on loan in the United States were returned during years of diplomatic tensions. Foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular press briefing that "Chinese institutions have already signed agreements with... the…
21 Feb
Chinese sporting authorities have cancelled next month's international friendly between Argentina and Nigeria's Super Eagles over a row involving eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi. World champions Argentina were billed to play Nigeria in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in March before facing AFCON 2023 winners Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire in Beijing But Messi's failure…
20 Feb
The President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, has congratulated the African Union on its 37th summit.
7 Feb
The strategically-placed Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives, which has borrowed heavily from China and shifted allegiance from India, is at high risk of "debt distress," the IMF warned Wednesday.
2 Feb
A Chinese couple, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen, were executed on Wednesday for the 2020 murders of their two young children, a two-year-old girl and a one-year-old boy. The case sparked outrage in China due to the deliberate and brutal nature of the killings. Zhang and Ye, who began an affair while he was still…
2 Feb
China's economic slowdown is likely to persist in the coming years as the Asian giant struggles with sagging productivity and a rapidly aging population, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday.
31 Jan
China's global dominance in electric cars helped it overtake Japan as the world's biggest vehicle exporter last year, official data confirmed Wednesday.
30 Jan
At the end of December 2023, the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs was held in Beijing, and Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, delivered an important speech in the conference
26 Jan
China's vice foreign minister met his North Korean counterpart in Pyongyang on Friday, with the nuclear-armed state accelerating its weapons testing and threats toward Seoul in recent months.
25 Jan
The death toll from a landslide that struck in China's rugged southwest rose to 43 on Thursday, state media said, leaving just one victim still missing under the debris.
24 Jan
The death toll from a landslide that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China reached 34 on Wednesday, state media said, with ten people still missing.
23 Jan
Three people were killed and five injured in northwestern China after an earthquake hit the area near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, state media said.

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