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News of China’s latest warplane, widely believed to be a sixth-generation model, has triggered a debate in India about how best to respond amid warnings of a growing “strategic gap”. The aircraft, believed to feature cutting-edge stealth and endurance capabilities, surprised the world when details first emerged last week. The aircraft’s capabilities could mean a […]
A worker welds at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone in Qingzhou, China, on August 31, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity growth in December missed analysts’ expectations Tuesday, signaling that Beijing’s stimulus measures were not sufficient to meaningfully boost the country’s ailing economy. The country’s official […]
English historian Adam Tooze holds the Shelby Cullom Davis chair of history at Columbia University. He writes the popular Chartbook newsletter and has published a series of bestselling books. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series click here. I think it’s a test of bona fides: where […]
It appears that the Tesla Model 3 is seeing quite a lot of interest in China. As per recent reports, Tesla China is reportedly seeing a rise in test drive requests for the reengineered all-electric sedan in Beijing. The reports: Citing a source reportedly familiar with the matter, a Beijing Business Daily reporter claimed that […]
This article was first published on December 30, 1993. Hong Kong gained its place in the atlas of religion yesterday when a crowd of thousands watched as monks from 13 countries invited Buddha to bless his giant statue at Po Lin Monastery on Lantau. At the height of the two-hour ceremony, a procession of 100 […]
Taiwan is bracing for more political turbulence after its opposition-controlled legislature passed a series of bills to sharply curtail the powers of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The controversial move, which triggered furious brawls in the Legislative Yuan and fierce protests by thousands of DPP supporters earlier this month, has raised speculation that the […]
The number of local residents leaving Hong Kong between December 25 and 26 increased by about 50 per cent from last year, while the city also recorded a slight uptick in incoming mainland Chinese tourists over the Christmas holiday. Immigration Department data showed that 905,035 local residents had left Hong Kong on Christmas Day and […]
Beijing has stripped two more generals in the People’s Liberation Army of their lawmaker status, as China continues a wider anti-corruption drive into the country’s military. A notice on Wednesday by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) confirmed that Lieutenant General You Haitao, former deputy commander of China’s army, and Lieutenant General […]
India and China took another step towards healthy and stable relations last week as India’s national security adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held border talks in Beijing. It was the 23rd meeting between the countries’ special representatives under the established mechanism for border discussions – and the first to be held […]
China must address a rising problem of overinvestment in large but inefficient projects that is more rooted in habitual practice than any consideration of economic productivity, think tank scholars said. Governments must make rational adjustments and “know where to hit the brakes and where to step on the gas” in order to ensure sustainable economic […]