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Chinese marriages slid by a fifth in 2024, fanning birthrate concerns

HONG KONG —  Marriages in China dropped by a fifth last year, the biggest drop on record, despite manifold efforts by authorities to encourage ...

Rescuers recover 1 body and search for 28 people in a landslide in southwest China

Beijing —  Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province raced against time Sunday to locate 28 people after a landslide triggered by rains killed ...

China to roll back clean power subsidies after boom

BEIJING —  China’s top economic planning agency said on Sunday it was taking steps to scale back subsidies for renewable energy projects after a ...

Rescuers search for 30 people missing after landslide in China

BEIJING —  Chinese rescuers searched for some 30 people after a landslide Saturday in southwestern Sichuan province buried 10 houses and forced hundreds of ...

Thailand leader seeks more cooperation with China

TAIPEI, TAIWAN —  Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, vowed to deepen cooperation with China to tackle the cyber scam centers that have troubled both ...

Uyghurs mark 28 years since Ghulja violence, condemn ongoing repression

WASHINGTON —  The first week of February is marked by grief for Zubayra Shamseden not only because she lost loved ones nearly three decades ...

Who Operates Panama Canal? Amid Trump’s Threats, A Look At China’s Ties To Key Waterway

Washington DC: China has slammed the United States for  “smearing and sabotaging” its Belt and Road Initiative in Panama through “pressure and coercion” after ...

Chinese Man Rejects Rs 2 Crore Offer, Lives In House Surrounded By Highway

A defiant old man, Huang Ping, who refused to leave his home, now lives in the middle of a highway under construction in Jinxi, ...