
Raimondo Revives China Business Talks But Delivers No Deals
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo won a promise to revive business talks between Washington and Beijing, a key
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China’s Solar Companies Face Margin Squeeze Despite Profit Jump
A factory boom in China that’s lowering the cost and boosting demand for solar panels is also squeezing
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Traders Defy PBOC’s Yuan-Fixing Guidance for Record-Long Stretch
A gauge of trader sentiment toward China’s yuan has produced a bearish reading for a record 51 straight
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Nvidia Partner Expects AI Server Sales to Double in 2024
Key Nvidia Corp. partner Quanta Cloud Technology expects to double sales of its artificial intelligence servers in 2024
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Is China's economy 'a ticking time bomb'?
The world's second largest economy faces deep-rooted challenges in the years ahead.
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Baidu Among First Firms to Win China Approval for AI Models
China will approve the first batch of generative artificial intelligence services for public rollout as soon as this
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India Allows Rice Exports to Singapore, Sidestepping Sales Curbs
India, the world’s biggest rice exporter, will permit shipments to Singapore despite putting restrictions on overseas sales of
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Putin to visit China for first time since ICC’s international arrest warrant was issued
Vladimir Putin will leave Russia and travel the farthest distance from his home country for the first time since an arrest warrant was issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to a report. Mr Putin has reportedly accepted an invitation by Xi Jinping to visit China and the Kremlin is gearing up for his attendance at the Belt and Road Forum in October, three people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. News of the visit comes after Mr Putin declined an invitation by India to attend G20 summit next week. The Kremlin said the Russian leader has a “busy schedule” while his main focus at the moment is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia will be instead be represented by its foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. Moscow is an ally to Delhi and Beijing, both of whom are regional rivals and share strained diplomatic ties with each other. Both countries are not signatories to the ICC either. The Russian leader has, ever since the warrant was issued, travelled only to Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine. Before the warrant, he had visited Iran last year. On Tuesday, the Kremlin said a schedule for bilateral Russian-Chinese contacts was being worked out, when asked about the reported visit. “The schedule of bilateral Russian-Chinese contacts at various levels, including at the highest level, is being coordinated,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “We will inform you about specific events and deadlines in a timely manner.” Mr Putin and Mr Xi have declared a “no limits” partnership between their countries. China has refused to condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine directly while emphasing the importance of upholding Kyiv’s territorial integrity. In March, an arrest warrant was issued against Mr Putin and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, for alleged war crimes committed by deporting Ukrainian children into Russia during the conflict. Human rights groups have estimated that more than 19,000 children were deported and placed with Russian families. Russian officials have claimed the children were taken in as a war-time humanitarian gesture. The Kremlin has rejected the war crime accusations. The Russian leader had earlier avoided going to South Africa, which is an ICC signatory, to attend the Brics summit last week. Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan also invited Mr Putin to visit Ankara for talks on a Black Sea grain deal, but he is now said to be considering traveling to Moscow himself. Turkey is not an ICC signatory. The flurry of announcements about the diplomatic visits come as British foreign minister James Cleverly visited China in the first such visit by a UK diplomat in five years. Mr Cleverly said he will urge China to fulfil its international commitments and show responsibility on the world stage on the Ukraine invasion. On Mr Putin’s purpoted visit to Beijing, he said, “Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine cannot be justified by Moscow or indeed anywhere else”. Read More India protests China's land claim ahead of the G20 summit President Xi Jinping is expected to attend Russia earns less from oil and spends more on war. So far, sanctions are working like a slow poison Vladimir Putin ‘too busy’ to face world leaders at G20 The Body in the Woods | An Independent TV Original Documentary The harrowing discovery at centre of The Independent’s new documentary
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Some offshore creditors of Country Garden consider forming group for debt revamp talks
By Xie Yu HONG KONG Some offshore creditors of embattled Chinese developer Country Garden are in talks with
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Chinese banks should step up lending to private sector, central bank official quoted
BEIJING (Reuters) -An official at China's central bank urged banks to step up lending to private companies during a meeting
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Looming Australian Strikes Still Not Fazing Asian LNG Buyers
North Asian liquefied natural gas buyers aren’t yet moving to prepare for potential supply disruptions caused by expected
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Disengaging with China not credible, says James Cleverly
The foreign secretary defends his visit to China, but one MP likens it to "appeasement".
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