Business

Nestlé shuts down baby formula factory over falling Chinese birth rate

As the number of births in China has halved since 2018, Nestlé says it will close its Ireland-based factory that produces formula exclusively for Asian exports.

20 October 2023

Economy

China announces billions in investments in developing countries

Large investments announced at the Belt and Road Forum have raised concerns that poorer countries’ debt to China could rise further.

18 October 2023

China

Beijing: Putin and Xi call for close policy coordination

China is a key purchaser of Russian oil and gas, providing Moscow with an economic lifeline in the face of punishing Western sanctions over its war in Ukraine.

18 October 2023

China

Vladimir Putin meets Xi Jinping at major Chinese summit

Russia's war on Ukraine and alleged support for Hamas will both loom over Putin's appearance at the 'Belt and Road' event.

17 October 2023

China

Euroviews. Cash, corruption, crumbling dams — that's China's BRI, 10 years in

As the celebrations for the BRI’s 10th anniversary kick off, attending countries would do well to ask whether their citizens have anything to gain from 'win-win' cooperation with China, Elaine Dezenski writes.

17 October 2023

Tech News

China's Baidu is taking on US AI chatbot ChatGPT-4

Chinese tech giant Baidu says it is taking on AI rival ChatGPT-4 with its new artificial intelligence model. But can Ernie 4.0 succeed in a country with tougher regulations?

17 October 2023

China

Russia's Putin to support Beijing's Belt and Road initiative

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet this week with Chinese leaders in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine.

16 October 2023

Crossing Cultures

China's gift to the world: the perfect cup of tea

A co-production with CGTN

China was the first country to cultivate tea and remains the biggest grower of the Camellia sinensis shrub which most tea varieties are extracted from.

15 October 2023

Europe News

Multilateralism can't be about 'cherry-picking,' Borrell tells China

The multilateral system "cannot be based on cherry-picking" regardless of how it is reformed, Josep Borrell said during his three-day visit to China.

13 October 2023

Europe News

Borrell heads to China to talk Ukraine, Taiwan and Middle East crisis

After two unsuccessful attempts earlier this year, Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy chief, is finally embarking on his highly anticipated trip to China.

12 October 2023

Economy

IMF worries about China's financial stability due to property crisis

At the ongoing World Bank-IMF annual meetings in Morocco, IMF officials urged Chinese authorities to intervene as an unprecedented property crisis rocks the world's second-largest economy.

11 October 2023

Earth News

Coal worker ‘strife’ not inevitable, as millions of green jobs created

Coal’s days are numbered, but governments must make plans to ensure workers do not suffer from the energy transition.

10 October 2023

Business

Chinese property development giant Country Garden nears default

Country Garden, one of China’s largest property groups, warned on Tuesday that it would “not be able to meet all of its offshore payment obligations."

10 October 2023

Business

Unfair Chinese competition: EU plans anti-subsidy steel probe

In a joint effort with Washington, the European Union is planning anti-subsidy investigations against Chinese steelmakers.

10 October 2023

Economy

The global economy 'is limping along, not sprinting' - IMF report

The global economy continues to recover, but GDP growth is going to slow down over the next two years, the IMF has said in its latest economic outlook.

10 October 2023

Business

Belgium monitoring China's Alibaba over spying concerns

Belgium's security service says the Chinese company's logistics arm in Liège is causing suspicion over its use of private information.

5 October 2023

Europe News

These are the four technologies the EU fears might be weaponised

The European Commission has unveiled a preliminary list of four technology areas that have the highest risk of being misused to prop up autocratic regimes and violate human rights.

3 October 2023

China

Euroviews. Latest clash in South China Sea should be a red flag for the world

It is vital that China’s increasingly hostile and unpredictable diplomatic and military policy is taken seriously. We only must look at the war in Ukraine to see where complacency gets us, Saman Rizwan writes.

3 October 2023

Travel News

‘Whoosh’: Southeast Asia’s first bullet train launches in Indonesia

The Jakarta to Bandung trains have been adapted to Indonesia's tropical climate, and are able to track earthquakes and floods.

3 October 2023

Economy

World Bank slashes China growth forecast for next year

The world’s second-biggest economy hasn’t grown so slowly since 1990, aside from the pandemic years.

3 October 2023