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China rations electricity to factories as heatwave affect economy
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Chinese Sichuan province, which is home to over 80 million people, announced on Monday that their factories and prefectures would halt operations until Saturday, as the heatwave sends power demands soaring and dries up reservoirs.
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China's youth jobless rate hits a record high of 19.9 pc
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Youth jobless rate in China has hit a record high of 19.9 percent, media reports said citing the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
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Sri Lanka must avoid China's debt restructuring as Beijing is to seek pref
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 16 (ANI): China will seek preferential treatment on debt restructuring in Sri Lanka which will mostly cater to Beijing's own self-interests and amid this Colombo must avoid these kinds of debt distress efforts at all costs, media reports said.
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Repression of ethnic minorities intensifies in China under Xi's leadership
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Amid Xi Jinping's quest to implement a one nation, one race in China, the country's ethnic minorities continue to suffer discrimination and have been facing severe human rights violations in the country.
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Washington not overawed by Beijing's brazen muscle-flexing in Taiwan Strai
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 16 (ANI): The recent spurt in China's theatrics over Taiwan Strait in the backdrop of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-governed island had not deterred America from following Washington's long-standing and bipartisan policy on Taiwan.
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Chinese smartphone market registers sharp decline in demand
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): China's smartphone market boom comes to an end as it registers a sharp decline in demand within the mainland and outside.
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Chinese authorities seize maps 'violating' one-China principle in Chongqin
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Chinese authorities recently seized a batch of "illegal maps" suspected of violating the one-China principle in Southwest China's Chongqing city, state media reported.
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New mines in Australia to chip away at China's dominance of rare-earth met
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI): As new mines are slated to start in Australia and various other regions, China's dominance of rare-earth metals is likely to fade away as the prices are witnessing a slump due to the slowdown in Chinese auto production in the first half of the year.
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Gender unrest in China after single woman denied egg freezing procedure
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI): The recent ruling by a Chinese court against an unmarried woman who sued a hospital which refused to freeze her eggs is sparking a debate over gender equality in the country.
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China's slow economic growth creates problems for US and world
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI): China, which was once called the world's main engine of economic growth, is currently grappling with a slow economy that has also impacted the economies of the US and the world.
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Real estate crisis in China can inflict bigger economic blow
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 14 (ANI): The real estate slump in China has sucked in both banks and provincial governments, threatening a bigger impact on the world's second-largest economy, according to media report.
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China avoids imposing harsh sanctions against Taiwan as both economies are
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 14 (ANI): China's economic sanctions against Taipei over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan were not as harsh as it is portrayed, as both economies are interdependent, as per a report.
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