China, in a move to counter its rapidly ageing population and a severe pension funding crisis, has expressed its intent to raise its statutory retirement age, as reported by CNN.
A Securities and Exchange Commission filing from 2012 shows that the Chinese bank's base rent paid was $1.9 million and documents produced by Mazars confirm the bank stayed in Trump Tower through 2019 at least.
In a significant development with geopolitical implications, the full termination of major infrastructure projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been announced by the Philippine Department of Transportation in favour of competitors from the West and Japan, as reported by Asia
For three railway projects that President Rodrigo Duterte mediated, the Philippines will no longer look to China for financial assistance, The Diplomat reported.
Beijing [China], April 25 (ANI): Amid China's funding to Myanmar's junta, resistance forces have given a collective warning to the Chinese-run copper mines in Salingyi to halt their operations and join the civil disobedience movement (CDM) by May 5.
London [UK], September 7 (ANI): China's reckless pillaging of forests in Africa has left the rosewood species on the verge of extinction and helped to fund terror groups, according to experts.