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China sets lowest GDP growth target for decades as it braces for economic slowdown
‘High-quality growth’ target of 4.5-5% outlined at Two Sessions as Chinese premier talks of complex situations…
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More generals purged as delegates gather for China’s Two Sessions event
Spectre of military upheaval will hang over annual meetings where Beijing’s five-year plan will be launchedThe…
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Beijing pastry shop overrun by shoppers after Xi Jinping’s visit
Customers flock to Daoxiangcun to pick up cakes selected by the president during lunar new year tour around ci…
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UK, UN and EU deplore ‘monumental injustice’ of Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence
Son says Hong Kong media figure, 78, fears dying alone while legal team say Lai is now world’s highest profile…
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China overturns death sentence of Canadian in sign of diplomatic thaw
Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was detained on drug charges in 2014 before Canada-China ties nosedived in 2018China…
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Trump says ‘very dangerous’ for UK to do business with China, after Starmer hails progress in Beijing
US president warns against closer ties with China during British PM’s trip to secure lower tariffs and better …
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Chinese state media views Starmer’s visit as act of economic pragmatism
PM praised for not pressuring Xi over his ties with Putin on a trip seen as business ‘taking precedence over p…
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Thursday briefing: Will Keir Starmer’s cautious China gamble pay off?
In today’s newsletter: With China now central to the world’s green tech and economic future, the UK faces a …
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Can Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez become a Latin American Deng Xiaoping?
Maduro’s Sorbonne-educated successor is talking up an era of ‘reform and opening up’ modelled on China’s post-…
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Keir Starmer walks tightrope over myriad issues in quest to bolster China ties
Vow to bring ‘stability and clarity’ to the UK’s approach to Beijing on first visit by a British prime ministe…
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Fate of China’s top general more likely to do with power struggle than corruption
Experts suggest Xi Jinping is asserting his authority by sidelining an officer who has significantly betrayed …
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China’s top ranking general under investigation for alleged violations amid ongoing purge of leadership
Zhang Youxia, second-in command under president Xi Jinping as chairman of the Central Military Commission, has…
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Canada PM hails ‘strategic partnership’ with China to adapt to ‘new global realities’
Mark Carney holds talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away fro…
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China reports record trillion-dollar trade surplus despite Trump tariffs
Results for 2025 risk further unsettling economies about China’s trade practices and overcapacity, and their o…
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Carney heads to Beijing as Trump’s America First agenda forces Canada into trade rethink
Canada’s PM seeks to smooth over past ructions in relationship with China as trade war takes its tollDuring th…