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The Financial Times citing American officials. The report came shortly before high-ranking diplomat Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador to Japan, stated on social media that Li "hasn't been seen or heard from in 3 weeks," and that the minister might have been placed under house arrest, as reported by AFP. These recent events contribute to the mounting signs of possible instability within the Beijing leadership.

BEIJING (Reuters) — China's government land sales revenue fell for the 20th consecutive month in August, data from the finance ministry showed on Friday, signalling more pressure on local governments with deepening debt woes.

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the scheme’s official name in English, as a gift to the world that has created huge economic benefits. China claims that 420,000 jobs have been created in BRI countries and 40m people lifted out of poverty thanks to BRI-generated growth. America, and many of its allies, see the BRI as far less benign: a political tool aimed at stifling foreign criticism of Mr Xi’s iron-fisted rule and providing a leg-up for his country’s firms that has saddled countries with crippling debt.

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Beijing is getting bullish about the cross-border use of the digital yuan – with Chinese experts now talking about BRI/“new Silk Road” CBDC integration.

BEIJING — China's National Bureau of Statistics was set Friday to release economic data for August, a day after a surprise rate cut to aid its faltering economy.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—American defense giant RTX and a Saudi weapons firm were heading toward a multibillion-dollar deal when it was abruptly called off early this year. The reason, say people familiar with the talks, was RTX’s concerns that its Saudi partner’s companies were pursuing business with sanctioned Chinese and Russian entities. That unease was a deciding factor for an advisory board of retired American military officers to resign from the Saudi company, Scopa Defense, the people said.

Beijing House of Fashion isn't imposing a stitchdown on what aunties and uncles here consider to be 'too revealing' clothes that may be straying too far from the sanskari catalogue. In China, changes are being sought to be made in the law that could fine and detain people found wearing clothes that 'hurt the nation's feelings'. How the National People's Congress' Standing Committee that is seeking the ban intends to identify clothes 'detrimental to the spirit of the Chinese nation' is yet to be elaborated.

NEW DELHI : Japan is looking to revive a dialogue with India focused on Indo-Pacific issues by the end of this year, according to persons aware of the matter. This dialogue, which was last held some years ago, is expected to take in topics ranging from economic security and China’s military expansionism to Indo-Japanese cooperation with third countries in the region. The move to revive this dialogue comes amid escalating tensions in the Indo-Pacific in recent months.

China's Commerce Ministry has protested a decision by the European Union to investigate exports of Chinese electric vehicles, saying it is a protectionist action aimed at distorting the supply chain

Cambodia's new prime minister, Hun Manet, has arrived in Beijing on his first official trip abroad since taking office last month

China is promoting new economic opportunities for Taiwanese people while at the same time ramping up military activity around the island it claims as its own

Rising diesel prices are inflating the bills Brett McMahon is getting from the companies that truck in the plywood, rebar and other supplies his concrete-contracting business needs. Asking his clients to renegotiate contracts to ease that pain, he said, has been “hit or miss." “In the private construction world, you’re not going to get a terribly sympathetic ear for that," said McMahon, chief executive of Bethesda, Md.-based Miller & Long. “It’s, ‘Hey, you knew the risks when you signed the deal.’" Diesel, jet and marine fuel prices are soaring, pressuring the construction companies, transportation businesses and farmers that are the biggest users.

By Marc Jones

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is looking to tap overseas markets, particularly the US, to promote locally developed and manufactured fifth generation, or 5G, radio network gear on the backdrop of Centre’s ambition to 'make in India for the world' to overcome supply chain disruptions. “The N78 5G radios designed by Tejas Networks may be qualified for all greenfield and brownfield 5G opportunities that present themselves to the company globally including that in the US,” TCS chief operating officer NG Subramaniam told ETTelecom. Developed by Saankhya Labs, the N78 radio, compatible with 3300 MHz spectrum band, is being currently manufactured by Bengaluru-based Tejas Networks, which acquired the telecom startup early last year. In 2021, Tata Sons acquired homegrown telecom gear maker Tejas Networks.

By Jamie McGeever

BEIJING (Reuters) — A European Commission investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) feared to have benefited from state subsidies will have a «negative» impact on economic and trade ties, China's commerce ministry warned on Thursday.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan is «not for sale», the island's foreign minister said in a stern rebuke to Elon Musk who asserted Taiwan was an integral part of China, as the billionaire again waded into the thorny issue of relations between Beijing and Taipei.

North Korea has 191 athletes signed up for the Asian Games starting next week, according to organisers, suggesting the country is poised to end its more than three-year isolation from the global sporting arena. North Koreans are listed on the Games' website for accredited media to compete in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in sports including athletics, gymnastics, basketball, football, boxing and weightlifting. North Koreans were similarly down to compete at a weightlifting tournament in Cuba in June, but they failed to show. North Korea closed its already tight borders in early 2020 following the outbreak of the pandemic and skipped the Tokyo Olympics, which were pushed back to 2021 because of Covid. It was then banned by the International Olympic Committee from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for failing to take part in Tokyo. There have been recent signs that the border restrictions have been eased slightly, with a taekwondo team allowed to travel to a competition last month in Kazakhstan. Prior to that, North Korea had not sent any of its domestic athletes to overseas competitions since the pandemic. The sporting action at the Games in Hangzhou starts on September 19, four days before the opening ceremony, with North Korea scheduled to face Taiwan in men's football that day. Leader Kim Jong Un is said to be an avid sports fan and Games hosts China are North Korea's longtime ally and main economic benefactor. North Korea has traditionally been especially strong in weightlifting, dominating the event at the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018 with eight golds. Ri Song Gum and Rim Un Sim, who both won gold in the women's weightlifting five years ago, are scheduled to appear in Hangzhou. But North Korea has also been among the

By Donny Kwok and Brenda Goh

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will take a number of «special» policy measures to improve access for Taiwanese enterprises to Fujian province across the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese state planner said on Thursday, under a long-term cross-strait integrated development plan.