China’s population continues to fall for third straight year due to declining birthrate and amid concerns for economy. China’s population fell for the third consecutive year in 2024, as a demographic crisis continues to loom over the East Asian superpower. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Friday that the Chinese population fell by … Read more
Railway builders erect a box girder at the site of the standard project in front of the Huning section of the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hefei high-speed railway in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on January 10, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s economy expanded by 5.4% in the fourth quarter, exceeding market expectations, as a flurry of … Read more
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during the first day of in-store sales of Apple’s latest products at Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York, US, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple stock closed down 4% on Thursday, its worst day since Aug. 5, following … Read more
Philippines National Security Council spokesperson said Manila was surprised by China’s ‘increasing aggression’ in the maritime dispute. The Philippines has said China’s deployment of its largest coastguard vessel inside Manila’s exclusive maritime economic zone (EEZ) is alarming and clearly intended to intimidate fishermen operating around a shoal in the contested waters of the South China … Read more
Seoul — North Korea on Monday test fired a ballistic missile as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea, where he warned that Pyongyang was working ever closer with Russia on advanced space technology. Blinken also said that while he believed a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would end the war in Gaza, it … Read more
A submarine drone suspected to be from China was recovered in waters off the central Philippines, police said on Thursday, warning of “potential national security implications.” Three fishermen found the drone on Monday around six miles off the coast of San Pascual in Masbate province, a police report said. The Philippines and China have for … Read more
A worker assembling a loader transmission mechanism at a manufacturer in Qingzhou, China. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell Tuesday as China’s manufacturing growth missed expectations, but the country’s benchmark CSI 300 closed the year higher, ending three years of losses. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index, which ended a shortened trading day … Read more
European markets traded around the flatline Tuesday, in muted trade ahead of the New Year holiday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index opened a touch lower, down 0.07%, before turning slightly higher but still hovering in flat territory. London’s FTSE 100 index and France’s CAC 40 both slid lower at the open before recovering to trade … Read more
A worker welds at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone in Qingzhou, China, on August 31, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity growth in December missed analysts’ expectations Tuesday, signaling that Beijing’s stimulus measures were not sufficient to meaningfully boost the country’s ailing economy. The country’s official … Read more
Unclassified documents were stolen after a hack earlier this month, according to a letter sent by Treasury to Congress. Chinese state-sponsored hackers were able to steal unclassified documents from United States Treasury workstations earlier this month, the US Treasury Department has said. The department said on Monday that the hackers were able to compromise a … Read more