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Jinghan Zeng's Memoirs of a Confucius Institute Director
The first insider memoir from a Confucius Institute director during a time of growing global controversy chronicles an award-winning journey facing…
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Xinhua Signals Three Themes for China’s 15th Five-Year Plan
Domestic markets-unifying measures billed as economic reforms, "new productive forces” in innovation and manufacturing, and people-centered welfare.
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China may materially raise pensions for rural residents in the next five years, David Daokui Li and Song Xuetao say
In a few days, we’ll find out whether I was decoding subtle signals — or just hallucinating trillion-yuan headlines.
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Yang Zhenning passes away
The pride of my alma mater and hometown
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MOFCOM's Q&A today on Bessent, Greer, APEC talks, Nexperia, etc.
China's Ministry of Commerce addresses hot button issues of the day
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Beijing, Washington had talks on trade "at the working level" on Monday, Oct 13
China says it informed the U.S. of the Oct. 9 measures beforehand
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Hu Xijin: Silence is not gold
Former Editor of Global Times doubles down on calling for tolerance in China via his influential voice on social media.
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Yuxuan JIA
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Dutch govt accused of freezing operations of Chinese semiconductor giant's chipmaker Nexperia
Wingtech, the Shanghai-listed parent, denounces what it essentially calls a boardroom coup involving the Dutch government and local executives
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Beijing calls for talks with Washington, says Oct. 9 measures are intended as retaliatory rather than escalatory
Technocrats may have taken Trump for a ride when Washington rolled out a series of escalations after the Sept 15 Madrid talks. "That is how the entire…
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Wu Xinbo: Golden Memories of China–U.S. Exchanges
Fudan scholar’s memoir of meetings with American presidents, scholars, friends, and mentors shows how human contact shaped U.S.–China ties.
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Zhao Huiyi
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On CATL’s Spain Project, A Few Modest Additions to the FT’s Reporting
Supplementary context on workforce composition in Germany and African precedents of Chinese investments.
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Pete Hegseth may have spilled the beans on the upcoming National Defense Strategy
Did the Secretary of War just reveal his strategic priorities between the homeland, China, and Russia in a Fox News interview at a football field?
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