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China infamously once limited couples to one child each to control population growth. That led to a shortage of young people, and in 2016 the government upped the limit to two children. In 2021 ...
May 15, 2024 at 2:41 AM. By Yimou Lee. TAIPEI (Reuters) - China's military has sailed and flown closer to Taiwan in recent weeks than it has before, and staged mock attacks on foreign vessels ...
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER. April 8, 2024 at 4:47 AM. WASHINGTON (AP) — China's burgeoning production of electric cars and other green technologies has become a flashpoint in a new U.S.-China trade ...
China strengthened its relations with Afghanistan, [13] Iran, [14] and Russia [15] in 2021. A wave of political reforms continued in 2021, applying restrictions or bans to cryptocurrency, [16] skyscrapers, [17] private tutoring, [18] celebrity gossip, [19] and video games. [20] Tech companies were placed under increased scrutiny by the Chinese ...
China, [h] officially the People's Republic of China ( PRC or P.R.C. ), [i] is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's second-most populous country after India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land.
— Xi Jinping during a speech in 2012 Xi vowed to crack down on corruption immediately after he ascended to power. In his inaugural speech as general secretary, Xi mentioned that fighting corruption was one of the toughest challenges for the party. A few months into his term, Xi outlined the Eight-point Regulation, listing rules intended to curb corruption and waste during official party ...
May 15, 2024 at 1:17 AM. (Reuters) -China is considering a plan for local governments nationwide to buy millions of unsold homes, Bloomberg News said on Wednesday, after a meeting of leaders of ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). China was where the first COVID outbreak occurred, the first where authorities imposed drastic measures in response (including lockdowns and face mask mandates ...