The agreement follows Vietnam’s new trade deal with the US, which slaps a 40 percent levy on Chinese ‘transshipments’ to the US via the Southeast Asian country
Greater China
According to the National Immigration Administration, foreign visitors made 9.2 million inbound trips in the first quarter of 2025 – up 40.2 percent year-on-year
There’s been a surge of interest in Africa among the nation’s travellers, fuelled by viral content on social media and improved flight connections
Last month, China’s national weather forecaster released a list of 16 domestic destinations that are ideal for a coolcation
Floods and landslides from the annual so-called ‘plum rains’ are leaving a trail of destruction across the mainland
Shanghai company Innogen expects to complete late-stage trials of its obesity drug next year, after trials showed that it helps patients lose about 7 percent of body weight
China’s biggest coffee retailer has set up shop in the US. Its affordable beverages are being viewed as a threat to veteran US coffee chain Starbucks on its home turf
The tech giant is rolling out free, open-source variants of its Ernie 4.5 model – responding to its domestic rival DeepSeek
China’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) came in at 49.7 according to the latest figures, ahead of consensus estimates