China’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) came in at 49.7 according to the latest figures, ahead of consensus estimates
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The central government has allocated 200 million yuan (about US$27.9 million) to support emergency response and post-disaster recovery in Guizhou Province
Response teams remain hard at work in flood-stricken Rongjiang county, where at least six people have died since floods peaked on Tuesday
The latest advances are evidence that Washington’s bans on sales of advanced technology are backfiring by spurring China to develop its own
Extreme weather is besieging the mainland, where temperatures exceeding 40°C were recorded in Hebei Province on Sunday
Guangdong Province’s Huaiji county received the country’s highest emergency response to flooding on Tuesday, with southwestern provinces also hit
Shanghai will be the seat of the nation’s international operations centre for the digital yuan, People’s Bank of China governor Pan Gongsheng has announced
China’s retail sales grew 6.4 percent in May, while industrial production rose 5.8 percent, latest official figures show
Beijing says it will extend a duty-free trade deal to all the continent’s countries bar Eswatini, which does not have diplomatic relations with Beijing