The Economist2d
An initiative so feared that China has stopped saying its name
The details of Made in China 2025 are laid out in hundreds of official documents. A so-called “Green Book”, published by a ...
Nikkei Asia14d
For Xi Jinping, 'Made in China 2025' has been worth every penny
HONG KONG -- Until recently, Chinese consumers and companies did not shy away from foreign brands when buying high-performance cars and trucks for their own use. Windrose Technology is part of a ...
Rolling Stone15d
‘Washington Post’ Cartoonist Resigns After Newspaper Rejects Cartoon Critical of Jeff Bezos
A longtime editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post resigned from her position Friday after the newspaper rejected a cartoon that depicted tech and entertainment giants — including Post ...
The Telegraph15d
Amid slow GDP growth, China opts for increased bond funding to support 'initiatives'
China's annual gross domestic product growth is likely to slow to 11.4 percent in the third quarter from 11.9 percent in the second quarter, a state think-tank said on Friday. China's consumer price ...
The Washington Post18d
Political cartoons reveal the evolution of Jimmy Carter’s legacy
Political cartooning is “sort of a negative art, but sometimes you can do a [positive] cartoon and you never know what’s going to happen and how it’s going to be received,” Luckovich said ...
Bloomberg L.P.18d
Xi Says China’s 2024 GDP Growth Set to Hit Target of Around 5%
China’s gross domestic product is expected to expand around 5% for the full year of 2024, President Xi Jinping said, signaling the world’s second-largest economy is on track to meet its ...
CNN18d
WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31 ...
dw18d
WHO still waiting on COVID origins data from China
Five years since COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan, the UN health agency is calling on China to "share data and access so we can understand the origins" of the global ...
BBC19d
Jersey government signs ferry contract with DFDS
Jersey's government has signed a contract with Danish ferry operator DFDS to operate the island's ferry services between the island, the UK and France, it has confirmed. The contract will start ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel19d
Still stranded: 78 days and counting for boat on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee
It's been a spectacle, a hot topic of conversation: How long is that boat going to be stranded on the Lake Michigan shore in Milwaukee? The boat, a Chris-Craft Roamer named Deep Thought ...
The Straits Times19d
Chinese youth flock to civil service, but slow economy puts ‘iron rice bowl’ jobs at risk
Layoffs are rare in China’s civil service, earning it the “iron rice bowl” moniker, though individuals can be dismissed for disciplinary violations. Associate Professor Alfred Wu from the ...