From the battle for the world’s most powerful dam to Beijing’s fears for China’s birth rate, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage
Top economic officials from China and the United States have begun their third round of trade talks in Stockholm. The delegations – led by Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent – arrived at Rosenbad Monday afternoon.
Companies linked to Shi Yongxin, the disgraced head of China’s renowned Shaolin Temple, have been deregistered, and his Buddhist credentials revoked – with authorities citing “severe damage” caused to the image of the order.
The Johns Hopkins professor of political economy says Beijing’s ‘directed improvisation’ remains essential at a time when innovation is king.
Beijing has launched the massive Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project in southern Tibet after decades of scientific research.
