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China firm develops 'laser gun'
AFP, Published on 03/07/2018
» BEIJING: A Chinese firm has developed a laser gun designed for police use that can set fire to protesters' hair or banners from a range of almost one kilometre.
Chinese savers won't save China
News, Christopher Balding, Published on 09/07/2018
» Chinese are, in the popular imagination as well as some economic statistics, inveterate savers. According to the International Monetary Fund, the Chinese savings rate stood at an astonishing 46% in 2016, compared to a global average around 25%. Chinese planners have long sought to bring that ratio down in order to promote consumption and ease the economy's overreliance on investment. If only Chinese would shop more, the thinking goes, China wouldn't need to rely on smokestack factories and boondoggle infrastructure projects to drive growth.
China social media rips Prawit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/07/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon Tuesday apologised for his harsh criticism of Chinese tour operators, after he blamed them for the death of many passengers on the tour boat that sank off the coast of Phuket.
China social media rips Prawit
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/07/2018
» Deputy PM sorry for boat deaths remarks
ETDA partners up with China
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 12/07/2018
» The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Dongguan City to establish an e-commerce park this year.
Mosque showdown intensifies in China
Published on 11/08/2018
» WEIZHOU, China: No religion is above the law in China, a state-linked newspaper declared on Saturday, urging officials to stay firm while dealing with a rare protest over the planned demolition of a massive mosque in the country’s northwest.
Philippines' hollow victory over China
News, Johanna Son, Published on 20/08/2018
» In an Asean multilateral meeting in Cambodia in 2012, the Philippines' then-foreign secretary, Alberto del Rosario, found himself in an uncomfortable diplomatic situation.
China, Russia's war game obsession
News, Peter Apps, Published on 31/08/2018
» As the West obsesses over Donald Trump's legal and political challenges, Brexit and a host of other domestic crises, Chinese troops will join their Russian counterparts for Moscow's largest military exercises in more than three decades.
China dims its biggest stars
Published on 15/09/2018
» Fan Bingbing, China’s most popular actress, was a cultural juggernaut. As of May this year she had 63 million followers on Weibo, and high-profile endorsement deals with some of the world’s most prominent luxury brands.
Trump claims China tariffs successful
AFP, Published on 18/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday hailed his aggressive use of tariffs as a success for American business, amidst reports he plans to drastically ratchet up the battle with Beijing imminently.