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BEIJING – Pakistan and China officially established a joint preventive control mechanism on COVID-19 to strengthen coordination and exchanges between the two countries, as well as to promote cooperation while maintaining a continuous response in the long fight against the virus, the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson said Wednesday. …

BEIJING – China on Wednesday criticized international criticism of new national security law for Hong Kong, saying other countries should stay out of it. Western governments and critics have warned that the new law will limit the city’s freedoms and undermine its “one country, two systems” governance scheme, which technically …

BEIJING / SINGAPORE – China’s crude oil imports from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) nearly doubled in May from a year earlier to their peak as refineries purchased cheap fuel, while the kingdom maintained its position as the largest supplier of the largest world oil buyer. Arrivals from Saudi Arabia …

BEIJING – China must prepare for the risks of being excluded from the U.S. dollar payment system, should the United States sanction Chinese companies and banks, just as Washington did with Russian institutions, a senior Chinese financial regulator said on Monday. Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory …

WASHINGTON – The United States lobbied China on Wednesday for its treatment of Muslim Uighurs and Hong Kong as the two powers held firm in high-level talks in Hawaii over mounting tensions. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, met with a senior Chinese official, Yang Jiechi, at a Honolulu military …

BEIJING – In an effort to strengthen the supervision of publicly-traded companies, Chinese securities watchdog has announced a strong crackdown on illegal practices, such as the collection and reporting of false financial and accounting information. Practices that include lies, accounting fraud and illegal guarantees must be severely punished, Yan Qingmin, …

BEIJING – The serious military confrontation in the Sino-Indian border area, which lasted more than a month, was entirely caused by the Indian side, Cheng Xizhong, distinguished professor at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law and former military diplomat in South Asian countries said while expressing his views …

BEIJING – China said on Thursday that it would allow US airlines to resume limited service to China, a day after the Trump administration said that it would ban Chinese airlines to and from the United States from mid-June. It is not immediately clear whether the United States will go …

BEIJING – China to attack Taiwan if there is no other way to prevent it from becoming independent, one of the country’s highest generals said on Friday. Speaking at the Great Hall of the Peoples of Beijing on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the anti-secession law, Li Zuocheng, …

BEIJING – The State Council’s Office of Financial Stability and Development Committee on Wednesday announced that China will be introducing 11 economic reform steps shortly. An enhanced incentive and restriction system will be implemented to enable commercial banks to more effectively offer financial services to small and micro businesses, according …