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Labor costs encourage the transition to robots, industry professionals said, and Beijing’s policy aims to accelerate it.
‘I have no assets in China, and I have no plans to go there,’ Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said earlier this month.
Protesters are demanding repayment and questioning whether regulators ignored risks before Zhejiang’s financial asset exchange lost its license.
An investigation targeting an 800,000-member forum has sparked claims of forced confessions, intimidation, and misconduct by police and authorities.
A survey says tariffs, export controls, weak demand, Chinese competition, and procurement barriers continue to weigh on expansion plans.
The layoffs have fueled debate over whether multinational companies are becoming more cautious about operating in China.
The Chinese regime is manipulating rhetoric to downplay China’s persistent unemployment issue, Chinese observers said.
China’s teapot refiners cut output because of a weak economy and reliance on stockpiles that won’t last.
Pyongyang continues producing nuclear material capable of making roughly 10 to 20 nuclear weapons per year, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said.
The small-business owner says weak demand, business closures, and job shortages are fueling uncertainty about the future.
Ming Chu-cheng of National Taiwan University drew parallels between current challenges in China and conditions that preceded the fall of Soviet-era regimes.
Cases cited in a widely shared post suggest that the CCP is targeting not only online content but also how users access the internet.
On June 4, users say platforms flagged indirect references, restricted accounts, and filtered routine content tied to the 1989 clampdown.
Beijing, Pyongyang, Moscow, and Tehran are ‘sleeping in the same bed, but dreaming different dreams,’ an expert said.
Without adequate U.S. support, South Korea could become a weak link in the First Island Chain to contain the CCP and North Korea, experts said.
The New York Times confirmed that its China-based correspondent was expelled in February.
