China, Trump and farmland
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Kazakhstan, whose close ties with Russia and China have made it a significant regional player in Central Asia, has said it is ready to reach a compromise with the Trump administration over tariffs due to take effect next month.
TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data transferred to China. The Irish Data Protection Commission opened the inquiry as a follow up to a previous investigation that ended earlier this year with a 530 million euro ($620 million) fine.
More than 200 kindergarten students in northwestern China were found to have abnormal blood lead levels after kitchen staff used paint as food coloring, authorities said, in a case that’s stoked outrage in a country long plagued by food safety scandals.
China will sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Thursday.
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China now allows citizens from 74 countries to enter visa-free for up to 30 days. This policy aims to boost tourism, the economy, and China's global influence.
China is expanding its visa-free entry to 75 countries as part of a broader campaign to boost inbound tourism.
The European Parliament condemned China on Thursday over its export restrictions on rare earths and insisted the European Union must reject any attempts by Beijing to use the restrictions to force concessions from the bloc.
Bilateral relations between India and China have improved since the 2020 clash - but larger challenges remain.
The deal would see the Defense Department take a 15% stake in MP Materials and spend billions of dollars investing in the company and purchasing its output.
(Reuters) -Billionaire Richard Li's efforts to expand his insurance business into mainland China have been put on hold after Beijing reacted with fury to his father Li Ka-shing's plan to sell a suite of global ports to U.
In truth, local officials are motivated more by desperation than greed. Across provinces, counties and cities, they are responsible for the bulk of government spending. But much of China’s tax revenue flows instead to the central government.
That's how much U.S. farmland Chinese-owned entities hold, according to the Agriculture Department, amounting to an area about the size of Los Angeles. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the administration will work to ban sales of farmland to buyers from China and other countries of concern,