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Breaking News | China | NewsChina suffers its first foreign investment deficit as US tensions and anti-spying laws spark a western exodus
China logged an unprecedented foreign direct investment deficit last quarter in the latest sign that Beijing is facing an almighty battle to revive the world’s second-largest economy after years of harsh zero-COVID lockdowns. Balance-of-payments data published by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Friday showed that direct investment liabilities, which tracks the flow of money…
Breaking News | China | NewsHenry Kissinger meets China’s defence minister in surprise visit to Beijing
Ex-US secretary of state’s meeting with Li Shangfu comes amid hopes of improved ties between two countries The veteran US diplomat Henry Kissinger has met China’s defence minister in Beijing. According to a readout on Tuesday from the Chinese defence ministry, Li Shangfu said “friendly communication” between China and the US had been “destroyed” because…
Japan diplomat arrives in Beijing amid row over PM Takaichi’s Taiwan remark
A senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official has arrived in China amid a row over comments Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae made in relation to Taiwan. The director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Kanai Masaaki, arrived in Beijing on Monday afternoon. During the visit, Kanai is expected to meet with Chinese officials,…
Pope replaces New York’s pro-Trump Cardinal with pro-migrant Chicagoan
The newly named pro-migrant archbishop of New York called himself an “unworthy servant” during his first Mass in the city after Pope Leo XIV named his fellow Chicago native to replace a conservative cardinal Thursday. In a significant shift for the US Catholic Church, Leo replaced Timothy Dolan, who stepped down after reaching the church’s…


