The ninth Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, which ended on 6 September, demonstrated both continuity and change in China’s partnerships with Africa. Less grandiose than the 2018 ...

HONG KONG — China said Friday it would raise its retirement age for the first time in decades, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles with falling birth rates and an aging workforce.

USTR maintains tariffs of 100% on Chinese EVs, 50% on chips, 25% on batteries, steel USTR doubles duties on Chinese face masks, surgical gloves, syringes China tariff exclusions added on five ...

In an interview with a local television station, Lai Ching-te said, with respect to China’s revanchist pretensions to control his country, “If it is for the sake of territorial integrity ...

China will begin raising the retirement age for the first time in more than 70 years as the 1.4bn-strong country faces a shrinking and ageing population. China's legislature, known as the Standing ...

A six-point peace plan jointly proposed by China and Brazil sparked a furious outburst from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week, who described it as "destructive." China and Brazil first ...

While the U.S. was forced to downsize and pull its troops out of Niger this year, China is increasing its military cooperation on the continent, recently announcing a plan to spend $140 million to ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. China will raise its retirement age next year for workers in an effort to address its shrinking population ...

For decades, Chinese workers have wrapped up their working lives at relatively young ages: 60 for men and as early as 50 for women. But all that is about to change as the Chinese government passed ...

China will raise the retirement age for the first time since 1978, a move that could stem a decline in the labor force but risk angering workers already wrestling with a slowing economy. Top ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Russia next month, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed the ...

China is raising its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies BEIJING -- Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers ...