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Analysis

China tears up the rule book in the race to fix its energy crisis

The world’s biggest energy consumer faces a colossal challenge: fixing the power crunch, curbing wild price gains — and keeping climate goals on track

A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab from a resident for nucleic acid testing at a sports centre in Jiangning district, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China July 21, 2021. cnsphoto via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Parts of China toughen COVID curbs to fight new outbreak

China's Ping An Bank says its overdue loans rise on Baoneng liquidity crunch
China

China's Ping An Bank says its overdue loans rise on Baoneng liquidity crunch

FILE PHOTO: A broken-off minaret of Xinqu Mosque lies near a Chinese national flag near the house of worship in Changji outside Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
China

In UN showdown over Xinjiang, China says 'lies still lies'

With Xi-Biden meeting, US aims to show responsible handling of China ties
USA

With Xi-Biden meeting, US aims to show responsible handling of China ties

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China

China coal futures slump as gov't signals intervention to ease power crisis

An exterior view of China Evergrande Centre in Hong Kong, China March 26, 2018. Photo :Reuters
China

What lies beneath? Hidden debt fears feed China's property woes

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China

Three killed in gas explosion at Chinese BBQ restaurant

A nurse holds a vial of China's Sinopharm coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a health center in Caracas, Venezuela March 7, 2021. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

More 55 lakh Sinopharm jabs arrive 

A woman holding an umbrella rides a shared bicycle past an image of the Chinese flag after the lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Global Economy

What lies beneath? Hidden debt fears feed China's property woes

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Bangladesh

Dhaka-Beijing political trust continues to deepen: Envoy

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past an office of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) in Beijing, China July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter//File Photo
World+Biz

China updates official news sources list to tighten information oversight

If an IMF managing director is thought to be amenable to pressures to alter data and analyses, the credibility of the Fund’s work will be greatly diminished. Photo: Bloomberg
Global Economy

IMF cuts Asia's growth forecast, warns of supply chain risks