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Janis Mackey Frayer
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Chinese air conditioners are in hot demand in Europe as heat wave sends temperatures soaring
BEIJING — Trade tensions between China and Europe are heating up, even as Europeans turn to China for help cooling down.
China’s Huawei touts chip design breakthrough in bid to defy U.S. sanctions
Chinese tech giant Huawei said Monday that it had achieved a breakthrough that would allow it to make cutting-edge chips within five years, touting the…
China controls a metal that’s key for the Iran war, sending the U.S. on a global hunt for more
The United States is burning through weapons stockpiles in Iran, and replacing them will require large amounts of tungsten, a powerful metal whose supply is…
Pandas set for 8,000-mile blind date in Atlanta
CHENGDU, China — They’ve never met, but Ping Ping and Fu Shuang are getting ready for the blind date of a lifetime.
Young Chinese facing ‘life pressure’ resist government push to boost marriage rate
The streets around Beijing’s iconic Forbidden City are often filled with brides and grooms, posing for wedding photos against auspicious red backdrops in a place…
China’s Xi talks peace with Taiwan’s opposition leader even as Beijing raises military pressure
Chinese leader Xi Jinping talked with Taiwan’s main opposition leader about shared culture and bloodlines, before declaring that unification is an "inevitability."
Taiwan’s opposition leader seeks to win friends in China with a high-stakes visit
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Before President Donald Trump arrives in China last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have another visitor: a Taiwan opposition leader, who
Iran war throws Trump’s China trip in doubt, but Beijing doesn’t seem to mind waiting
The timing of a highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is in doubt after Trump asked to delay it…
The U.S. and China running the world together? China says no thanks
For President Donald Trump, global power may boil down to the United States and China — what he calls the “G2,” or Group of Two.
Robots and Draco Malfoy: How China is celebrating the Year of the Horse
BEIJING — The Lunar New Year is coming, and China is on the move