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Top Chinese official says green, high tech development key as nation seeks to spur economy

Mar. 28, 2024 03:55 AM EDT

BOAO, China (AP) — China is committed to reforms that will upgrade the technological level of its largely manufacturing-based economy and exploit green technologies expected to drive around $1.4 trillion in annual revenues, a senior Communist Party official said Thursday. “We...

Academics challenge Florida law restricting research exchanges from prohibited countries like China

Mar. 25, 2024 16:36 PM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants, sued Florida education officials on Monday, trying to stop enforcement of a new state law which limits research exchanges between state universities...

Vietnam's president resigns in latest twist of anti-graft campaign shaking its fast-growing economy

Mar. 21, 2024 23:11 PM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam’s president resigned in the latest episode of the ruling Communist Party's “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign, and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan was named acting president. The appointment is Xuan's second stint as acting president after she...

Judge dismisses lawsuit over removal of marker dedicated to Communist Party leader

Mar. 21, 2024 13:32 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the state of New Hampshire after government officials removed a historical marker dedicated to a feminist and labor activist who also led the U.S. Communist Party. The sponsors of the marker honoring Elizabeth...

Vietnam's vice president becomes interim president

Mar. 21, 2024 03:54 AM EDT

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam's Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan will serve as acting president after the previous president's resignation a year into the position, a Communist Party newspaper reported Thursday. Analysts said a permanent candidate was unlikely to be selected soon,...

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigns amid anti-corruption campaign

Mar. 20, 2024 09:14 AM EDT

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigned after a little over a year in the position, the Communist Party said Wednesday, making him the latest senior official to leave office after likely being implicated in an intense anti-corruption campaign. The party...

Former officer with East Germany's secret police goes on trial for a border killing in 1974

Mar. 14, 2024 07:53 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, went on trial Thursday over the killing of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago. The defendant, whose name has not been released in keeping with German...

US lawmakers see TikTok as China's tool, even as it distances itself from Beijing

Mar. 14, 2024 00:45 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — If some U.S. lawmakers have their way, the United States and China could end up with something in common: TikTok might not be available in either country. The House on Wednesday approved a bill requiring the Beijing-based company ByteDance to sell its subsidiary...

House passes a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban if Chinese owner refuses to sell

Mar. 13, 2024 19:56 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake, as lawmakers acted on concerns that the company's current ownership structure is a national security threat. ...

China's congress ends with a show of unity behind Xi's vision for national greatness

Mar. 11, 2024 04:53 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — China’s national legislature wrapped up its annual session Monday with the usual show of near-unanimous support for plans designed to carry out ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's vision for the nation. The weeklong event, replete with meetings carefully...