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Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can't retire

Mar. 29, 2024 01:14 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. But for migrant workers like her, not working is not an option. For decades, they have come from farming villages to find work in the cities. Toiling in sweatshops and building apartment complexes they...

China lifts heavy tariffs on Australian wine as ties improve

Mar. 28, 2024 04:56 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — China on Thursday said it will lift tariffs placed on Australian wine over three years ago, in a sign of improving ties between the two countries. China’s Ministry of Commerce said the decision will take effect Friday. China imposed tariffs on...

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...

21Vianet: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Mar. 27, 2024 19:47 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — BEIJING (AP) — 21Vianet Group Inc. (VNET) on Wednesday reported a loss of $344.1 million in its fourth quarter. The Beijing-based company said it had a loss of $2.22 per share. Losses, adjusted for asset impairment costs, were 51 cents per share. The...

TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit

Mar. 27, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices, a probe that could lead to a settlement or a lawsuit against the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. The investigation is the latest battle in Washington...

Chinese leader Xi issues a positive message at a meeting with US business leaders as ties improve

Mar. 27, 2024 11:31 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — China’s nationalist leader, Xi Jinping, called for closer trade ties with the U.S. during a meeting on Wednesday with top American business leaders in Beijing that came amid a steady improvement in relations that had sunk to the lowest level in years. Xi emphasized...

AP PHOTOS: Beijingers play fetch with migratory birds in traditional game

Mar. 27, 2024 08:13 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Passersby in Beijing during winter or early spring might happen upon groups of residents playing fetch with birds. The players blow plastic beads into the air through carbon tubes for the birds — often from the migratory wutong species — to catch and return, in exchange for a...

Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street retreats from all-time highs

Mar. 27, 2024 00:20 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street slipped a bit further from its record highs. Oil prices fell while U.S. futures edged higher. Chinese shares slipped even as China's central bank governor told a high-level business conference in...

Big brands could pivot easily if TikTok goes away. For many small businesses, it's another story

Mar. 25, 2024 15:46 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — If content creators and corporate executives made TikTok videos about the platform’s possible U.S. demise, disco diva Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” could supply the soundtrack. Sure, businesses that built strategies around TikTok and promote products...

Protests in remote Ladakh enter 3rd week. Locals demand protection of fragile ecology, land autonomy

Mar. 24, 2024 05:22 AM EDT

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Thousands of people in the remote region of Ladakh have been protesting for over two weeks in freezing temperatures, demanding constitutional provisions from the Indian government to protect their territory's fragile ecology and to have autonomy over land and agriculture...