Day: March 6, 2024

Although he said relations have improved since the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Joe Biden in California last year, Washington’s misperceptions about China still linger and its promises have not been fulfilled. “The US has been devising various tactics to suppress China,” he said. “If the US says one thing and does another, where is its credibility as a major country? If it gets jittery whenever it hears the word China, where is its confidence as a major country?” He also responded to recent comments…

A leading Chinese academic has called for more access to non-sensitive scientific data such as meteorological information to support research and development. Scientists encounter “a lot of difficulties” trying to get hold of public data in China, according to Chen Songxi, a maths and statistics professor at Peking University and academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was speaking on the sidelines of the “two sessions” in Beijing on Tuesday – the annual gathering of the legislature and the country’s top political advisory body, of which Chen is a…

China reported a solid redound in exports in the first two months of the year, although the world’s second-largest economy is still facing the grave challenges of subdued overseas demand and geopolitical tensions. Exports rose by 7.1 per cent from a year earlier to US$528 billion in combined figures for January and February, according to customs data released on Thursday. The reading beat expectations for a 3.9 per cent increase predicted by Chinese financial data provider Wind, while it was also higher than the 2.3 per cent rise in December.…

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing in our spring flash sale. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is holding a press conference, one of the most-watched events during the annual “two sessions”. Top diplomat Wang will face the media during the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress following his reappointment to the role in July, replacing Qin Gang. Qin was just months into the job when he was suddenly removed, and his fall from grace…