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Northern China flash flood kills 10, two others missing

At least 10 people died in a flash flood in northern China, state media reported yesterday, with two others still missing, as the East Asian monsoon continues to unleash atmospheric chaos across the world’s second-largest economy.

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China’s Wang to visit India on Monday

China’s top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing’s foreign ministry said yesterday, as the two countries consider resuming border trade after a five-year halt.

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China offers help in Thai-Cambodia row

Beijing yesterday offered to help Thailand and Cambodia patch up relations after their deadliest border clashes in decades, as the three nations’ foreign ministers met for talks in China.

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China deploys robot antelope to surveil real herds

To the wolves of Tibet, China’s first ‘robot antelope’ may look as appetising as the real herds that roam the rugged tundra, but the “creature” is part of Beijing’s growing surveillance that now even reaches into its most remote places.

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China, Brazil can model ‘self-reliance’ for Global South

China’s President Xi Jinping yesterday told his Brazilian counterpart the two countries could set an example of “self-reliance” for emerging powers, as trade and geopolitical challenges mount.

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Trump signs order to extend China tariff truce by 90 days

The White House's halt on steeper tariffs will be in place until November 10

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Floods kill 10 in northwest China

President Xi Jinping yesterday ordered “all-out” rescue efforts in China’s arid and mountainous northwest after flash floods caused by exceptionally heavy rain killed 10 people and left 33 missing.

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Xi welcomes US-Russia talks

China is pleased to see Russia and the United States maintaining contact and improving ties to advance a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis, President Xi Jinping said in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

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China to hold military drills with Russia in August

China said yesterday it would conduct joint military drills with Russia in August, including sea and air exercises near Vladivostok and joint naval patrols in the Pacific.

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Heavy rains leave 30 dead in Chinese capital

Heavy rains in the Chinese capital Beijing have killed 30 people and prompted authorities to evacuate 80,000, state media said Tuesday

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Chinese engines power Russian drones used in Ukraine

Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia, labelled as “industrial refrigeration units” to avoid detection in the wake of Western sanctions, according to three European security officials and documents reviewed by Reuters.

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China’s Xi calls for ‘proper handling of frictions’

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged top European Union officials yesterday to “properly handle differences and frictions” as he criticised Brussels’s recent trade actions against Beijing at a tense summit dominated by concerns on trade and the Ukraine war.

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China starts building dam on Brahmaputra

China started building a mega-dam yesterday on a river running through Tibet and India, with Premier Li Qiang attending the commencement ceremony, state media said.

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China jails Japanese national for espionage: embassy

A court in China sentenced a Japanese businessman to three-and-a-half years in prison yesterday for spying, Tokyo’s ambassador in Beijing said.

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China says economy grew 5.2% in second quarter

The country's leadership is fighting a multi-front battle to sustain growth, a challenge made more difficult by US President Donald Trump's tariff campaign

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China, ASEAN to submit upgraded free trade deal to leaders in October, says China's foreign minister

Negotiations about the so-called 3.0 version of the free trade zone started in November 2022 and completed in May

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China denies asking firms to collect data illegally after new EU probe

However, TikTok has insisted that it has never received any requests from Chinese authorities for European users' data

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Rubio to meet China's Wang on sidelines of ASEAN talks

Rubio said Thursday the United States has "no intention of abandoning" the Asia-Pacific region

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