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Beijing: China's jobless rate rose to 6.1 per cent in April, the highest level since the 6.2 per cent peak seen in the early part of the Covid-19 pandemic in February 2020. It comes as widening lockdowns led to a sharp slowdown in…

Beijing: In the wake of ongoing Covid-19 flare-ups in Beijing, the Chinese capital has intensified restrictive measures against Covid-19 in an effort reduce cross-infection as high mobility is expected during the five-day Labour Day…

New Delhi:  China has allowed return of Indian students to its various universities on a "need-assessed basis", according to the Indian Embassy in China. According to the Embassy, following the meeting of External Affairs Minister S.…

Hong Kong:  Investors are ditching China at an unprecedented scale as a cocktail of political and business risks, and rising interest rates elsewhere, make the world's second biggest economy a less attractive place to keep their money, the…

Shanghai: Shanghai has further enhanced its treating capacity for severe Covid-19 patients to reduce the fatality rate of this round of the outbreak, said the Municipal Health Commission. A total of nine medical teams for treating severe…

Colombo Facing mounting demands to step down by protestors for three weeks continuously, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has said China has assured help to solve the urgent economic crisis in the country. Rajapaksa on Friday…

New York: Nearly 400 million people across 45 cities in China are under full or partial lockdown as part of China's strict zero-Covid policy. Together, they represent 40 per cent, or $7.2 trillion, of annual gross domestic product for…

London: China's consumer spending fell and unemployment rose last month as Covid lockdowns confined millions of people to their homes, official figures show, BBC reported. Joblessness reached the highest level since the early part of the…

Xichang (China):China successfully sent a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan province. The satellite, Zhongxing-6D, was launched at 8 p.m. on Friday by a Long March-3B carrier…

Beijing: China is expediting efforts to expand its nuclear arsenal as Beijing is seriously concerned about the threat posed by the US, a media report said. According to The Wall Street Journal report, the Chinese leadership made a…