Kyrgyzstan has outlawed the all-covering Islamic niqab. Authorities insists the ban does not extend to the hijab, the Islamic headscarf that has long been outlawed in schools and offices in all other ...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...

Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...

State efforts to cajole women to have children have met resistance ... have more children and stop its population from shrinking, China has tried it all, even declaring having babies an act ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to ...

As he prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever. China just posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of almost $1 trillion for 2024 ...

LIKE LORD VOLDEMORT from Harry Potter, “Made in China 2025” is an initiative which induces so much fear and loathing abroad that Chinese officials dare not speak its name. The plan ...

Objective: Based on cancer impacts, this study aims to clarify the depressive state, development trends, and influencing factors in Chinese women with cancer, a group particularly susceptible to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. As potential TikTok ban looms, some U.S. users are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu instead Icons for the ...

The model would sometimes begin “thinking” in Chinese, Persian, or some other language — even when asked a question in English. Given a problem to sort out — e.g. “How many R’s are in ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is bringing the country’s financial sector to heel, one banker at a time. For decades, China sought to learn from Western finance. Now it’s purging many of the ...

China Q4 GDP seen growing 5.0% y/y, vs 4.6% in Q3 GDP growth seen at 4.5% in 2025, 4.2% in 2026 Inflation seen at 0.8% in 2025, 1.4% in 2026 C.bank seen cutting key policy rate by 10 bps in Q1 C ...