ZANESVILLE ‒ A Crooksville man facing life in prison had second thoughts during a plea hearing and opted at the last minute for jury trial. Shawn William Powell, 34, went before Muskingum County ...

The number of new marriages recorded in China fell to a record low last year, despite sweeping government efforts to encourage young people to tie the knot and have babies to halt demographic ...

But Japan’s exports to China rose 300 per cent in 2023 from a year earlier, according to United Nations trade data – despite a slump in Chinese consumer demand caused by a deteriorating economy.

BEIJING, Jan 21 (Reuters) - China's non-financial outbound direct investment rose 10.5% year-on-year in dollar terms in 2024 to $143.9 billion, the country's commerce ministry said on Tuesday.

For the fourth quarter, retail sales rose 3.8% to the fastest pace of the year. Full-year retail sales grew by 3.5% — well lower than the 7.2% growth in 2023. China's economy continued to be ...

rose 1.5% in 2024 from the previous year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. The electricity sector is the largest contributor to China’s greenhouse gas emissions.

McKinsey & Co. partners have been questioning the consulting giant’s presence in China, worried that doing business there may not be worth the risks given the Asian superpower’s increasingly ...

China is committed to continuing its participation in the WHO and the Paris climate accord, expressing concern over US President Trump’s orders to withdraw from both. Beijing emphasizes the ...

Manufacturing output rose 6.1 percent, with extra output mainly exported. The government has pressured universities, banks and other institutions in mainland China and Hong Kong to make sure that ...

China’s president has been supplying his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin with advanced technologies and helping to prop up the Russian economy, and he is studying Russia’s ability to ...

Han said Beijing was ready to work with Washington to “implement the important consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and president-elect Trump”, said China’s official news agency ...

On January 16, 2025, Canalys reported that iPhone shipments in China fell by 25% in the fourth quarter of 2024, while Huawei's shipments rose by 24% during the same period. This significant shift ...