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Chinese Premier Li Qiang is seen on screens as he speaks during the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
What to expect when China’s legislature meets this week
China’s annual major political event gets underway this week to endorse decisions already made by the all-powerful Chinese Communist Party.
 
A man offers flowers outside the "Zhuhai People's Fitness Plaza" where a man rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Silence descends around China’s deadliest mass killing in years as flowers cleared away
Online discussion about China’s deadliest mass killing in years was being censored Wednesday as authorities in a southern city cleared candles and flowers from the memorial to the 35 people dead.
 
In this photo released by Australian Treasury, Australia's Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks during a press conference in Beijing Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Australian Treasury via AP)
Australian treasurer, visiting Beijing, welcomes Chinese efforts to stimulate its economy
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has welcomed efforts by China to perk up its slowing economy. Chalmers was wrapping up a two-day visit to Beijing, the first by an Australian treasurer to China in seven years, as strained bilateral relations mend.
 
Chinese authorities inspect the scene of a stabbing at the Shenzhen Japanese School in Shenzhen, China Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, after a 10-year-old Japanese student was attacked by a man. (Kyodo News via AP)
A 10-year-old Japanese boy stabbed near his school in China has died
Officials in Tokyo say a 10-year-old Japanese student attending a Japanese school in southern China who was attacked the day before has died, asking Beijing to provide details of the stabbing and take preventive measures. A suspect is in custody.
 
People on their bicycles and electric bikes wait at a traffic lights junction during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China is raising its retirement age, now among the youngest in the world’s major economies
China is raising its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies. The extension was considered overdue in a country facing a shrinking population and an aging work force.
 
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Vietnam's President To Lam walk out of a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (Andres Martinez Casares/Pool Photo via AP)
Leaders of China and Vietnam pledge to strengthen political and economic ties
The leaders of China and Vietnam have pledged to further their economic ties and gave a nod to their shared communist ideology during the first visit by Vietnam’s new president to Beijing.
 
In this China National Space Administration (CNSA) handout image released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese national flag carried by the lander of Chang'e-6 probe unfurls at the moon's far side, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to start its journey back to Earth. (CNSA/Xinhua via AP)
Craft unfurls China’s flag on the far side of the moon and lifts off with lunar rocks to bring home
China says its spacecraft unfurled the country’s red and gold flag on the far side of the moon before lifting off with rock and soil samples to bring back to Earth.
 
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)
Xi pledges more Gaza aid and talks trade at summit with Arab leaders
Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promising more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza.
 
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he talks with students of the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin concludes a trip to China by emphasizing its strategic and personal ties to Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is concluding a two-day visit to China by emphasizing the countries’ strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they seek to present an alternative to U.S. global influence.
 
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin look toward each other as they shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
China and Russia reaffirm their close ties as Moscow presses its offensive in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reaffirmed their “no-limits” partnership that has deepened as both countries face rising tensions with the West. They criticized U.S. military alliances in Asia and the Pacific region.
 
FILE - Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, center, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao, right, and supporters in Taipei, Taiwan on Jan. 13, 2024. Taiwan's incoming president is promising more of the same. The question is what that will bring, not only for Taiwan but also for its relations with China, the United States and others with an interest in the island of 23 million people that supplies many of the advanced semiconductors that keep the world running. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
What a new president in Taiwan means for the island, China, the US and the world
Taiwan’s incoming president is promising continuity. The question is what that will bring, not only for Taiwan but also for China, the United States and others with an interest in the island of 23 million people that supplies many of the world’s advanced semiconductors.
 
Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, center, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao, right, and supporters in Taipei, Taiwan., Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te has emerged victorious in Taiwan''s presidential election and his opponents have conceded. The result in Taiwan''s presidential and parliamentary election will chart the trajectory of relations with China over the next four years. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
War of words after Taiwan election highlights the intractable divide over the island’s fate
A war of words has erupted the day after Taiwan’s presidential election. Taiwan accused China of making “fallacious comments” and China criticized the U.S. for congratulating the winner.
 
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2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show
The data also indicated that nearly 40% of adults said they probably or definitely will not get the shot. A similar percentage of parents said they did not plan to vaccinate their children.
 
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Huawei reports its revenue inched higher in January-September despite US sanctions

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FILE - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers his state of the nation address during the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2023. Chinese state media say former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, has died. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, dies at 68
Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, has died of a heart attack at 68. State media CCTV said he died Friday in Shanghai.