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Far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon dismissed the Cabinet as "a government of the general election losers" and called for the ...

The ninth Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, which ended on 6 September, demonstrated both continuity and change in China’s partnerships with Africa. Less grandiose than the 2018 ...

For years, global companies showcased their Chinese operations as a source of robust growth. A burgeoning middle class, a stream of people moving to cities, and the creation of new services to ...

HONG KONG — China said Friday it would raise its retirement age for the first time in decades, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles with falling birth rates and an aging workforce.

Then in June, two days after the South China Sea clash, Vice President Sara Duterte — the former president’s daughter — resigned her post as education secretary in the Marcos Cabinet.

BEIJING — From drones to drugs, House lawmakers sought to portray themselves as tough on China as they returned to work this week, taking up more than two dozen measures aimed at countering ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. China will raise the retirement age for the first time since 1978, a move that could stem a decline in the labour force but risk ...

The changes will take effect from Jan 1, 2025, and are based on a proposed policy by the State Council, China's Cabinet. The new policy also stresses "being voluntary and flexible", giving people ...

An outspoken economist has gone viral on Chinese social media as his down-to-earth comments about China’s slowing economy struck a chord with the general public. Fu Peng, chief economist at ...

Beijing (AFP) – China said Friday it would gradually raise its statutory retirement age, as the country grapples with a looming demographic crisis and an ageing population. Hundreds of millions ...

Chinese defence minister aims to boost military ties with neighbours Frictions highlighted by German naval transit of Taiwan Strait U.S.-China working-level military talks to continue after forum ...