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China’s central bank sets guidelines for country’s economic policies, local debt risks
FILE PHOTO: Paramilitary police officers stand guard in front of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China, the central bank (PBOC), in Beijing, China September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
world
School spearheads China’s efforts to spread ideological influence among Africa’s ruling parties
The Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School
world
South Korea, Japan and China agree to resume trilateral leaders’ summit, but without specific date
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, right, shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi prior to a meeting in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)
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Huawei to move smart car operations to new joint company with Changan
FILE PHOTO: An Avatr 11 electric vehicle, powered by Huawei Inside intelligent solution, is displayed at the Auto Shanghai show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
life
China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens
A man carriers a child walk out from a crowded holding room of a children's hospital in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2023. A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the country's health ministry said Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Nvidia delays launch of new China-focused AI chip, sources say
The logo of NVIDIA as seen at its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California, in May of 2022. Courtesy NVIDIA/Handout via REUTERS
world
Chinese court rejects Canadian pop star Kris Wu’s appeal
FILE PHOTO: Kris Wu arrives at the iHeartRadio MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVA) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo
opinion
Michael Spavor’s accusations are playing into Beijing’s hands
Peter Humphrey
politics
Watchdog report on Global Affairs unit named in Michael Spavor’s case still unreleased three years after its completion
People hold placards calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig outside a court hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
investment ideas
Warming up this winter: World market themes for the week ahead
Technicians from CP Solar work on the maintenance of solar panels at a partially solar-powered factory in the industrial area of Nairobi, on Oct. 9.
canada
Take The Globe’s news quiz for the week ending Nov. 24
Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland responds to a question from the Opposition after she delivered the 2023 Fall Economic Statement in the House of Commons, Tuesday, November 21, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
China says no unusual pathogens found after WHO queries respiratory outbreaks
Chinese national flag is raised at the Chinese embassy in London, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has chastised China's premier for what he called unacceptable interference in British democracy after a newspaper reported that a researcher in Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying for Beijing. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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U.S. electric vehicle sales to hit record this year, but still lag behind China and Germany
FILE — A Ford F-150 Lighting sits on display at an EV technology education booth at the North American International Detroit Auto Show in Detroit, Mich., on Sept. 13, 2023. Ford Motor said on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, that it was resuming work on an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan but significantly scaling back its plans in part because of slow E.V. adoption in the United States. (Brittany Greeson for The New York Times)
opinion
More than anything, Michael Spavor was the victim of a coercive Beijing
Guy Saint-Jacques
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Maersk enters deal for half a million tonnes of green methanol annually
The world's first methanol-fueled container vessel Laura Maersk, owned by shipping company Maersk, is seen in Copenhagen, Denmark September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/File Photo
politics
Canadian met with Global Affairs unit linked to two Michaels’ imprisonment before being detained by China in 2014
Kevin Garratt and his wife Julia pose for a portrait in the backyard of a home they're staying at after recently returning to Canada. The couple were doing Christian charity work in China near the North Korean border when they were detained by police and had been accused by Chinese authorities of stealing military and defence research secrets and charged with espionage. Kevin would spend almost two years in custody before being deported. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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After ‘Sinicization’ of Islam in Xinjiang, China is closing and destroying mosques in other Muslim areas: report
This photo taken on June 4, 2019 shows the Chinese flag flying over the Juma mosque in the restored old city area of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region. - While Muslims around the world celebrated the end of Ramadan with early morning prayers and festivities this week, the recent destruction of dozens of mosques in Xinjiang highlights the increasing pressure Uighurs and other ethnic minorities face in the heavily-policed region. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) / To go with AFP story China-politics-rights-religion-Xinjiang, FOCUS by Eva Xiao and Pak YiuGREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images
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Morning Update: Ottawa faces calls to strengthen oversight of Global Affairs unit that collects intelligence
FILE PHOTO: People hold signs calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during an extradition hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
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Evening Update: China defends prosecution of Kovrig and Spavor; premature babies in Gaza evacuated to Egypt
Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor stand as they are recognized before President Joe Biden speaks to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Canada, Friday, Mach 24, 2023. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
politics
Politics Briefing: Too early to say how Conservatives would balance budget, Poilievre says
As MPs returned to the House of Commons today after a week-long break, Pierre Poilievre chastised a journalist who asked, during a news conference, at what point a prospective Conservative government would present a balanced budget.
world
Hundreds of foreigners working in Myanmar moved to safety as fighting intensifies
This photo taken on November 9, 2023 shows a fighter of the ethnic rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) standing guard in the town of Namhkam in northern Shan state. A surprise offensive by Myanmar ethnic armed groups has blocked two strategically vital roads to the country's biggest trading partner China, choking cross-border commerce and denying the cash-strapped junta taxes and foreign exchange. (Photo by Mai Nyi / AFP) (Photo by MAI NYI/AFP via Getty Images)
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China decries Canada’s ‘hypocrisy’ after Spavor blames Kovrig for their detention
Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor stand as they are recognized before an address from U.S. President Joe Biden in the Canadian House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Canada, Mach 24, 2023. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS
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Taiwan presidential front-runner picks former de-facto ambassador to U.S. as vice president candidate
FILE PHOTO: Taiwan's Vice President William Lai announces his "National Project of Hope" ahead of the upcoming presidential election in Taipei, Taiwan September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
canada
Great Reads: The two Michaels, Ukrainian seniors refuse to leave home, and the millionaire behind a B.C. ghost town
Photo Illustration by the Globe and Mail/THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/AFP PHOTO / CRISISGROUP/JULIE DAVID DE LOSS
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Spavor blames fellow prisoner Kovrig for Chinese detention, alleges he was used for intelligence gathering
Photo Illustration by the Globe and Mail/THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/AFP PHOTO / CRISISGROUP/JULIE DAVID DE LOSS
world
Taiwan’s opposition were united in taking on the ruling party — then it all fell apart
Taiwan People's Party Chairman Ko Wen-je reacts during a press event with the media in Taipei, Taiwan November 18, 2023.
canada
Canadian seafood company High Liner cuts ties with supplier following forced-labour investigation
“We worked yesterday. Worked last night. We are still working,” a Uyghur man says in a voice clip from a post loaded to a social media platform used in China called Douyin in 2021 over snapshots of exhausted workers on pallets of flounder packed for export at a seafood plant called Yantai Sanko Fisheries in Shandong Province, China, which relies on Uyghur and other labour from Xinjiang and exports to the U.S., Canada, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
politics
Trudeau declines to echo Biden’s dictator comment about Xi
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands next to Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders for the family photo at the APEC Summit, in San Francisco, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.
world
Biden, Xi talk of cooperation glosses over deep rivalries
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international business
Applied Materials under U.S. criminal probe for shipments to Chinese chip maker SMIC: sources
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed Applied Materials logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
opinion
China wants to shape the world alongside the United States. So what does it want in the Middle East?
Omer Aziz
asia-pacific business
Exclusivity the name of the game as luxury firms target China’s wealthiest for growth
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A man walks outside a department store selling luxury brands in Beijing, China, November 30, 2016. Picture taken November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
analysis
After Xi-Biden summit, the U.S.-China relationship is all smiles – until the next crisis
FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he walks with U.S. President Joe Biden at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
world
China calls on Japan to reaffirm strategic relations in rare leader talks
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their bilateral talk in San Francisco, Ca., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP)
world
Panda diplomacy might not be dead just yet
FILE - Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, Sept. 28, 2023. Early Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, three large white crates containing giant pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji were loaded by forklifts onto waiting trucks for the trip ro Chengdu, China. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Biden hails 'progress' but calls Xi a 'dictator'
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