Andrews McMeel Syndication on MSN13d
News of the Weird: LEAD STORY -- It's Good To Have a Hobby
In 2023, friends Boone Hogg and Logan Jugler found a nice stick on the side of a trail in Utah-- it had "some excellent grain on it" and a "nice grip," they said. They liked it so much, they shared a ...
CNN4d
New marriages in China crash to record low, while divorces on the rise
China’s population has shrunk for three years in a row despite a slight increase in the birth rate last year. The working population, classified as those between the ages of 16 and 59, also ...
The New York Times28d
China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
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 ...
The Economist29d
An initiative so feared that China has stopped saying its name
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 ...
The New York Times26d
Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do?
Trump and Xi Jinping might have other plans. By Edward Wong Edward Wong has reported on U.S.-China policy from Washington through the Biden and Trump administrations. He is also a former Beijing ...
Business Insider28d
China hit its economic goals in 2024 despite a consumer spending problem
In a news release on Friday morning, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported its economy grew 5% in 2024 from a year ago, meeting its official target. Analysts polled by Reuters had ...
Newsweek23d
Runner-Up: China May Have to Settle for Second Place Behind America
His focus is on East Asian politics. He has covered foreign policy and defense matters, especially in relation to U.S.-China ties and cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan. John joined ...
Global News28d
China’s declining population is posing issues for its economy. Here’s why
China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation, which is now ...
Bloomberg L.P.8d
McKinsey Partners Debate China Presence as US Tensions Rise
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 ...
Wall Street Journal9d
China Watches as Russia’s Economy Teeters
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 ...
Forbes27d
What Musk’s Tweets Reveal About His Relationship With China
Earlier this week, reports emerged that China’s rulers viewed the world’s richest person and Donald Trump’s informal adviser Elon Musk as a suitable buyer of TikTok, which will be banned in ...