The reform is urgent, with life expectancy having risen in China to 78 years by 2021 from about 44 years in 1960, outstripping the United States and is projected to exceed 80 years by 2050
Read MorePhilippine pilots are taking part for the first time in multinational war games overseas, the Pitch Black war games involving 20 Indo-Pacific and European countries over a vast area of northern Australia
Read MoreThe ruling Communist Party ended its long-delayed third plenum on Thursday, a meeting of the 205-member Central Committee held roughly once every five years to map out the general direction of the country's long-term social and economic policies
Read MoreNew home prices slid 4.5 per cent from a year earlier, hitting the lowest since June 2015, deeper than a 3.9 per cent slide in May, according to Reuters calculations based on National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data
Read MoreThe government is aiming for economic growth of around 5 per cent for 2024, a target that many analysts believe is ambitious and may require more stimulus
Read MoreGermany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said, "In this way, we are protecting the central nervous systems of Germany as a business location – and we are protecting the communication of citizens, companies and the state"
Read MoreSri Lanka will also seek to balance its ties with giant neighbor India and China to ensure that there is no difference in dealing with the two
Read More"China is a key power in creating the conditions for peace in the Russia-Ukraine war," Orban posted on the social media platform X after his meeting with the Chinese President on Monday
Read MoreOnce the agreement takes effect, Japan will be able to participate as a full member in the large-scale Balikatan military exercise conducted annually by the Philippines and the United States
Read MoreXi Jinping visited Bangladesh in October 2016, during which the two countries upgraded their relationship to "Strategic Partnership" while Sheikh Hasina last visited Beijing in July 2019
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