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Release of figures suspended in order to ‘optimise labour force survey statistics’, says bureau, after youth jobless figure hit record 21.3% in June
China has said it would suspend the release of youth unemployment figures, as its central bank cut a key interest rate to .
Youth unemployment, as a slew of disappointing figures in recent months reflected a slump in China, with its post-Covid rebound fading.

Shot in San Francisco’s Chinatown and the Richmond District, the 1985 film has been restored for the Criterion Collection.

Huge housing estates developed by Risland on the fringes of Sydney and Melbourne could be affected as shares of parent company Country Garden plunge
The financial problems of one of China’s biggest property companies, Country Garden, could reverberate in the Australian property market, where its subsidiary Risland Australia is developing two massive housing estates on the fringes of Sydney and Melbourne.
Delays in the projects or a corporate failure would have significant impacts on the amount of new housing coming on to the market during a dire affordability crisis.

China is a communist country. No doubt about it. You can tell, because it says so. Communism, or Marxism/Leninism, with Chinese characteristics. (The commies always have had a way with words.) These d ...

To become successful in the entertainment industry, actors had to subject themselves to whatever roles producers saw fit. And more often than not, they were all stereotypical roles.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is out with a new ad that simultaneously calls out the Chinese Communist Party for buying Iowa farmland and lauds the senator's support for ...

Latin America is seeing a surge in sales of Chinese automobile brands – especially as the region’s EV transition heats up.

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Fears over China’s shadow banking industry mounted on Monday as a trust linked to one of the country’s biggest wealth managers failed to meet some payments. It comes days after warnings from US president Joe Biden who said that the country was “in trouble” with its economy making it a “”.
Zhongzhi, which holds around $140bn in assets, also has a stake in Zhongrong International Trust, which missed key payments last week, according to reports which cited stock market data.
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The mental health of Asian American students was significantly harmed due to the rise of anti-Asian discrimination fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. Pandemic-fueled stressors: ...

The mental health of Asian American students was significantly harmed due to the rise of anti-Asian discrimination fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. Pandemic-fueled stressors: ...

The mental health of Asian American students was significantly harmed due to the rise of anti-Asian discrimination fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. Pandemic-fueled stressors: ...

While leaders talk up healing, both sides impose more and more restriction that will stifle trade and especially curtail investment flows into China.