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Dec 22, 2023

Tesla moves forward with a plan to build an energy-storage battery factory in China

American electric automaker Tesla’s plans to produce energy-storage batteries in China are moving forward with a signing ceremony for the land acquisition for a new factory in Shanghai

Dec 21, 2023

China has started erecting temporary housing units after an earthquake destroyed 14,000 homes

Hundreds of temporary housing units are being set up in northwest China for survivors of an earthquake that destroyed more than 14,000 homes and killed at least 144 people

Dec 21, 2023

South Korean court orders Japanese firms to compensate more wartime Korean workers for forced labor

South Korea’s top court has ordered two Japanese companies to financially compensate more of their wartime Korean workers for forced labor

Dec 21, 2023

China emerged from 'zero-COVID' in 2023 to confront new challenges in a changed world

China’s prospects for 2024 look uncertain, as a year that opened free of COVID-19 lockdowns winds down without the dreamed of robust recovery for the world’s No. 2 economy

Dec 20, 2023

Toyota's small car unit Daihatsu will suspend all vehicle shipments over widespread safety cheating

Toyota Motor Corp. says its subsidiary Daihatsu will suspend shipments of all its vehicles in and outside Japan in a damaging safety scandal after an investigation found improper testing involving 64 models

Dec 13, 2023

China-made C919, ARJ21 passenger jets on display in Hong Kong

Chinese aerospace company COMAC has showcased its domestically-developed C919 passenger jet in Hong Kong, giving officials and media a close-up look at the narrow-bodied aircraft

Dec 12, 2023

China's homegrown C919 aircraft arrives in Hong Kong in maiden flight outside the mainland

A Chinese C919 commercial passenger jet has arrived in Hong Kong in the Chinese-made aircraft's first foray outside of mainland China

Dec 8, 2023

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of a key US jobs report

Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of a U.S. jobs report after Wall Street rose Thursday to snap its first three-day losing streak since Halloween

Dec 7, 2023

Divides over trade and Ukraine are in focus as EU and China's leaders meet in Beijing

The leaders of China and the European Union are holding wide-ranging talks that include their disputes over trade and a deep divide on the war in Ukraine

Dec 7, 2023

China, EU summit exposes divisions over Ukraine, trade, subsidies

The leaders of China and the European Union have held wide-ranging talks that included their disputes over trade and a deep divide over the war in Ukraine