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Wage growth for blue-collar workers in China has outpaced that of their white-collar peers for six consecutive years, in a sign of the strength of the country’s booming gig economy.

Xi aims to court the pariah state’s dictator, Kim Jong-un, who has been strengthening ties with Moscow while tightening his own grip on power.

Tech giant Tencent and battery pioneer CATL are reportedly among the investors in the maiden fundraise.

The global Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that China was using LinkedIn and other social media platforms to recruit spies.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said her government would help smaller states strengthen their “autonomy and resilience,” part of an anti-China push by Japan.

A raft of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction is emerging about, and by, working-class laborers.

Beijing is pushing new efforts to battle the lagging consumption weighing on China’s economy.

Hong Kong has overtaken Switzerland as the top hub for cross-border wealth.

China is severely limiting visas for foreign reporters — who often dig into the dark side of life there — while offering visa-free entry for tourists and Western influencers.

The restrictions come weeks after China made Meta undo its purchase of Chinese AI startup Manus.

US representatives have been the dominant force on the roughly 75-member board for years.

A Biden-era rule bans nearly all vehicles connected to China, while punitive tariffs have, in effect, blocked Chinese EV makers from the US market.