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The Haikwan tael was preferred over the Kuping tael (庫平兩) by many merchants across China, this was because the units of the Kuping tael varied often to the advantage of imperial tax collectors, this form of corruption was an extra source of income for government bureaucrats at the expense of traders. [8]
The outbreak in January 2020 was the impetus for a broader pandemic; the World Health Organization formally declared a pandemic on 11 March. [2] In response, Xi Jinping's administration pursued a zero-COVID policy. On 23 January, amid a rising death toll, the Chinese government imposed a travel lockdown on Wuhan, confining citizens within the ...
China on Thursday said it was adding dozens of American companies to its export control list to "safeguard national security and interests." China also sanctioned 10 defense firms on Thursday over ...
China Today is a news program that focuses on news issues and current affairs around China. China Today 30 minute's episodes are broadcast on CCTV-9 at 22:00 China Standard Time ( UTC +8), or 14:00 UTC every day, and rebroadcasts twice at 01:00 and 07:00 UTC+8 the next morning, or 17:00 and 23:00 UTC.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed issues including TikTok, trade and Taiwan in a phone call on Friday, just days before Trump takes ...
By 2020, the plan called for “iconic advances” in AI to demonstrate its progress. Then in late 2022, OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT took the world by surprise—and caught China flat-footed.
February 10 – An advance World Health Organization team of medical experts has arrived in China, led by Dr. Bruce Aylward, who coordinated the WHO's Ebola Response in 2016. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] February 28 – Three time Chinese Olympic swimming champion, Sun Yang , has been given an 8-year ban for missing a doping test in September 2018 by the Court ...