Covering the Chinese economy and other topics with @AFP in Beijing. @EdinburghUni, @LSENews, Fudan alumnus. Coloradan. reach out to me: [email protected]
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EU economy chief Valdis Dombrovskis tells AFP that Russian diesel sales recently authorised by the United States are unlikely to move the price of the commodity, which has spiked since the start of the Iran war. u.afp.com/SCM6
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🌎 The International Monetary Fund has forecast global growth in 2026 would slow less than previously expected because of advanced economies' "resilience" in the face of war-fuelled energy prices, but warned low-income countries remained vulnerable to the supply shock.
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ALT International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva addresses a panel discussion during the annual meeting in Bangkok, on October 13, 2026.
It was a privilege to report from Mongolia on this important but overlooked topic recently for @AFP. Our video report (by @CeliaCzl) is here:
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🇲🇳 Mongolian herders enlist new tech against harsher, drier climate
Huge and sparsely populated, Mongolia is disproportionately affected by climate change, but an app is helping the herders navigate the extreme weather that threatens the country's nomadic population and livestock.
At Summer Davos this week, AI-driven transformations and geopolitical risks were the talk of the town. @AFP interviewed Mirek Dusek, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, and Graham Allison, the Harvard professor who coined the term 'Thucydides trap'. My story for AFP:
China premier urges AI governance to avoid ‘losing control’ bit.ly/4uS8tqk
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🇨🇳 🇺🇸 Chinese traders hope Trump's Beijing visit will bring tariff cuts
US President Donald Trump is set to arrive for a state visit to China on 13 May, where he will meet counterpart Xi Jinping. In southern China, plastics traders hope US tariffs could be reduced and moves could be made towards ending disruption caused by the Middle East war
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Trump heads to Beijing on the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade.
Trump says he expects a "long talk" with counterpart Xi Jinping about Iran, which relies on China as the top customer for its US-sanctioned oil
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BREAKING Russia's foreign minister says his country could make up for China's energy shortages as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is choked by the US-Israeli war with Iran, Russian state media reports
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China military leadership changes.
AFP Infographic showing changes to China's military structure, since October 2022
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#BREAKING: Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security crimes.
18 of those 20 years will add on top of Lai's existing jail term. More to follow.
ALT File photo: In this picture taken on June 16, 2020, millionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. (Anthony Wallace / AFP)
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China will ban hidden door handles on cars sold in the country from next year.
Safety concerns have risen as some of the sleek, aerodynamic car door handles are prone to not working in the event of a crash
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US ouster of Maduro nightmare scenario for Kim: N. Korean ex-diplomat barrons.com/news/us-ouster-o…
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“Buried in the reddish soil of southern China lies latent power: one of the largest clusters of crucial rare earths is mined around the clock by a secretive and heavily guarded industry…AFP journalists were trailed and monitored by minders.”
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China's rulers push Communist Party role before WWII anniversary.
But the story behind China's overthrow of the brutal Japanese occupation is deeply contested
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A formidable set of cards inclding granting access to its vast mkt and an ability to withstand economic pain will allow China to play hardball in trade talks w the US.
📝with @pfcatterall
Thank you to @dylanloh @ChongJaIan @wstv_lizzi for speaking w me
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China set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent on Wednesday, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as an escalating trade war with the United States hit exports ➡️ u.afp.com/S37C
ALT China's President Xi Jinping (L) and Premier Li Qiang (C) attend the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2025
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"Shehzad Qazi, MD @ChinaBeigeBook, said looser monetary policy alone 'will not cut it'. 'Monetary stimulus will only work if Beijing lifts broader business and household confidence', he told @AFP. @pfcatterall @matthewwalsh91
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China sees little relief from trade tensions as US goes to the polls. For @AFP :
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We kicked off our East Asia Tour today with a press conference at the @27thBMF. The festival’s director, Zou Shuang, gave me a warm introduction. I also met Maestro Long Yu, who’ll conduct the @jazzdotorg Orchestra in our upcoming performance of “The Jungle” in Shanghai.
After the press conference, I took part in a meet-and-greet and Q&A session with young musicians who will attend our upcoming concerts in Beijing. My friend and fellow musician Ye Huang kindly helped out as translator for both the press conference and the Q&A.
I also sat down for interviews with Peter Catterall from AFP and Leo Z from CCTV.
75 years ago today, the People’s Republic of China was founded. I recently travelled with @AFP colleagues to Baotou, Inner Mongolia, to interview one of the country’s leading ‘red collectors’. More:
China's "red collectors" hoard brightly-coloured communist memorabilia, mass-produced in the country's turbulent first decades up until the death of founding leader Mao Zedong in 1976:
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