Workers at dorms on two Country Garden sites in Tianjin, a port city of 14 million people about 135 km (84 miles) southeast of Beijing, complained of months without pay

The country's lunar spacecraft made a soft landing on the lunar South Pole, days after a similar Russian lander, Luna-25, crashed

“To say [Xi’s absence] is extraordinary is an understatement as Chinese leaders never miss highly choreographed events like this,” one China expert said

The moves followed reports that South Korea's Star Group Industrial, which supplies magnets to VinFast and Hyundai, is investing $80 million in a new factory in Vietnam

Putin has sent an emissary — Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — instead, and Kremlin said he would “still play a key role in the main summit meeting”

The more than 300-page document mentioned "PRC" 130 times and "China" 222 times, as it outlined risks and uncertainties emanating from the ongoing chip war between Beijing and the West

Multiple sources said earlier this year that Mintz was looking into the possible use of forced labour in supply chains linked to Xinjiang in days prior to Beijing's crackdown

The cash-burning company is currently worth $35 billion, down from $85 billion in its Wall Street debut, that valued the carmaker twice as much as Ford and General Motors

Earlier this month, China called on all its citizens to be spies for the country, alarming the United States

Chinese brands such as BYD, Nio and SAIC's MG, which have raced past foreign rivals to top sales rankings at home, will have to overcome a new set of challenges to thrive in Europe

Country Garden, facing $192 billion worth of debt, is saddled with nearly 1 million unfinished homes in 3,121 projects spread across all of China's provinces

A fresh crackdown on the country's medical and pharmaceutical sectors, set to last a year, has convinced investors that it may be best to buy the state and sell private sector holdings