A Chinese military aircraft has landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday, in the first public report on a move that raises the prospect of China basing warplanes there.The United States has criticized China’s construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea and worries that it plans to use them for military purposes, even though China says it has no hostile intent.The runway on the Fiery Cross Reef is 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) long and is one of three China has been building for more than a year by dredging sand ...
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China has been releasing water from a number of its dams in an attempt to help relieve the drought in Southeast Asia.Much of the region has been struggling to cope with the severe weather which is hotter and drier than usual because of strong El Nino.Thailand is experiencing its worst drought in more than a decade with 14 out of 76 provinces badly affected.The situation in Vietnam is not so good either with the country suffering its worst drought in 90 years.Rice crop has been decimated across central and southern parts of Vietnam and around 1.8 million people are facing water shortage.China h...
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It is the slowest quarterly growth in the Chinese economy in seven years, but in line with expectations and China’s own growth targets.In the final quarter of last year, the economy expanded by 6.8%.Friday’s figures confirm the slowing trend in the world’s second largest economy.But there are pockets of growth. Investment in industrial assets and infrastructure registered a surprise jump by 10.7% in the three months to March, when compared to the same period last year.Consumers also appear to be spending, with retail sales showing a robust 10.5% jump for March.That fits Beijing’s attempts in r...
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China’s electricity consumption rose at a faster pace in March as economic activity and residential demand picked up, data from the country’s top economic planner showed on Wednesday.Power consumption rose 5.6 percent year on year last month, reaching 476.2 billion kilowatt hours (kwh), said Zhao Chenxin, spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission, at a press conference.The growth accelerated by 1.6 percentage points from February and improved markedly from a 2.2-percent contraction in March last year.For the first quarter of 2016, power use increased 3.2 percent year on y...
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The trade picture in the world’s second-largest economy staged a turnaround in March, with exports rising at the fastest clip since last February, official data revealed on Wednesday.Dollar-denominated exports rose 11.5 percent on-year, recovering from a 25.4 percent slump hit in February that marked a seven-year trough. Imports meanwhile fell an annual 13.8 percent, unchanged from February.That left Beijing with a surplus of 29.86 billion dollars for the month, compared with February’s 32.59 billion dollars surplus.The data sent both the Shanghai Composite (Shanghai Stock Exchange: .SSEC) and...
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