December 2024
January 2025
Walmart China Partners with Meituan to Boost Real-Time Retail
Walmart China and Meituan announced a strategic partnership on Tuesday to integrate Walmart stores into Meituan's delivery platform, aiming to enhance real-time retail operations and expand Walmart's online presence, which already makes up half of its business, amid intensifying competition in China...
Walmart China Partners with Meituan to Boost Real-Time Retail
Walmart China and Meituan announced a strategic partnership on Tuesday to integrate Walmart stores into Meituan's delivery platform, aiming to enhance real-time retail operations and expand Walmart's online presence, which already makes up half of its business, amid intensifying competition in China...
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48% Bias Score
China's Employment-First Strategy: Addressing a Looming Graduate Oversupply
China anticipates 12.22 million university graduates in 2025, necessitating a proactive employment-first strategy due to a mismatch between graduate skills and evolving job market demands driven by AI and economic restructuring, demanding policy adjustments and curriculum reform.
China's Employment-First Strategy: Addressing a Looming Graduate Oversupply
China anticipates 12.22 million university graduates in 2025, necessitating a proactive employment-first strategy due to a mismatch between graduate skills and evolving job market demands driven by AI and economic restructuring, demanding policy adjustments and curriculum reform.
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40% Bias Score
China's Economists Propose Using State Assets to Boost Consumption
Prominent Chinese economists advocate for using the government's substantial wealth (37.6 percent of total social wealth in 2022, totaling $40 trillion) to boost consumption by investing in social welfare and redistribution, addressing the country's low consumption rate.
China's Economists Propose Using State Assets to Boost Consumption
Prominent Chinese economists advocate for using the government's substantial wealth (37.6 percent of total social wealth in 2022, totaling $40 trillion) to boost consumption by investing in social welfare and redistribution, addressing the country's low consumption rate.
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36% Bias Score
Portugal's Artisan Shoemaking: A Blend of Tradition and Sustainability Fuels Global Success
Portugal's 40,000-strong footwear industry blends traditional craftsmanship with modern technology, focusing on sustainability and high-quality materials to create durable, comfortable shoes, resulting in a competitive global advantage, especially within the EU which accounts for 80% of its exports.
Portugal's Artisan Shoemaking: A Blend of Tradition and Sustainability Fuels Global Success
Portugal's 40,000-strong footwear industry blends traditional craftsmanship with modern technology, focusing on sustainability and high-quality materials to create durable, comfortable shoes, resulting in a competitive global advantage, especially within the EU which accounts for 80% of its exports.
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40% Bias Score
Xi Calls for Accelerated Development of Hainan Free Trade Port
President Xi Jinping urged accelerating Hainan's Free Trade Port construction, aiming to establish a globally influential trade hub by 2025, focusing on trade liberalization, investment facilitation, and international standards alignment, impacting China's opening-up strategy.
Xi Calls for Accelerated Development of Hainan Free Trade Port
President Xi Jinping urged accelerating Hainan's Free Trade Port construction, aiming to establish a globally influential trade hub by 2025, focusing on trade liberalization, investment facilitation, and international standards alignment, impacting China's opening-up strategy.
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56% Bias Score
China Urges Peace, Condemns Israeli Strikes in Syria
China urged peace and stability in Syria, condemning Israeli airstrikes, calling for an end to unilateral sanctions, and supporting a Syrian-led political process under UN resolution 2254.
China Urges Peace, Condemns Israeli Strikes in Syria
China urged peace and stability in Syria, condemning Israeli airstrikes, calling for an end to unilateral sanctions, and supporting a Syrian-led political process under UN resolution 2254.
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24% Bias Score
Chancay Port Opens: Boosting Peru-China Trade and Latin American Connectivity
The newly opened Chancay Port in Peru, a China-Peru collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative, launched on November 15, 2023, reducing shipping times between China and Peru by 23 days and logistics costs by at least 20 percent, and is expected to contribute 0.3 percent to Peru's GDP.
Chancay Port Opens: Boosting Peru-China Trade and Latin American Connectivity
The newly opened Chancay Port in Peru, a China-Peru collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative, launched on November 15, 2023, reducing shipping times between China and Peru by 23 days and logistics costs by at least 20 percent, and is expected to contribute 0.3 percent to Peru's GDP.
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52% Bias Score
Australia's Budget Deficit Reaches \$26.9 Billion, Exposing Tax System Flaws
Australia's budget shows a \$26.9 billion deficit this year, rising to \$46.9 billion in 2025-26, driven by increased spending in healthcare and aged care, despite efforts to control growth; this creates political challenges for both the government and opposition, revealing flaws in the tax system.
Australia's Budget Deficit Reaches \$26.9 Billion, Exposing Tax System Flaws
Australia's budget shows a \$26.9 billion deficit this year, rising to \$46.9 billion in 2025-26, driven by increased spending in healthcare and aged care, despite efforts to control growth; this creates political challenges for both the government and opposition, revealing flaws in the tax system.
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56% Bias Score
China's 2024 Diplomacy: Stability and Cooperation Amidst Global Uncertainty
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi detailed China's 2024 diplomatic priorities, emphasizing stability and multilateral cooperation amid global uncertainty, including hosting the SCO summit and supporting conflict resolution efforts, while analysts highlight China's role as a global stabilizer.
China's 2024 Diplomacy: Stability and Cooperation Amidst Global Uncertainty
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi detailed China's 2024 diplomatic priorities, emphasizing stability and multilateral cooperation amid global uncertainty, including hosting the SCO summit and supporting conflict resolution efforts, while analysts highlight China's role as a global stabilizer.
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60% Bias Score
Congress to Vote on Bill Limiting US Investment in Chinese Technology
Congress is preparing to vote on a bill restricting US investments in Chinese technology, expanding on January's Treasury rules limiting investments in AI and other sectors vital to national security; the bill also includes provisions addressing concerns about Chinese-made consumer routers and modem...
Congress to Vote on Bill Limiting US Investment in Chinese Technology
Congress is preparing to vote on a bill restricting US investments in Chinese technology, expanding on January's Treasury rules limiting investments in AI and other sectors vital to national security; the bill also includes provisions addressing concerns about Chinese-made consumer routers and modem...
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36% Bias Score
EU's EV Quotas Push Automakers to Boost Sales
To avoid 15.7 billion euros in fines for failing to meet new EU quotas, European automakers are cutting EV prices, raising petrol car prices, pooling emissions, and planning new affordable models to boost EV sales to 20 percent by 2025.
EU's EV Quotas Push Automakers to Boost Sales
To avoid 15.7 billion euros in fines for failing to meet new EU quotas, European automakers are cutting EV prices, raising petrol car prices, pooling emissions, and planning new affordable models to boost EV sales to 20 percent by 2025.
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48% Bias Score
Chancay Port: Boosting Peru's Economy and Trade with China
The China-Peru joint project, Chancay Port, opened on November 15, 2023, reducing shipping time between the two countries by 23 days, cutting costs by 20 percent, and boosting Peru's GDP by 0.3 percent initially, with the potential to reach 0.9 percent upon full completion; creating 1300 direct and ...
Chancay Port: Boosting Peru's Economy and Trade with China
The China-Peru joint project, Chancay Port, opened on November 15, 2023, reducing shipping time between the two countries by 23 days, cutting costs by 20 percent, and boosting Peru's GDP by 0.3 percent initially, with the potential to reach 0.9 percent upon full completion; creating 1300 direct and ...
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48% Bias Score