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South Korea is seen as a key part of the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and Chip 4 alliance, but Beijing has protested that both are plans to contain China and exclude it from various supply chains. Source link

China and South Korea signed a free-trade agreement that went into effect in 2015, but discussions over the second phase to further open their service sectors had stalled until a meeting earlier this month. Source link

Profits at China’s industrial firms rose by 0.8 per cent in June from a year earlier, while for the first half of the year, profits were up by 1 per cent, data released on Wednesday showed. Source link

China unofficially blocked Australian coal in late 2020 amid escalating tensions, but officials in Beijing are reportedly proposing that senior leaders end the restrictions amid concerns that the global supply may tighten. Source link

Unlike their Western peers, protecting the environment is low on the list of public concerns for China’s Generation Z, surveys and interviews show. Source link

China bought over 2 million tonnes of LNG – valued at over US$2 billion – from Russia in the first six months of the year, representing an increase of close to 30 per cent year on year. Source link

Researchers in Beijing say they have designed a small, low-cost version of the Russian Poseidon which could cross the Pacific in a week. Source link

Chinese officials have trumpeted dazzling economic figures to make the case that the country can escape the middle-income trap, but some inconvenient statistics point to a worrying trend for the world’s second-largest economy. Source link

President Xi Jinping has warned of the danger of strategic miscalculations. Source link

An unnamed official from China’s banking regulator addressed problems facing China’s financial sector during a wide-ranging interview, including the ongoing crisis involving five banks in Henan and Anhui provinces. Source link