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Australia’s Don Farrell met virtually with Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao on Monday in the first meeting of Australian and Chinese trade ministers since 2019 amid a further easing of tensions between Canberra and Beijing. Source link

The C919 is China’s home-grown, narrow-body passenger jet designed to carry 158 to 192 passengers and compete with Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A320. Source link

Some middle-class Chinese are making drastic cuts to their personal budgets amid an uncertain outlook for 2023, while their American counterparts are worried, but are taking it more in their stride. Source link

From abandoning family-planning policies to enhancing parental leave, China has a range of options available to boost fertility rates and slow the pace of its population decline, according to demographers. Source link

China confirmed early last year that it plans to gradually delay retirement ages from 2025, but ‘raising them would keep relatively few older people in work’, after those aged over 60 rose to 280.04 million in 2022. Source link

China’s C919 home-grown narrow-body passenger jet was built to compete with Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A320, and a Mercator Institute for China Studies report suggests its impact could spread beyond its home market. Source link

China’s economy grew by 2.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with a year earlier, bringing the overall growth rate for last year to 3 per cent, data released on Tuesday showed. Source link

China was the first country to ground the 737 MAX in March 2019 after 346 people died in the crashes less than five months apart, before the narrow-body passenger jet was grounded worldwide. The resumption of [737 MAX] flights indicates that it has met the three principles that the CAAC …

China’s exports fell by 9.9 per cent in December compared with a year earlier, while imports fell by 7.5 per cent last month, data released on Friday showed. Source link

China’s envoy at its consulate in Perth visited the world’s largest exporter of Australian rock lobsters after reports an unofficial ban on coal will be lifted amid an easing of tensions between Canberra and Beijing. Source link