China sets lowest growth target in decades
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set to announce economic targets and policies for the year ahead on Thursday.
China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and a five-year plan to try to reduce its military and industry’s reliance on Western technology.
The National People’s Congress, China’s rubber‑stamp legislature, rolled out its Five‑Year Plan outlining goals for growth, budgets, industrial policy and defence - signalling Xi’s determination to propel the world’s second-biggest economy toward technological dominance.
China’s ceremonial parliament meets in Beijing this week as leaders use the event to set policy and economic goals.
In quick succession, US President Donald Trump has taken out two of Beijing’s closest allies: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
By Mei Mei Chu and Jing Xu BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China on Thursday vowed to deepen investment in high-tech industries and scientific innovation, framing them as essential to bolstering national security and self-reliance amid rising geopolitical tensions and an intensifying rivalry with the U.
China's top political advisory body voted to remove three generals, state media said, a week after nine military officials were ousted from its legislature.Simultaneous gatherings of China's top legislature,
Plenty of world leaders would have been pleased to see the back of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. But China’s foreign minister Wang Yi wasn’t among them.
Delegates to discuss trade and investment deals amid rising global tensions in lead-up to President’s first visit since returning to power.
Data from VariFlight sent to the Global Times on Thursday showed that, Air China flight CA789 from Beijing to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, departed from Beijing Capital International Airport at 13:32 Beijing time on Thursday.