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Why the aviation revolution depends on global collaboration

By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You can change your cookie settings through your browser. More than 10,000 Boeing jets worldwide fly with Chinese-made parts, while Boeing's Shanghai facility services airlines from China and beyond. The world's two largest aviation markets will need over 43,000 new aircraft in the next 20 years. In this episode, we see how one plane lifts off on the strength of an entire global supply chain.

September 22, 2026

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China’s central bank pledges high-level financial opening-up

By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You can change your cookie settings through your browser. The headquarters of the People's Bank of China, Beijing, China, May 19, 2026. /VCG China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), pledged during a symposium with foreign financial institutions on Monday to further advance high-level opening-up of the financial sector. According to a PBOC statement, PBOC Governor Pan Gongsheng said China will improve policy supply, steadily expand the two-way opening-up of financial markets, optimize cross-border payment services and further facilitate the international use of the renminbi. The symposium was attended by 15 foreign financial institutions, including Bank of America, HSBC and First Abu Dhabi Bank. China's economy is generally stable and improving, with its structure continuing to optimize and high-quality development making new progress, Pan said, adding that the PBOC will continue to adopt a moderately loose monetary policy and create a sound monetary and financial environment for steady economic growth and smooth operation of financial markets.

September 22, 2026

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Hong Kong to bar firms with integrity offences from building renovation lists

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn says applications to pre-qualify will open next Wednesday and lists rolled out by year-end Hong Kong building maintenance consultants and contractors prosecuted or convicted of integrity-related offences in the past three years will be excluded from pre-qualified lists set up for owners undertaking renovation projects, the development minister has said. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho said on Tuesday that applications to join the lists – covering inspection consultants, supervision consultants and building works contractors – would open next Wednesday and close on October 23. The lists would be set up by the end of the year, she added. Linn told the Legislative Council’s development panel that the lists would be reviewed every two years, as authorities tightened oversight of integrity standards. “If they are convicted of integrity-related offences, they will be removed from the pre-qualified lists immediately,” Linn said.

September 22, 2026

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Nicaragua govt responsible for at least 8 deaths in custody since 2018: UN

Experts also documented the disappearance of at least 161 people since 2018, when a crackdown on dissent began after mass protests The Nicaraguan government is responsible for at least eight deaths in custody since it began its crackdown on dissent and assault of democratic institutions in 2018, UN experts said Tuesday. The report from the UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua was the latest condemnation of the government of married co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, which has crushed dissent since 2018 mass protests and recently cancelled elections. “A State that resorts to enforced disappearance and allows persons to die in its custody falls short of the minimum human rights standards required for credible democratic governance,” said Jan-Michael Simon, the group’s chair. The report detailed inconsistencies in the government’s account of the in-custody death of Indigenous Miskito leader Brooklyn Rivera, who was imprisoned for 32 months with almost no contact with his family before he died in May.

September 22, 2026

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The green bridge between China and US

By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You can change your cookie settings through your browser. In 2019, Tesla was running on fumes. Shanghai handed it a lifeline, a gigafactory built in 10 months. Today, that plant produces nearly half of all Teslas using 95% local parts. That same playbook is expanding across green tech, pairing Chinese battery tech with American software. When the world's two largest economies build together, clean energy gets cheaper and faster for everyone.

September 22, 2026

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Who made this car? That’s getting harder to answer

By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You can change your cookie settings through your browser. Editor's note: Yu Bokun is a CGTN economic commentator. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of CGTN. Logo of the General Motors Company, United States, April 28, 2026. /VCG For years, the economic relationship between China and the United States has been described in terms of competition: Who sells more, who makes more. But there is another crucial side to the relationship — cooperation — and sometimes, you can see it most clearly in a single product. American automaker General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC Motor recently agreed to extend their joint venture for another 20 years. What makes the partnership notable is that it is no longer simply about selling American cars to Chinese consumers. According to Detroit-based GM, the renewed partnership puts the joint venture in a position to boost its technological transformation and increase growth opportunities. China's SAIC brings a huge automotive market, a dense supply chain and expertise in electric vehicles.

September 22, 2026

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Tax data reveals rapid growth in China’s high-tech industries

By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You can change your cookie settings through your browser. Robots conduct fully automated testing and sorting of motherboards at a company's smart manufacturing workshop in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, August 25, 2026./VCG China's high-tech industries and AI-related sectors recorded robust growth in the first eight months of 2026, according to tax data released by the State Taxation Administration on Monday. From January to August, sales revenue across China's high-tech industries rose 15.7% year on year, while sales revenue in high-tech manufacturing increased 18.9%, the administration said. Notably, sales revenue in AI-related integrated circuit manufacturing and intelligent vehicle equipment manufacturing surged 67.7% and 38.8%, respectively, highlighting strong growth in emerging technology sectors. The data also pointed to deeper integration between the digital and real economies. In the January-August period, sales revenue in digital product manufacturing and digital product services increased 16.6% and 11.1%, respectively.

September 22, 2026

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Malaysian resort under investigation after intruder molests tourist

A minister told tourism operators to prioritise visitor safety as police arrested a teen suspect linked to the incident in Sabah State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Jafry Ariffin said he instructed tourism authorities and enforcement agencies to investigate the security lapses that led to the incident and the resort’s licensing status. “I have instructed the relevant tourism authorities to immediately look into the accommodation concerned, including its licensing status, safety and security measures,” Jafry said in a statement on Monday. “They will coordinate with the relevant enforcement agencies where necessary,” he said.

September 22, 2026

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Xi-Trump path to ‘constructive strategic stability’

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September 22, 2026

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Brazilian serial killer suspect nicknamed ‘Mosquito’ dressed as a woman

Investigator reveals new details on suspect caught in a dress and wig carrying an unrelated baby after evading police for years A man accused of killing 16 people in a remote part of Brazil avoided capture by hiding in the woods, the police investigator responsible for his arrest said on Monday. Douglas Garcia, the investigator who led the two-day pursuit for 33-year-old Jorlan Lopes da Silva that ended on September 13, told Associated Press that the suspect used to hide in the thick bush in his own makeshift camps. The killings linked to da Silva occurred within the last three months in the isolated region of Mulungu in Brazil’s northeastern state of Paraiba. Garcia added that da Silva was nicknamed “Mosquito” by locals because of his frail build. “That allowed him to evade capture for years,” Garcia said. “Jorlan lived mostly in the woods, that’s why it was so hard to find him and link him to crimes that didn’t seem to be connected at first.”

September 22, 2026

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How Hong Kong can keep the talking going when US-China officials don’t

Hong Kong can’t set the terms of the contest, but with Track 1.5 diplomacy, it can decide if it is the room in which competition is managed When Tung Chee-hwa died, the obituaries predictably described a Hong Kong shipping mogul who became the city’s first postcolonial chief executive. How his government navigated the Asian financial crisis and severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) epidemic and its retreat from Article 23 were highlighted. There was less attention paid to the political hybrid he embodied.

September 22, 2026

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Shadow of Xi summit hangs over Trump’s high-stakes talks with Japan’s Takaichi

When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets US President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, the leader casting the longest shadow over the meeting will not even be in the building. Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on Thursday – two days after Takaichi meets the US leader on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. It will be Xi’s first state visit to the US in over 10 years. Faced with an unpredictable American president eager for tangible results...

September 22, 2026