IN-DEPTH: Indo-China Tug of War Over Maldives Highlights New-Age Geopolitics in Indian OceanNEW DELHI—Maldives is set to host a Chinese survey and research vessel, the Xiang Yang Hong 03, equipped with advanced surveillance. The incident has triggered concerns in India, a giant neighbor to both Maldives and China. Experts said it is indicative of

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Japanese Firms Grow Increasingly Wary of China’s Business Climate, Anticipation for Future Prospects DimsThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced 5.2 percent growth in GDP for 2023 but the credibility of this figure has been widely questioned, with the data considered to lack substantive meaning. This is because when measured in U.S. dollars, China’s nominal

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Public Skepticism Grows in China as Officials Downplay COVID-19 Amid Pneumonia OutbreakPublic skepticism is growing in parts of China as health authorities attribute an ongoing pneumonia outbreak to influenza while downplaying COVID-19 infections. Interviews with The Epoch Times with local Chinese found that the official rhetoric regarding the

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