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Beijing is expected to continue doing business with Russia but is unlikely to support Moscow militarily, says Li Daokui, former advisor to China’s central bank.

European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are speaking Friday with China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Tencent reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth on record in the fourth quarter of 2021.

China doesn’t want to take a position on Ukraine that could undermine Russia, said Scott Kennedy of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Biden and Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping agreed to work for peace in Ukraine. But China refused to say Russia was responsible for its brutal invasion of the country.

The new criminal cases to be formally announced Wednesday are expected to accuse Chinese government agents of campaigns to intimidate critics living in the U.S.

Moscow has reportedly asked Beijing for military and economic assistance to wage its war against Ukraine, although both governments publicly deny this. 

China’s latest Covid-19 outbreak could hit first-quarter GDP by at least half of a percentage point, Citi analysts predicted in a report Tuesday.

China could provide a major buffer for the Russian economy. But whether that’s entirely in Beijing’s interest to do so is another matter.

Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, China has refused to call it an invasion and said it plans to maintain normal trade with both countries.

Mainland China is facing its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the height of the pandemic in 2020, with major cities rushing to limit business activity.

For China, the speed with which the U.S. and its allies sanctioned Russia is a warning sign that could guide economic and foreign policy.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasized Beijing’s relationship with Moscow in a news conference just over a week after Russia’s war on Ukraine began.

China’s defense spending this year is set to grow at its fastest pace since 2019, according to the Ministry of Finance plan released Saturday.

China announced a gross domestic product growth target of “around 5.5%” for 2022, as an annual parliamentary meeting gets underway.

China’s banking and insurance regulator said on Wednesday that the country opposes and will not join financial sanctions against Russia.

In China, tightly controlled coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has focused heavily on negotiations.

The Justice Department is scrapping the name of a Trump-era initiative intended to crack down on economic espionage by Beijing but criticized as unfairly targeting Chinese professors at American colleges because of their ethnicity.

From giant snowflakes to willow branches, the Games wrapped with a series of carefully coordinated symbols.

Robots are doing all sorts of helpful things at the Olympic Games in Beijing. NBC10 reporter Miguel Martinez-Valle takes us on a tour.