Last Friday, Beijing began accepting contactless international MasterCard and Visa cards across its entire subway network, a ...

Starting Sunday, contactless tap-and-go access and ticket purchase functions for overseas-issued JCB cards and American Express cards have been equipped with Beijing's urban subway system. This marks ...

Retail sales rose 6.4% on year in May, the fastest pace since December 2023, according to data released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics, buoyed by Beijing's consumer subsidy push. That ...

China's new home prices fell in May, extending a two-year long stagnation, official data showed on Monday, highlighting ...

China's factory output growth hit a six-month low in May, while retail sales picked up steam, offering temporary relief for the world's second-largest economy amid a fragile truce in its trade war ...

MANILA: The Philippines and Japan conducted joint maritime exercises in the West Philippine Sea over the weekend, marking one of their first major joint activities after Japan's Diet ratified early ...