Kirstin Downey: A Fire That Echoes More Than A Century Later
Honolulu officials thought fire could stop the bubonic plague from spreading through the growing city. But high winds ...
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Population Decline Will Transform Our Social World
Demographers debate exactly when it will happen, but there is a consensus now that in the second half of this century, the ...
Republicans Are Destroying Government Agencies By Making Sure No One Works There
The Reagan strategy of appointing directors opposed to the very idea of the agency has reached its apotheosis.
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On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...
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China’s Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion
China’s vast exports in 2024 exceeded its imports on a scale seldom seen anywhere except during or immediately after the two world wars. By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, who began covering ...
The New York Times21d
China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...
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China and India agree to resume direct commercial flights for first time in five years
Flights between India and mainland China were suspended at the onset of the Covid pandemic in early 2020, and remained halted following subsequent political tensions. The announcement on Monday ...
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China hit its economic goals in 2024 despite a consumer spending problem
In a news release on Friday morning, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported its economy grew 5% in 2024 from a year ago, meeting its official target. Analysts polled by Reuters had ...
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China Repeats Vow to End Rampant Domestic Protectionism
China’s top economic planning body this week released a new set of guidelines for battling protectionism. But it had nothing to do with the US or Donald Trump. In fact, the document was all ...
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China Has a $1 Trillion Head Start in Any Tariff Fight
As he prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever. China just posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of almost $1 trillion for 2024 ...