The scheme is China's first nationwide subsidy of its kind as the government tries to tackle a looming demographic crisis.

According to official media on Tuesday, 30 people have been killed by heavy rain in Beijing, the capital of China, and 80,000 people have been evacuated. Large areas of northern China, including the capital and the provinces of Hebei, Jilin, and Shandong, have been severely battered by intense rainstorms this week.

TAISHITUN, China (AP) — Medios estatales chinos informan que al menos 30 personas han muerto a causa de las inundaciones en Beijing.

One can imagine that gripe arising at Taipei now that Washington delayed a planned stateside stopover by Free China’s president, Lai Ching-te. The idea, it seems, is to avoid riling President Xi and his communist camarilla amid trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing.

New Delhi does not have any plan as of now to review or revoke Press Note 3, the regulatory gate that keeps Chinese money out of India’s strategic sectors.

British and Australian officials blasted China over a range of grievances, from Hong Kong to the South China Sea.

Top U.S. and Chinese officials negotiate in Sweden to extend their trade truce, as the Trump administration races to finalize deals before tariff deadlines expire.

Chinese icebreaker Xue Long 2 entered a sensitive U.S. Arctic zone, triggering a fast response from the U.S. Coast Guard near Alaska. The vessel was seen operating inside America’s Extended Continental Shelf,