This conversation occurred just weeks after President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping agreed to resume high-level military communication.
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As 2023 comes to a close, we take a look at the year that was in Asia and the Pacific region.
China’s EV and chip giants need workers — not necessarily college grads
China’s vocational school push is producing workers the country’s electric car and semiconductor industries want to hire.
Singapore’s latest Covid spike may be peaking, but don’t stop vaccinating, health minister says
Singapore’s health minister has urged the public to continue receiving Covid vaccinations as cases in the city state remain high.
Boeing hands over first 787 Dreamliner to China since 2019
Boeing hasn’t delivered an aircraft from its factories directly to a Chinese airline since 2019.
She’s got one of the world’s ‘worst’ passports but still managed to visit more than 100 countries
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Developing nations spent record $443.5 billion on public debt in 2022, World Bank says
The World Bank said it provided about half of $115 billion that multilateral banks provided in new forms of low-cost financing for developing countries in 2022.
Chinese property developer Country Garden reportedly set to avert yuan bond default
Country Garden may avoid a default on its yuan-denominated bonds after most holders of a local note agreed not to demand repayment this week, according to Bloomberg.