↑ China Taiwan’s $40 Billion Military Spending Plan Stalled by Political Impasse - Taiwan’s domestic gridlock is revealing a deep-seated fracture over how the island should defend itself and how much it can depend on the United States.Exclusive-Britain, China to revive 'Golden Era' business dialogue during Starmer visit, sources say - By Joe Cash BEIJING, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Britain and China will aim to revive a "golden era" business dialogue when Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Beijing next week, three sources familiar with theExclusive-Britain and China to revive 'Golden Era' business dialogue during Starmer visit - By Joe Cash BEIJING, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Britain and China aim to revive a "golden era" business dialogue when Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a planned Beijing visit next week, said three sourcesCNBC's UK Exchange newsletter: A diplomacy tightrope for Britain’s Starmer after Trump’s tirades - U.K. PM Keir Starmer is treading a fine line in diplomacy — and appears to be banking on Britain’s “special relationship” with the U.S. to deliver a compromise.Why experts question whether China's one-child policy was necessary in the first place - China's one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, forced abortions on women, made sterilization widespread and led to baby daughters being sold or even killed, because parents wanted their onlyThe Chinese Island Where Dreams of Real Estate Glory Never Die - Intended as China’s version of Dubai’s palm-shaped artificial island, Ocean Flower Island is a $12 billion monument to debt-fueled economic excess.Philippines discovers new gas deposit near disputed South China Sea - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced Monday the discovery of a new natural gas deposit near the disputed South China Sea, which could shield his country from a potential power crisis. The “significant discovery" northwest ofChina's stock market 'overheats' amid record high turnover, and regulators are getting worried - China's stock market rally is drawing closer regulatory scrutiny after trading activity surged to unprecedented levels.Trump’s New Greenland Threat Outrages Allies, and China’s Birthrate Plunges - Plus, chimney sweeps are making a comeback.China's population falls for a fourth straight year - (Corrects to show in paragraph 1 that it was a drop of 3.39 million, not 339 million) BEIJING, Jan 19 () - China's population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, dropping by 3.