Hong Kong shoppers are crossing the border into Shenzhen to buy croissants and rotisserie chickens at China's newest Costco

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People queue up for cashiers at the new store of Costco in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 12, 2024. U.S. retail giant Costco Wholesale on Friday opened a new store in the city of Shenzhen, which is the sixth Costco store on the Chinese mainland.
Thousands of people flocked to the newest Chinese Costco on opening day earlier this year.

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China might have a friendlier face now, but it's not giving up on its aggressive Wolf Warrior diplomacy, experts say

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Liu Jianchao, Minister of the Chinese Communist Party's International Liaison Department, shakes hands with a French diplomat. Former Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian speaks at a press conference.
Liu Jianchao, Minister of the Chinese Communist Party's International Liaison Department, shakes hands with a French diplomat.

China's food delivery gig workers are driving a $208B business, but couriers have it as bad as factory workers

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A sharply focused delivery man wearing a yellow jacket and helmet drives a moped along a blurry road.
A delivery man from the Chinese company Meituan, one of the country's largest companies for food delivery and other services, drives along a road with his hand to his forehead.

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China is the only major economy dealing with deflation

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Chinese national flags are seen as tourists crowd along the Nanjing Pedestrian Road, a main shopping area, on a national holiday in Shanghai on October 4, 2014.

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Thousands of Hong Kongers are flocking to a Costco store in mainland China. Here's why.

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A view of the Costco in Shenzhen
The Costco opened in January 2024 in Shenzhen, China.

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Biden is worried China will use its cars to spy on Americans

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The BYD Seal.

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The US Army is breeding a new kind of Arctic warrior by 'testing the mettle of the human' in frigid, freezing Alaska, commander says

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, move to their objective outside of Utqiagvik, Alaska as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center 24-02, Feb. 15, 2024.
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, move to their objective outside of Utqiagvik, Alaska as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center 24-02, Feb.

China's economy looks like a mess — but some sectors are quietly doing well in its '2-speed economy'

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Tourists wearing flowery headwear visit Xunpu Village in Quanzhou, Fujian Province of China.
Tourists wearing flowery headwear visit Xunpu Village in Quanzhou, Fujian Province of China.

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Apple fans in China can't buy the Vision Pro yet, so they're lining up to rent it by the hour or day

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Man tries on Apple Vision Pro at an Apple Store
People in China are lining up to rent the Apple Vision Pro for as low as $13 an hour, according to the South China Morning Post.

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Exiled Chinese bloggers urged people back home to unfollow them, claiming police are checking individuals 'one by one'

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Wang Zhi'an checks his website during an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo on October 5, 2022.
Wang Zhi'an checks his website during an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo on October 5, 2022.

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