Chinese consumers are about to return from the holidays. That doesn't mean the economy will pick up.

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Tourists are visiting the traditional-style Shibati area in Chongqing, China, on February 5, 2024, as the Spring Festival approaches.
Tourists in Chongqing, China.

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China can't use civilian ships to invade Taiwan just yet, but it's getting there, says former US intelligence officer

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Officers and sailors of Chinese naval vessel Yantai stand at the side of the ship in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, April 25, 2023.
Officers and sailors of Chinese naval vessel Yantai stand at the side of the ship in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, April 25, 2023.

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The 2008 housing bust suggests China's only halfway through its property crisis. Here's how the downturns compare.

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China's housing market turmoil has similarities to the 2008 US collapse.

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Temu is trying to win over America. Good luck.

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Temu is embarking on an advertising blitz to win over American consumers.

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Temu dropped tens of millions of dollars on its flurry of Super Bowl ads — and its big spending may pay off

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Temu, the ecommerce site with cheap delights loved by older people.

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The US Air Force needs aircraft fleets ready for a fight 'that we've not ever seen the likes of before,' general says

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An F-15C Eagle fighter jet assigned to the Oregon Air National Guard's 123rd Fighter Squadron approaches an in-flight refueling boom during Red Flag 18-1 over the Nevada Test and Training Range Feb. 7, 2018.

China's economic turmoil won't stop its manufacturing dominance

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission CMC, extends Spring Festival greetings to the country's military veterans when attending a gala held by the CMC for retired military officers of Beijing-based troops in Beijing, capital of China, Jan.

Mongolia's former president mocks Putin with a map showing how big the Mongol empire used to be, and how small Russia was

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sits on a gilded chair wearing a blue suit and a light blue tie
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on February 6, 2024.

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India is the surprise winner amid China's economic chaos and investor exodus

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Women in China aren't having kids. We asked 3 of them to tell us why.

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A baby at the maternity ward of Urumqi Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Urumqi.
"Let's face it, having a child is kind of like owning an investment with no guaranteed return for at least 18 years," Bihan Chen, 26, told Business Insider.

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