But that thickened a hazardous smog, which cloaked Beijing every winter. In 2017 the government banned coal burning and started installing gas heaters instead. The plan (combined with other measures,

Russia said on Thursday that NATO's talk of Russia and China being a threat to Greenland was a myth designed to artificially whip up hysteria and that what it called the Western alliance's policy of escalating confrontation in the Arctic was extremely dangerous.

Beijing’s air pollution continued to get worse for some years after the games as China continued to industrialize, grow, and urbanize, but since reaching it’s peak in 2013, the city has seen a drastic drop in pollution.

China banned the burning of coal for heat around Beijing, but natural gas subsidies have run out, leaving many villagers vulnerable in dangerously cold weather.

Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software made by more than a dozen firms from the U.S. and Israel due to national security concerns, three people briefed on the matter said.

On Tuesday, the Donald Trump administration formally approved Nvidia Corporation's (NASDAQ:NVDA) sales of its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China. US Approves H200 Exports Under New Guardrails The approval allows Nvidia to resume shipments of its H200 chips to China,

The prime minister is seeking new markets for Canadian goods and to mend relations with China after years of deep acrimony between the two nations.