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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 18.01.2025.
It displays 43 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
18.01.2025 ⇢ Day Growth Met While Polls Fell
⌨China announced reaching its 5% GDP growth target for 2024, while Hong Kong's national security police raided the Public Opinion Research Institute, one of the territory's last independent polling organizations.
The morning brought extensive coverage of Xi-Trump phone communications, following previous day's announcements of Han Zheng's attendance at Trump's inauguration. State media emphasized Vietnamese diplomatic exchanges marking 75 years of relations, pushing the Korean crisis coverage further from view.
By afternoon, attention shifted to pension adjustments for 170 million elderly citizens amid low interest rate challenges. The day closed with renewed focus on TikTok's uncertain future in the US, while European export concerns emerged as a new narrative thread in state media coverage. Military veterans received traditional Spring Festival greetings, maintaining the leadership's careful balance of economic and stability messaging.
The morning brought extensive coverage of Xi-Trump phone communications, following previous day's announcements of Han Zheng's attendance at Trump's inauguration. State media emphasized Vietnamese diplomatic exchanges marking 75 years of relations, pushing the Korean crisis coverage further from view.
By afternoon, attention shifted to pension adjustments for 170 million elderly citizens amid low interest rate challenges. The day closed with renewed focus on TikTok's uncertain future in the US, while European export concerns emerged as a new narrative thread in state media coverage. Military veterans received traditional Spring Festival greetings, maintaining the leadership's careful balance of economic and stability messaging.
18.01.2025
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South China Morning Post
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China Daily
China's gross domestic product expanded 5 percent in 2024, official data showed on Friday, which is in line with the country's preset target of around 5 percent and provides a solid base for stabilizing the economy this year.
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Peoples Daily
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Hong Kong Free Press
Polls conducted by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI) are among the few remaining indicators of public sentiment in post-security law Hong Kong, where large-scale protests have disappeared and many advocacy groups have disbanded.
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South China Morning Post
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经济观察网
这几年，他周转于金融机构之间，曾在会议室里被讨债人“拍桌子”，也在政府门口数次应对过前来讨债的个人投资人。数次流动性危机，也都在郑康们的腾挪周转中度过。但代价是：债务规模越滚越大，利息越腾挪越高。
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BBC 中文网
美国总统特朗普（Donald Trump，川普）即将上任，外界对他将如何与中国打交道翘首以待。两国能否合作寻找美军在华遗骸，将从一个侧面反应出中美关系的走向。
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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Xi, Vietnamese leaders exchange congratulations over 75th anniversary of ties
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Global Times
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that he is ready to work with Vietnamese leaders to deepen strategic mutual ...
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05:20⇢Growth Met While Polls Fall
⌨The newspapers report on China's GDP growth hitting its 5% target for 2024 (China Daily), while Xi-Trump phone communications continue drawing coverage (China Daily Chinese, People's Daily English). A notable development is Hong Kong's national security police raid on the Public Opinion Research Institute (HKFP), one of the last remaining public sentiment indicators in the region. State media emphasizes China-Vietnam diplomatic exchanges marking 75 years of relations (Beijing Daily, Global Times, Xinhua).
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China Daily
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Caixin Global
Technology, new energy and retail were among the most-talked-about areas, encapsulating the China-U.S. trade war, green transition and sluggish domestic demand
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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South China Morning Post
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China Military Online
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South China Morning Post
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经济观察网
近年来，全国基础养老金最低标准均以定额调整的方式上涨，已从制度建立初期的每人每月55元提高至123元。其中2021年—2024年，中央财政补贴每人每月分别为93元、98元、103元、123元，2024年20元/月的涨幅已创制度实施以来的新高。
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Xinhua News Agency
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China Military Online
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended Spring Festival greetings to the country's military veterans.
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South China Morning Post
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11:12⇢Veterans' Blessings While Pensions Rise
⌨The newspapers heavily cover Xi Jinping's Spring Festival greetings to military veterans (China Military Online, Global Times, Xinhua), while reporting on pension adjustments for 170 million elderly citizens (Economic Observer). New developments include coverage of low interest rate challenges (Caixin Chinese) and China's industrial sector review focusing on US trade tensions and green transition (Caixin Global). China-Vietnam diplomatic exchanges marking 75 years of relations continue to receive attention (China Daily Chinese, People's Daily).
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China Daily
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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South China Morning Post
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South China Morning Post
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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China Digital Times
随着美国对TikTok“不卖就禁”禁令生效期的临近，大量对于TikTok可能被关闭而感到不满的美国用户开始涌入另一款中国社交应用小红书。这波迁徙潮为小红书带来了泼天流量，据悉仅在两天内就有超70万用户新注册了小红书，他们在新发的帖子中普遍自称为“TikTok难民”。与小红书目前暂未进行国际版和国内版的分区，这种内部联通间接帮助美国网友实现了的“反向翻墙”，打破了双方长期以来的交流壁垒。
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South China Morning Post
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