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18.01.2025

Day Growth Met While Polls Fell

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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 18.01.2025.

It displays 42 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
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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.

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Global Times

Xi, Trump hold phone conversation

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump at the latter's request, the ...
02:06
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07:11

07:12⇢Xi-Trump Phone Bridge Built

⌨The newspapers extensively cover Xi Jinping's phone conversation with Donald Trump (Beijing Daily, China Economic Net, China Daily, Global Times, Xinhua, VOA). New developments include Han Zheng's confirmed attendance at Trump's inauguration ceremony (DW Chinese, VOA), while American families await potential changes in China's foreign adoption policies under Trump (SCMP). The national healthcare administration details 440 billion yuan in procurement savings (Caixin Chinese).
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China Daily

GDP growth of 5% hits target

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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经济观察网

一个县级化债样本

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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13:20⇢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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经济观察网

2025年，怎么给1.7亿老人涨点养老金

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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19:10

19:12⇢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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