Hundreds of millions of people in China are set to enter old age in the coming decades while the birth rate dwindles dramatically.

He expressed readiness to work with Tinubu to fully unleash the exemplary role of China-Nigeria cooperation.

In July this year, the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened its third plenary session in Beijing, with the adoption of the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization.

“We view this as a deliberate attempt not only to squeeze life out of our local economy, but, a step to throw thousands of people out of jobs. Apart from that, if this evil act is not halted by federal government through relevant authorities, local enterprises and entrepreneurship will be discouraged.”

Beijing warned on Friday that escalating frictions with the European Union over electric vehicle imports could trigger a trade war, as Germany’s economy minister arrived in the Chinese capital with the proposed tariffs high on his agenda.

Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, joining Arab countries in saying it did not pressure Israel as Moscow accused Washington of a “hypocritical spectacle.”

China has warned that a planned ban on TikTok might “come back to bite” the United States, following the approval of the bill that could lead to the suspension of the app by the members of the House of Representatives.

China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that both countries should oppose interference by “external forces”, Chinese state media reported, as the two leaders spoke on the phone to mark Lunar New Year.

But China exported almost 500,000 more — 4.91 million vehicles in total, as reported by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers this month.

The death toll from a landslide that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China reached 20 on Tuesday, state media said, as rescuers raced to find those still trapped under the debris.