Chinese anti-satellite weapons. To a remarkable degree, the 2020 Pentagon budget proposal is shaped by national security threats that Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has summarized in three … ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For March 2019
Why China Silenced a Clickbait Queen in Its Battle for Information Control
The state-run news media accused Ms. Ma of circulating false information, and her social media accounts were wiped from the internet. The silencing of Ms. Ma, better known in China by her pen name, ……
BRIEF-China Demeter Financial Investments Announces Regarding Disposal Of Fund
March 15 (Reuters) – China Demeter Financial Investments Ltd : * UNIT ACCEPTED OFFER FROM INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY, TO PURCHASE 736.217 FUND SHARES HELD BY EAST GAIN * DEAL FOR HK$6.6 MILLION … ( read…
China Mobile : Sneak peek into China`s latest 5G development
The 5G era is about to start in China. With its faster download speeds and lower latency, many are counting the days until its commercial launch next year. Chinese mobile operators are now in the…
Italy eyes loans from China-led development bank
Italy is considering borrowing from China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as part of plans to become the first G7 country to endorse Beijing’s contentious Belt and Road global investment … ( read original story …)
U.S. business groups encouraged by prospect of U.S.-China deal
U.S. business groups said Friday they are encouraged by China’s approval of a new law that loosens restrictions on foreign investment and said it could help smooth the way to a substantive trade … (…
Foreign brands escape China’s glare at annual consumer day gala
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China on Friday accused a raft of local firms, from snack makers to a financial tech firm applying for a U.S. listing, of fooling and harassing consumers in an annual … (…
In Communist Party-run China, promised cutbacks and a new economic playbook from the political right
China, the global heartland of socialist capitalism … “The central government will ask designated financial institutions and some enterprises directly under the central government to turn in a … ( read original story …)
World shares gain as investors await news on China-U.S. trade
BANGKOK — Shares rose Friday in Europe and Asia after a day of lacklustre trading on Wall Street. Britain’s FTSE 100 climbed 0.5 per cent after Parliament voted, following weeks of political gridlock … (…
Asian shares gain as investors await news on China-U.S. trade
BANGKOK — Shares rose Friday in Asia after a day of lacklustre trading on Wall Street. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1 per cent to 21,506.92 as the Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting…
China’s premier says ready to use more policy tools to help economy
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has additional monetary policy measures that it can take to support economic growth this year, and will even cut “its own flesh” to help finance large-scale … ( read…
Microsoft says facial recognition firm that Beijing allegedly uses to track Muslims is lying about a ‘partnership’
Microsoft denied that it has any connection with a controversial Chinese facial recognition app that rights groups say is being used by Beijing to track minority Muslims in China. The company, called … ( read…
China prepares to skewer brands in annual consumer day gala
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is gearing up to skewer companies it accuses of treating consumers badly in a yearly event that has previously named and shamed firms from Apple to Nike Inc. The … (…
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