The municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin, as well as neighbouring Hebei province, will lower their COVID-19 emergency response level to level II from level I starting at midnight on Thursday, their … ( read original…
Monthly Archives For April 2020
Musk Slams U.S. Lockdown; Beijing Loosens Curbs: Virus Update
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to stave off shortages and said confirmed cases had topped one million in the country because of “better” testing. Elon Musk hit … ( read…
China Sets Date for Congress, Signaling Coronavirus Is Under Control
The Communist Party is eager to use its most important political spectacle to project confidence in the face of economic challenges and foreign criticism. ( read original story …)
U.S.-China blame game over COVID-19 heats up and Congress looks into antibody testing
The Trump administration has asked intelligence agencies to find out whether China, WHO hid info on coronavirus. ( read original story …)
The Finance 202: China hawks seize on coronavirus to push for an economic split
China sentiment in Washington amid the coronavirus pandemic is swamping the economic detente the Trump administration reached with Beijing just months ago. The economic crisis is fueling a new push by … ( read original…
Bank of China posts 3.2% rise in first-quarter profit amid coronavirus outbreak
SS> , the country’s fourth-largest bank by assets, posted on Wednesday a 3.17% rise in first-quarter net profit amid the coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story …)
Here’s how Luckin Coffee, the ‘poster child’ and ‘dream client’ of Credit Suisse, turned into the bank’s worst nightmare
Before the accounting scandal and the stock crash and the defaulted loans, Luckin Coffee’s billionaire founder Lu Zhengyao was an ideal customer for Credit Suisse Group.”I’ve had I don’t know how many … ( read…
Bank of China Weighs Absorbing Part of $1 Billion Client Losses
Bank of China Ltd., facing a public outcry and regulatory scrutiny over the collapse of a product linked to U.S. crude oil futures, is discussing shouldering part of $1 billion in losses suffered by ……
Australia has enraged China after backing Trump’s call for an investigation into how the coronavirus pandemic started
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said an investigation into China’s role is a “very reasonable and sensible course of action” … ( read original story …)
Trump administration asks intelligence agencies to find out whether China, WHO hid info on coronavirus pandemic
A specific “tasking” seeking information about the outbreak’s early days was sent last week to the Defense Intelligence Agency. The CIA got similar instructions. ( read original story …)
China’s Vice Foreign Minister believes country has been transparent
The Trump administration has ordered intelligence agencies to find out whether China, WHO hid info on the coronavirus pandemic. In an NBC News exclusive, Janis Mackey Frayer discusses with Vice … ( read original story…
China, U.S. are on a collision course
For good or ill, America and China are on a collision course. The image of the unsinkable giant ocean liner Titanic and the massive iceberg come to mind with two exceptions. The first is that…
Coronavirus: ‘China is not the enemy of the United States’
This virus is the enemy of the United States, they need to find the right target,” he said. Watch the full interview on Wednesday 29th April 2020 on BBC World News and on Thursday 30th…