With U.S. stores reopening after the coronavirus-induced shutdowns, Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. DNKN is ramping up preparations to make it a success. Notably, the company announced plans of hiring up … ( read original story…
Monthly Archives For June 2020
China rejects Harvard study suggesting Covid-19 was circulating last summer
China has angrily rejected findings by scientists at Harvard University that coronavirus started circulating in the city of Wuhan at the end of last summer — months earlier than Chinese authorities … ( read original…
China’s Wolf Warriors: Beijing’s Combative Diplomats Are Irritating Potential Allies
The term that describes those who practice China’s new brand of diplomacy is “Wolf Warrior” and it is remarkably different than the usual bland way that China expresses its views to the international … (…
Czech Senate speaker plans to visit Taiwan, angering China
The speaker of the Czech Republic’s Senate has announced he will visit Taiwan despite warnings from China and a recommendation from his own government that he not take the trip … ( read original story…
China raises protection for pangolins by removing scales from medicine list
Campaigners hope the move will help end global trade in the scaly anteater, identified as a possible host for Covid-19 … ( read original story …)
GOP China Task Force Chair Wants U.S.-U.K. Partnership Against Beijing in ‘Same Spirit’ As Cold War
China has traded barbs with the U.S. and the U.K. over Hong Kong, with concerns raised over Beijing’s influence on the territory. ( read original story …)
Glass-bottom deck opens atop China’s ‘horizontal skyscraper’
Dubbed a horizontal skyscraper, The Crystal stretches 350 meters across six of the eight skyscrapers that make up Raffles City Chongqing, a multi-use riverside complex in the southwest China megacity. ( read original story …)
China or the West: Hong Kong Business Is Being Forced to Decide
China’s rising influence—and the damage from the coronavirus—are posing an increasingly stark choice for Hong Kong’s bicultural corporate titans. ( read original story …)
China Urges Students To Be ‘Cautious’ In Australia As Row Escalates
The advisory was the latest in an escalating spat, ignited by Australia’s call for an independent inquiry into the origin and handling of the coronavirus in central China last year. Beijing reacted … ( read…
Sens. Cotton and Blackburn: Stop depending on China — here’s how we end this threat
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed China’s ability to wreak havoc on the global economy and cut off our access to essential supplies. ( read original story …)
BRIEF-China Pacific Insurance Provides Jan-May Accumulated Gross Premium Income Figures For 2 Units
JAN-MAY ACCUMULATED GROSS PREMIUM INCOME OF CHINA PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE CO RMB116.469 BILLION * CHINA PACIFIC PROPERTY … ( read original story …)
ANALYSIS-China’s troubled Baoshang rescue exposes fault lines in bank reform drive
China’s central bank announced a shock takeover of a lender, its first such move in 20 years, citing “serious credit risks”. Creditors in small Baoshang Bank were to take a hit, assets would be sold…
Hong Kong’s Two British Banks Back Beijing in Security Law Fight
Standard Chartered Plc became the second U.K. bank in a day to endorse China’s proposed security law for Hong Kong, saying it can “help maintain the long-term economic and social stability” of the … (…
