Finance executive Wang Ying was looking forward to finally having some time off on vacation now that her 10-year-old son was back in school for a week and having finished a busy period at work..…
Monthly Archives For June 2020
RPT-Norwegian salmon was not source of coronavirus at Beijing food market, says Norway minister
Chinese and Norwegian authorities have concluded that Norwegian salmon was likely not the source of the novel coronavirus that was found at cutting boards in a Beijing food market, the Norwegian … ( read original…
Citi Appointed as Depositary Bank for China Pacific Insurance’s GDR Program, the Second Shanghai-London Stock Connect GDR Program
Citi’s Issuer Services business, acting through Citibank, N.A., has been appointed by China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. (“CPIC”) – a leading insurance group listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong an … ( read original…
‘Extremely Grave’: China Cracks Down Amid New COVID-19 Outbreak In Beijing
China raised its emergency warning to its second-highest level and canceled more than 60% of the flights to Beijing on Wednesday amid a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital. It was a sharp pullback ……
Coronavirus Live Updates: In Beijing, a New Round of Restrictions
Texas, Florida and Arizona set records for new highs of daily cases. Emissions are surging as countries relax their lockdowns and traffic surges back onto roads. ( read original story …)
China’s Tencent to use facial recognition to curb young video gamers
Chinese tech behemoth Tencent has begun to use facial recognition to prevent minors from spending large sums of money while playing endless hours of video games. ( read original story …)
JD.com Subsidiary Rolling Out Privacy Tech From Blockchain Firm ARPA
China’s second-largest online retailer, JD.com, is teaming with blockchain privacy platform ARPA to protect the financial data of major clients. Specifically, the data platform for the firm’s … ( read original story …)
Beijing raises alert level amid spike in Covid-19 cases
Beijing had said it more or less eradicated local transmission. However, in recent days, there have been 137 cases in the city of 20 million people, leading officials to close schools, suspend … ( read…
China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment
Even children are pressed into giving blood samples to build a sweeping genetic database that will add to Beijing’s growing surveillance capabilities, raising questions about abuse and privacy. ( read original story …)
Fists, Stones And Clubs: China And India’s Brutal High Altitude, Low-tech Battle
India and China’s militaries have some of the world’s most sophisticated modern weaponry, but their deadliest scrap in over 50 years was fought using fists, rocks wrapped in barbed wire and clubs … ( read…
China Tightens Controls Over Beijing as Coronavirus Infections Spread
Chinese officials cancelled hundreds of flights in and out of Beijing, restricted movement and renewed closures of businesses and schools as they battled to contain a fresh wave of new coronavirus … ( read original…
The Limits of India’s Urge to Boycott Chinese Brands
After China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) made its latest unwarranted trespass into terrain administered by India along the contentious Line of Actual Control (LAC) in May, Ladakhi educationist … ( read original story …)
China’s gay dating app Blued eyes Nasdaq IPO to expand overseas
It was around 20 years ago when Baoli Ma hid in his bedroom feeling helpless and lonely for being a gay man in China. Life has changed dramatically for Ma since then. This week, BlueCity,…
