Xi Jinping’s move against Hong Kong is a financial disaster for China. Once the magic of Hong Kong’s status as global financial center — which was built up over two centuries – is gone, it…
Monthly Archives For July 2020
China Study Group, the elite Indian govt body that guides policy on ties with Beijing
China Study Group, founded in 1975 under K.R. Narayanan, is playing a key role as India and China talk about disengagement in Ladakh. ( read original story …)
UK Ratchets up Criticism of China Over Uighurs, Hong Kong
Britain’s foreign secretary has hinted that he may move to suspend the U.K.’s extradition arrangements with Hong Kong, in response to China’s imposition of sweeping new security laws in the … ( read original story…
China flooding death toll rises as surging waters trigger new alerts, dam blasted
Days of torrential rainfall and expectations for further flooding led China to raise its flood alert level on one river to the second-highest level on Sunday as a dam was blasted to release surging … (…
Mainland China reports 16 new coronavirus cases including 13 in Xinjiang
Mainland China reported 16 new cases of the novel coronavirus as of the end of July 18, up from 22 reported a day earlier, the Chinese national health authority said on Sunday. ( read original…
Beijing Eases Virus Restrictions After 2 Weeks of No New Cases
Beijing authorities lowered the city’s Covid-19 emergency response level after almost two weeks of no new domestic coronavirus infections. ( read original story …)
TikTok has shelved plans for a European HQ in London as tensions with Beijing threaten to escalate into an economic war
The Chinese social media platform TikTok has reportedly shelved plans to open a European headquarters in London, according to the Sunday Times. TikTok, the wildly popular viral video app, had been in … ( read…
Coronavirus in China: Shenzhen makes it easier for people to report health concerns
Members of the public promised confidentiality and personal data protection in bid to speed up emergency response to crises like Covid-19. ( read original story …)
China’s UK ambassador denies abuse of Uighurs despite fresh drone footage
Liu Xiaoming blames reports of forced sterilisation of women on ‘anti-China elements’ Heather Stewart Liu Xiaoming: ‘Uighur people enjoy peaceful, harmonious coexistence with other ethnic groups of … ( read original story …)
Week In Review: China Life Science Announces $5 Billion In Deals, A Weekly Record
BeiGene will develop a portfolio of Amgen cancer drugs in China. Hangzhou Tigermed (SHZ: 300347), a clinical CRO, has been approved to stage an IPO on the Hong Kong exchange that could raise up to…
China coronavirus: Shenzhen makes it easier for people to report health concerns
The south China city of Shenzhen has drawn up new rules to make it easier and safer for members of the public to report health concerns and possibly prevent future crises like the Covid-19 pandemic…
China’s capital Beijing to lower COVID-19 response
Beijing will lower the emergency response level of the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital to Level III from level II, an official from the municipal government told a press briefing on Sunday … (…
China says it will respond resolutely if UK sanctions officials
China will respond resolutely to any attempt by Britain to sanction Chinese officials following the imposition of a security law in Hong Kong, its ambassador in London said on Sunday. ( read original story …)