China, where the pandemic began in December, was the first major economy to shut down to fight the virus and the first to begin the struggle to restore normal business activity after the ruling ……
Monthly Archives For July 2020
China eases Macau border restrictions, shares in casino operators jump
Shares of Macau casino operators soared on Tuesday after China loosened coronavirus-related border restrictions, setting the stage for the gradual resumption of business in the world’s biggest … ( read original story …)
A bus driver in China deliberately crashed and killed 21 people after his house was demolished
Hong Kong (CNN)A driver deliberately crashed a bus full of passengers into a reservoir in southwestern China, hours after discovering his house had been demolished, local police said Monday. ( read original story …)
Japan says coronavirus adds to security threat by China
China is pushing harder to make territorial claims in the regional seas and even using the coronavirus pandemic to expand its influence and take strategic superiority, posing … ( read original story …)
US Rejects Nearly All Chinese Claims in South China Sea
The Trump administration is escalating its actions against China by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and outright rejecting nearly all of Beijing’s … ( read original story …)
China June Exports Unexpectedly Rise 0.5% Year-On-Year, Imports up 2.7%
Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast exports would fall 1.5% from a year earlier after a 3.3% drop in May. Imports were estimated to have contracted 10.0%, versus a decline of 16.7% in May.…
The Virus Is Still Sapping China’s $6 Trillion Power to Consume
Three months after China started to emerge from its coronavirus restrictions, its army of shoppers that help power the global economy are still nervous of travel, reticent to spend and forming habits … ( read…
Bridge Alliance, China Unicom and Singtel Strengthen Interconnected Platform Capabilities with eSIM Swap Collaboration
The collaboration is the first between two Bridge Alliance members/partners and follows a successful eSIM swap trial in early April 2020 where China Unicom managed to swap its eSIM profiles to … ( read original…
Asia markets fall amid coronavirus fears, China-U.S. friction
Shares fell in Asia on Tuesday as skepticism set in about the recent upward momentum in global markets given rising confirmed coronavirus cases … ( read original story …)
Asian Markets Hit By New Lockdown, Fresh China-US Tensions
Fears over a spike in infections around the world, the reimposition of containment measures and China-US tensions pushed Asian equities lower Tuesday, while oil prices were also hit by speculation top … ( read original…
China says its dollar-denominated exports, imports jumped in June, beating expectations of a decline
Countries have eased lockdowns and that has led to increased shipments of some cargo backlogs previously stuck at Chinese ports. ( read original story …)
EU Preparing Measures Against China Over Hong Kong
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union (EU) is preparing counter-measures on China in response to Beijing’s new security law on Hong Kong, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Monday, but envoys stressed … ( read…
Dollar grinds higher amid worries about U.S.-China tensions and virus cases
The dollar was marginally higher in narrow ranges against most currencies on Tuesday as renewed concerns about diplomatic tension between the United States and China and rising coronavirus cases put a … ( read original…
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