China’s Shenzhen will officially challenge Shanghai for tech listings, while adding fuel to a “technology war” with the United States. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For August 2020
Fort Collins Air Quality Approaches Very Unhealthy Category, Almost As Bad As Beijing
Thick smoke from wildfires covered a large part of Colorado again Sunday with an air quality alert in effect for most of the state. Along the Front Range additional pollutants filled the air, … (…
Sen. Coons denies that Biden is soft on crime, China
Del., insists that just because Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden did not discuss rising violent crime in the U.S. or the rising threat of China during his speech at last week’s Democratic … ( read…
Is Beijing giving a test or ‘face’ to Hong Kong’s leader by letting opposition lawmakers stay in Legco?
Jaws dropped when Beijing put the brakes on a punitive initiative aimed at kicking several of Hong Kong’s radical opposition lawmakers out of the Legislative Council as its current term was extended … ( read…
China’s war on religion
To secure its hold on power, the Communist Party is tightening its control over all faiths in China. Here’s everything you need to know:When did the crackdown begin? Religious repression has … ( read original…
China Is Driving A Wedge Into The Internet: What Can We Do About It?
China’s strategy over the last few decades … And some people still deny that technology sets the global agenda… … ( read original story …)
China Vows Continued Support for Hong Kong as Financial Hub
China will provide support for its financial institutions who are doing business in Hong Kong while complying with regulations and offering services to residents and companies, the China Banking and … ( read original story…
In China, Where the Pandemic Began, Life Is Starting to Look … Normal
Markets, bars and restaurants are crowded again. Local virus transmissions are near zero. But some worry that people are letting their guard down too soon. ( read original story …)
How China uses Muslim press trips to counter claims of Uighur abuse
Beijing has taken dozens of journalists from the Islamic world on tours of its indoctrination camps in Xinjiang in an attempt to counter western headlines … ( read original story …)
US-China relations: Beijing condemns financial sanctions on Hong Kong
America’s ‘actions to undermine financial stability in Hong Kong are not only against the Chinese people but also against the people of the world’, CBIRC says. ( read original story …)
China Plans New Real Estate Financing Rules
China will institute new rules in real estate financing, its central bank said on Sunday. The move comes after China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the People’s Bank of China … ( read…
Chris Larsen, Executive Chair Of Ripple, Argues China Can Reverse Bitcoin Transactions
According to Larsen, “…at least 65 percent of cryptocurrency mining is concentrated in China, which means the Chinese government has the majority needed to wield control over those protocols and can … ( read original…
With China tensions rising, U.S. joins Taiwan to mark battle anniversary
The de facto U.S. ambassador in Taipei joined for the first time on Sunday a Taiwanese leader, amid rising tensions with Beijing, to commemorate a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces ……