China is investing heavily in computer chips and stepping up efforts to cultivate homegrown talent as it accelerates its quest for technological self-sufficiency amid a tech trade war with the U.S. ( read original story…
Monthly Archives For November 2020
Trump supporter hired for Commerce Department post, to push hardline China policies until January: sources
Corey Stewart, an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has been named to a newly created senior post at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he can help push through hardline policies on … (…
China Market Update: JD.com Reports Q3, October Industrial Production & Retail Sales, Asia Trade Deal RCEP Signed
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed over the weekend by ten countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand. The agreement removes … ( read original story …)
Bitcoin Primed For Surprise $3 Billion China Shock
China Construction Bank, the world’s second-largest bank by assets, is planning to raise $3 billion from a sale of bonds that can be bought with … ( read original story …)
China finds COVID-19 on beef from Latin America, New Zealand
The Chinese city of Jinan said over the weekend it had found coronavirus on beef and tripe and their packaging from Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand, while two other provincial … ( read original story…
Why China Stopped The Ant Group’s IPO (Part 2): Ant’s Dangerous Business Model
Ant’s businesses are very complex. It isn’t easy to understand them. You can’t get a full picture from either a financial or a technological perspective…” – A Wall Street analyst … ( read original story…
President Tsai of Taiwan set to join Beijing blacklist
China is set to compile a list of “stubborn elements of Taiwanese independence” that could include the island’s president, according to pro-Beijing media.President Tsai could be labelled as a … ( read original story …)
America’s Internet Has China Envy
But is China a peek at the future of technology, or a digital island all its own? This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.…
Xi Jinping’s China may one day lead the world — but it will never be loved
President Xi of China has everything that the leader of a nascent superpower could desire. His economy remains on course to overtake America’s as the largest in the world. His armed forces are … (…
China’s Didi Chuxing, BYD roll out customized car model for ride-hailing service
China’s Didi Chuxing and electric vehicle maker BYD on Monday launched their purpose-built D1 van model for ride-hailing services, the ride-hailing giant’s CEO Will Cheng said on Monday. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus: China approves clinical trial for German vaccine candidate
BNT162b2 – developed by BioNTech with Pfizer and Chinese partner Fosun – gets the go-ahead from China’s National Medical Products Administration. ( read original story …)
China rescue: UK diplomat jumps into river to save drowning student
A British diplomat has saved a student who was floating face down in a river near Chongqing in south-west China. 61-year-old Stephen Ellison, who is only a month into his new post as consul general,…
China reaches 700,000 5G base stations nationwide: Report
The Chinese government revealed that there are currently over 180 million devices operating on China’s 5G networks … ( read original story …)
