The gadgets people are reaching for to help them get a good night’s rest, and why the sleep technology market in China alone is worth nearly US$60 billion a year. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For December 2020
A New Consensus on China?
As Biden prepares to take office, the Trump team is trying to entrench what it hopes, rightly, will be a new approach to China. ( read original story …)
Former opposition lawmaker Ted Hui lands in London to begin self-exile, only to find Hong Kong bank accounts frozen
Former opposition lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung arrived in Britain at the start of the weekend to start his self-imposed exile, only to find that his Hong Kong bank accounts appeared to have been frozen. (…
China, U.S. Need to Proceed Together With ‘Good Will’: Chinese Envoy
China and the United States need to proceed together with “good will” to improve relations, the Chinese ambassador to Washington said on Saturday, as ties remained fraught between the world’s two … ( read original…
US ends 5 cultural programs with China in further escalation
The departing Trump administration has ended five cultural-exchange programs with China that it says were being used for Chinese propaganda and had no benefit to the … ( read original story …)
China once celebrated its diversity. How has it come to embrace ethnic nationalism?
My friend Aynür’s life tells the story of how Uighurs have been purposefully dehumanised by the party-state, says David Tobin of the University of Manchester … ( read original story …)
Forget Google—Could China Be About To Destroy Bitcoin?
Now, researchers in China, a country hostile to bitcoin and decentralized … over bitcoin’s future in a post-quantum computer world. MORE FROM FORBESAnother Crypto Skeptic Suddenly Flips To … ( read original story …)
Carbon Monoxide Leak Leaves 18 Dead At Coal Mine In Southwest China
Workers were inside the shuttered mine to dismantle equipment when dangerous levels of carbon monoxide began to seep into the air. ( read original story …)
China Regulator Fines Bank of China for Risk-Management Flaws
China’s financial regulator fined Bank of China Ltd. 50.5 million yuan ($7.7 million) for risk-management transgressions after the price of one of the lender’s crude oil futures products collapsed, … ( read original story …)
JD.com becomes first online platform to accept China’s digital currency
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com Inc said on Saturday it has become the country’s first virtual platform to accept Beijing’s homegrown digital currency. ( read original story …)
COVID-19 Vaccines are Russia and China Ploys to Spread Communism, Wyoming Health Official Says
A Wyoming Department of Health official claimed last month that a potential COVID-19 vaccine is a biological weapon that will be used by Russia and China to spread Communism. Igor Shepherd is manager … (…
Shenzhen edges Shanxi in CBA
The Shenzhen Aviators saw off the Shanxi Loongs 112-107 in the 2020-2021 Chinese Basketball Association league (CBA) regular season here on Saturday, making their rivals suffer two consecutive defeats … ( read original story …)
What went wrong for China and Australia, and what will happen next?
Australia has been increasingly vocal and hostile in its manner of hammering China without regard for the feelings of its best customer. ( read original story …)
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