China’s credit rating agencies are standing by their triple A scores for troubled state-owned enterprises, even as a series of defaults reverberates through the country’s $4tn corporate debt market. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For December 2020
China has promised millions of coronavirus vaccines to countries globally. And it is ready to deliver them
Inside a gray warehouse at the Shenzhen International Airport in southern China, a row of white chambers sits in a cordoned-off corner, each fitted with a display screen showing the customized … ( read original…
Leaked Documents Reveal China Underreported Coronavirus Numbers
China has forcefully denied allegations brewed in the United States and other governments that it intentionally misled the public information regarding the coronavirus crisis, with the country saying … ( read original story …)
China’s Chang’e-5 Moon mission probe touches down
China says it has successfully put another probe on the Moon. Its robotic Chang’e-5 mission touched down a short while ago with the aim of collecting samples of rock and dust to bring back to…
Australian politics live: OECD warns Australia over China exports; GDP figures to be released
OECD cautions against escalation in tension with Beijing; national accounts figures due; agriculture and trade ministers to meet wine producers; RBA governor to appear at economics committee – follow … ( read original story …)
Coronavirus was spreading in the US by December 17 – WEEKS before China admitted that people there were being infected by a new virus, antibody testing of donated blood finds
Antibodies to the new coronavirus were found in 106 samples of blood donated to the Red Cross between December 13 and January 17, including 39 donated before December 17, a new study reveals. ( read…
Government should take bigger role in promoting U.S. technology or risk losing ground to China, commission says
Bipartisan commission says U.S. should create a government committee to work with companies and U.S. allies to push their priorities at global organizations that set technology standards. ( read original story …)
Wall Street gains on vaccine cheer, robust China data
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday as better-than-expected factory data from China and hopes that a COVID-19 vaccine will be rolled out before the end of the year bolstered bets of a ……
China urges release of Huawei executive on two-year anniversary
China called for the release of Huawei’s chief financial officer on the two-year anniversary of her arrest at Vancouver International Airport. ( read original story …)
China Moves to Surpass US in Economics, Technology, Diplomacy and Military, Report Says
“This year, a lot of our focus was on China moving beyond catching up and moving to surpass [the United States] in the economic field, [as well as in] technology, diplomacy and military,” U.S.-China ……
Leaked Docs Show China Underreported Coronavirus Cases, Mishandled Crisis
Leaked documents from the Hubei CDC show Beijing undercounted the number of cases to conceal the scale of the threat. ( read original story …)
Banks Need to Adopt Crypto, Now
Resistance is futile and the time for doing nothing with crypto was two years ago, not today, says our columnist. ( read original story …)
U.S. accuses China of ‘flagrant’ North Korea violations, offers $5 million reward
The United States accused China on Tuesday of “flagrant violation” of its obligation to enforce international sanctions on North Korea and offered rewards of up to $5 million for information about … ( read original…
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