As Jack Ma was trying to salvage his relationship with Beijing in early November, the beleaguered Chinese billionaire offered to hand over parts of … ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For December 2020
China leaves lending benchmark LPR unchanged for 8th straight month
China left its benchmark lending rate for corporate and household loans steady for an eight straight month at its December fixing on Monday, matching market expectations. The one-year loan prime … ( read original story…
China opens up to AVs
In recent years, dozens of Chinese cities have opened local roads to allow a growing team of self-driving technology companies to test robotaxis, a trend that promises to turn China into the world’s … (…
Chinese Show Security Health Status on Smarphone App in Beijing, China
Chinese have to show security that they are cleared ‘green’ by a smart phone app before being allowed to enter a shopping area as they continue wearing protective face masks in public in Beijing on…
Chinese Continue to Wear Face Masks in Public in Beijing, China
Chinese continue wearing protective face masks in public, despite the easing of government regulations mandating the use of face masks, in Beijing on Sunday, December 20, 2020. China’s capital … ( read original story …)
‘Politics come first’ as ban on Australian coal worsens China’s power cuts
Factories across China are falling silent and office workers are being forced to climb the stairs of high-rise buildings as a ban on Australian coal worsens a power shortage that is hitting everything … (…
China has opened a new front in its criminal war against Muslims in western China
This disturbing practice is disclosed in a new report from Adrian Zenz, who earlier helped bring to light the construction of an archipelago of involuntary internment centers for ethnic Uighurs, … ( read original story…
China reports 23 new COVID-19 cases vs 23 a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mainland China recorded 23 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 20, the same number of cases from the previous day, said the country’s health authority on Monday. The National Health … ( read…
Box Office: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Sputters in China, Grosses $38.5 Million Overseas
Wonder Woman 1984” opened to a less than heroic $18.8 million in China over the weekend and a disappointing $38.5 million overseas. That’s far less than the $38 million that the first “Wonder Woman” ……
U.S. Blacklists More Than 60 China Firms Including SMIC
The U.S. Commerce Department announced it’s blacklisting Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and more than 60 other Chinese companies “to protect U.S. national security.” Tom Mackenzie … ( read original story …)
China’s Online Shopping Addiction Is Killing Its Green Packaging Drive
If you worry about all the waste generated by the annual rush of holiday shopping and gift giving, it’s nothing compared to the mountains of discarded packaging that comes from a single event in China…
Canada will hurt itself if it pulls out of Asian infrastructure bank, president says
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank plays a useful role in burnishing China’s image, its president acknowledges, even as he warns that Canada would hurt itself by leaving an international … ( read original story …)
Coronavirus, China and climate: where Australia’s foreign relations attention will be in 2021
Which countries emerge best from the pandemic, and how the world tackles the climate crisis, will be among the defining features of global politics in the coming year. ( read original story …)
