Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, is the first person in the U.K. to get Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, “the best early birthday present.” … ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For December 2020
Has Internationalization ‘Hit a Brick Wall’? After 4 Decades on the Front Lines, This China Expert Is Worried
Simon is now back on Duke’s home campus, where he is senior adviser to the president for China affairs and a professor of China business and technology. But he has been working in and studying…
China to Adopt ‘Positive and Prudent’ Approach Towards Fintech Sector, Regulator Says
China will adopt a “positive and prudent” approach towards the rapid growth of its financial technology industry and will watch over “too big to fail … ( read original story …)
Can Science and Technology Resolve Disputes in the South China Sea?
If UNCLOS maritime zones can be unequivocally delineated, this should facilitate the best solutions to existing disputes. ( read original story …)
Semiconductor Manufacturing International: Still My Top China Stock Pick Despite Short-Term Headwinds
U.S. sanctions on SMIC have negatively impacted the stock amid increasing pressure from the Trump administration to block equipment sold to the company. ( read original story …)
About half of Hongkongers say city and Shenzhen more likely to compete than cooperate, poll finds
About half of the Hongkongers polled in a survey believed the city and neighbouring Shenzhen were more likely to compete than cooperate, even though Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has said … ( read…
China Threatens U.S. With ‘Stern’ Retaliation Over Hong Kong Sanctions
The State Department imposed the sanctions on 14 Chinese lawmakers over the clampdown on freedoms in Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
China Market Update: JD Health’s IPO Has “The Right Stuff” To Fly, Hong Kong Value “Bought The Farm” And Underperformed
Asian equities were mostly off on plunging/light volumes. Taiwan outperformed while Korea took a hit after yesterday’s strong performance. The Hang Seng was off by -0.76% on US-China political … ( read original story …)
Uyghurs Wait Nervously for Biden China Policy As ‘Genocide’ Continues
China’s oppression of minority groups in Xinjiang is but one issue Biden will have to address in revising American ties with Beijing. ( read original story …)
China condemns U.S. sanctions against 14 Chinese officials
China warned of retaliation after the United States imposed sanctions on 14 Chinese officials in connection to the crackdown on political dissidents in Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
Top Australian defence official says it’s ‘very legitimate’ to worry about China’s assertiveness
Defence department secretary Greg Moriarty is ‘particularly concerned about the militarisation of features in the South China Sea’ … ( read original story …)
Nine Entertainment newspapers quit carrying China Watch supplement
The eight-page Communist party newspaper has been distributed in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review … ( read original story …)
China Pushes Alternative Theories About Origin of Covid-19
As the WHO prepares to probe the pandemics’ origins, Chinese state media are promoting studies that show the coronavirus spreading outside China earlier than first assumed. ( read original story …)
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