Trade war with US saw many companies relocate outside China, but orders came back last year as Chinese production rapidly rebounded from the coronavirus, and a robotics boom is expected in 2021. ( read original…
Monthly Archives For January 2021
Asia Today: China reports 380 cases south of Beijing
More than 380 people have tested positive in a growing COVID-19 outbreak south of Beijing in China’s Hebei province. Hebei health authorities said that 40 new cases had … ( read original story …)
‘Even mourning is said to shame China’: women of Wuhan fight to be heard
Three writers who blogged about life in the city where Covid began still face constant threats and monitoring … ( read original story …)
China warning: Beijing’s plan to abolish cash will help Xi Jinping ‘take control of money’
CHINA’s Communist Party rulers – led by President Xi Jinping – are seeking to tighten their grip on power with their plan to abolish cash completely in favour of an electronic version of the Yuan,…
The Latest: China sees growing outbreak south of Beijing
More than 360 people have tested positive in a growing coronavirus outbreak south of Beijing in neighboring Hebei province … ( read original story …)
Coronavirus live news: China reports 69 new cases; Vietnam limits flights for lunar new year
Cases in mainland China now double yesterday’s reported number; Vietnam will only allow necessary flights to enter country … ( read original story …)
Twitter removes China US embassy post saying Uighur women no longer ‘baby-making machines’
Post claimed women in Xinjiang had been ‘emancipated’ as a result of China’s claimed efforts to eradicate extremism … ( read original story …)
China’s financial paradox: rescue or reform?
China’s financial system is a paradox. Reform demands that the authorities relax their grip on banks and capital flows. But if they do, it could trigger the debt crisis the country has so far avoided.…
China and the chaos theory of finance
Will China have a financial crisis? And if so, would Chinese people be any worse off? The answers are not found in the country’s rapidly rising levels of debt, but in the potential for chaos…
Community group buying has brought Big Tech’s disruption to China’s smaller cities but are they ready for it?
Community group buying is shaking up China’s traditional food wholesalers but the potential impact on jobs has seen regulators step up scrutiny of business model. ( read original story …)
Why China Has Went All-In on Chinese A2/AD
In both cases, Russia and China leveraged long-range cruise and ballistic missiles to sink U.S. ships hundreds of miles away at sea, destroy forward air bases that short-range F-3 … ( read original story …)
Asia Today: China Reports 360 Cases South of Beijing
More than 360 people have tested positive in a growing COVID-19 outbreak south of Beijing in neighboring Hebei province. ( read original story …)
China keeps promising its African allies that coronavirus vaccines for the continent are a priority. But where are they?
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s trip to Africa this week made it no clearer when Africans can expect to receive a Chinese vaccine — or on what terms. ( read original story …)
