China enters 2021 economically stronger relative to major economies than anytime since 2009. This apparent strength creates extremely high expectations for China to deliver on its forecast economic … ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For January 2021
The Delhi-Beijing battle in South Asia
China’s influence has grown, but contrary to conventional narrative, it is not necessarily ‘winning’. India has retained its focus … ( read original story …)
Beijing using ‘cognitive warfare’ to sway Taiwan public opinion by feeding it misinformation, warns report
Mainland China is using online trolls and false reports to try to undermine support for Tsai Ing-wen’s government, government-funded think tank says. ( read original story …)
China says Biden represents ‘new window of hope’ for relations with US
China believes President-elect Joe Biden represents a “new window of hope” for the country’s relationship with the United States. ( read original story …)
China sentences top banker to death for corruption and bigamy
Former head of China Huarong Asset Management given no option for reprieve … ( read original story …)
COVID-19 fight in China’s Hebei enters ‘wartime mode’
The fight to contain the coronavirus in northern China’s Hebei has entered “wartime mode”, official media reported on Tuesday, after the province surrounding capital Beijing saw its first locally … ( read original story …)
Former Canaan Directors to Guide Chinese Gaming Firm’s Pivot to Crypto Mining
U.S.-listed Chinese gaming company The9 (NASDAQ: NCTY) has announced plans to enter the cryptocurrency mining space. In an SEC filing, The9 said it had signed a legally binding “cooperation and … ( read original story…
PPG names new vice president of Greater China business sector
Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries Inc. named Tony Wu vice president of its Greater China industrial coatings and global electronic materials sector, according to a news release. Wu previously served as … ( read original story …)
Communist China Is Preparing To Eat Joe Biden’s Lunch | Opinion
The sum total of a Biden China policy at this point seems to be multilateralism. Toward what end, we have not the faintest idea. ( read original story …)
Beijing may balk at ‘vaccine diplomacy’ term but beating Covid-19 is key to China’s outreach plan
State media rejects that China’s future vaccine aid is conditional while Beijing admits it is in a propaganda battle to reshape the pandemic narrative. ( read original story …)
China Condemns Former High-Flying Finance Executive to Death
A former chairman of one of China’s biggest bad debt managers was condemned to death over charges of corruption, marking a rare sentence in President Xi Jinping’s efforts to tighten control over the … (…
Defense Bill Orders Study of Illicit Finance Risks Posed by China
The National Defense Authorization Act directs the Treasury Department to do a study on money-laundering risks related to China’s government and companies. ( read original story …)
China cuts EV subsidy in 2021; market downplays impact on lithium, cobalt prices
China’s finance ministry has reduced the subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs) for 2021 by 20%, a move most market participants say they had expected. The Chinese government body announced the the new … ( read…
