Workers trapped for more than a week in a Chinese gold mine asked for pickles and porridge to be dropped to them while they wait to be rescued, state media reported Tuesday. The website of…
Monthly Archives For January 2021
Coronavirus live news: China builds quarantine centre for 4,000 people; California passes 3m cases
China builds Covid-19 quarantine centre for Shijiazhuang; California cases have left hospitals overwhelmed … ( read original story …)
China seen keeping lending benchmark unchanged for 9th month in January
China’s benchmark lending rate is likely to remain unchanged at the first monthly fixing of the year on Wednesday, steady for the ninth straight month, as the economy recovers from the coronavirus … ( read…
China’s Market Regulator Approves Cisco Buy of Acacia, With Some Curbs
China’s market regulator said on Tuesday it has approved plans for Cisco Systems Inc’s. purchase of Acacia Communications Inc, as long as both comply with a set of conditions. (Reporting by Josh … ( read…
China stocks retreat on coronavirus worries
China shares fell on Tuesday as a resurgence of COVID-19 cases hit market sentiment, with consumer discretionary and materials stocks leading the retreat. ( read original story …)
Hong Kong Stocks at 20-Month High as Record China Cash Floods In
Hong Kong stocks are set to close at their highest level since May 2019 as mainland investors continue a record spending spree in the city. ( read original story …)
Crypto Mining Giant Bitmain Is Going Public With a $40 to $50 Billion Valuation
Major bitcoin mining operation Bitmain filed an application to become a public company in 2018, with a market capitalization of $40 billion to $50 billion. This attempt to go public on the HKSE … (…
Majority of Europeans say China will overtake ‘broken’ US within decade
ECFR survey finds more Europeans than not say US cannot be trusted after four years of Trump … ( read original story …)
Panel finds world not prepared for COVID-19; China, WHO acted too slowly
The world was not prepared to battle the coronavirus, an independent World Health Organization panel said in an interim report that details failures made by the international community in its fight … ( read original…
China-Europe shipping costs, Navalny jailed, Brookfield chief says real estate is undervalued
The cost of shipping goods from China to Europe has more than tripled in the past eight weeks as the pandemic disrupts global trade, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has been sent to prison ……
China and WHO acted too slowly to contain Covid-19, says independent panel
China and the World Health Organization (WHO) could have acted quicker and more forcefully to contain the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, an independent review panel said on Monday. ( read original story …)
Chinese university to open Budapest campus as Orban tilts to Beijing
Hungary is to host the only Chinese university operating inside the EU in a sign of deepening ties between the government of Viktor Orban and Beijing. The Hungarian government will donate €2.2m to the ……
China’s latest COVID outbreak worst since March 2020
China is battling the worst outbreak of COVID-19 since March 2020, with one province posting a record daily rise in cases, as an independent panel reviewing the global pandemic said China could have … (…
