The question of user data ownership is at the heart of a legal battle between TikTok owner ByteDance and WeChat owner Tencent. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For February 2021
China’s 5G Telephone Shipments Top 167 Million in 2020: Report
China’s 5G Telephone Shipments Top 167 Million in 2020: Report . Consumers experience 5G mobile phones in a business hall of China Mobile … ( read original story …)
China’s central bank conducts 50b yuan of reverse repos
BEIJING – China’s central bank on Sunday conducted 50 billion yuan ($7.73 billion) of reverse repos to keep liquidity stable in the banking system ahead of the Spring Festival holiday. The interest … ( read…
Covid-19, funding concerns hit China’s belt and road projects
London think tank tracks last year’s progress of flagship Chinese investment plan, finds about 15 ran into trouble. ( read original story …)
China Mobile is favourite to buy Digicel Pacific
The Denis O’Brien-owned telecoms firm confirmed in December that it had received a number of unsolicited takeover approaches … ( read original story …)
China’s central bank conducts 50 bln yuan of reverse repos
China’s central bank on Sunday conducted 50 billion yuan (about 7.73 billion U.S. dollars) of reverse repos to keep liquidity stable in the banking system ahead of the Spring Festival holiday. The … ( read…
Washington Post editorial board calls for answers from China on pandemic origins; panned, praised on Twitter
The Washington Post’s Editorial Board is gathering both critical and positive reaction on social media after publishing a piece on Friday which called for answers from China on the origins of the … ( read original…
Brazil gets first active ingredients for AstraZeneca vaccine from China
A first shipment of 88 liters of active ingredients to make AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil arrived from China on Saturday, essential input to speed the country’s troubled vaccination program … ( read original story…
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Doing Business In China
Finding yourself doing more business in China? From the work ethic to the business culture, here are five things you might not know about doing business in China … ( read original story …)
Op-Ed: The U.S. must focus on three enduring issues to address China’s rise as an assertive global power
A new paper on U.S. China strategy has sparked a global debate and revealed three key issues that Washington must focus on moving forward. ( read original story …)
China Conditionally OKs Public Use of 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine
China has conditionally approved a second COVID-19 vaccine for public use. The National Medical Products Administration said in a statement Saturday that regulators approved the use of Sinovac Biotech … ( read original story …)
MPs call to relocate 2022 Beijing Games over China’s reported abuses of Uighur minority
Thirteen MPs from all five federal parties in Canada have signed a letter urging the IOC to move the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to another country. ( read original story …)
U.S. and China top diplomats talk tough on Myanmar and Taiwan in tense first call since Biden took office
Diplomats from the U.S. and China spoke in the first major conversation between top administration officials since President Joe Biden took office last month. ( read original story …)