Over dinner in a busy barbecue restaurant in Shenzhen, Lei Yong and Zhao Xu, two businessmen in their mid-40s, reflect on how meat consumption in China has dramatically changed in their lifetimes, … ( read…
Monthly Archives For March 2021
China Tests Its Digital Yuan on More Platforms
The move, however, was an acknowledgment of the fact that long-time attempts to stamp out the crypto frenzy by shutting down service providers at home have failed to completely kill the mania that … (…
China’s millennials, Generation Z leading nation away from Hollywood films, American culture, US brands
Amid changing sentiment in China, the likes of Nike, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola have been forced to change their approach, while domestic films have taken over from Avatar, Transformers: Dark of the … ( read original…
Their Uyghur relatives are imprisoned in China. From Virginia, they plead for help.
Their family members in Northern Virginia — one of the largest diasporas of Uyghurs in the United States — are largely powerless to help them. Speaking out, even from here, can carry grave risks of…
U.S. and China open first talks with accusations and barbs
President Biden is attempting to reconfigure the frayed U.S. relationship with China to be both competitive and cooperative. His administration is off to a rocky start. In two days of talks concluding … ( read…
U.S.-China high-level talks to wrap up after acrimonious opening
Senior U.S. and Chinese officials are set to conclude their talks in Alaska on Friday after a dramatic opening round laid bare the depth of tensions between the world’s two largest economies at the ……
China controls Uighur minority through family separations, reports say
The human rights watchdog said in a new report parents are being systemically cut off from their children since 2017 across international borders, when China escalated its surveillance and detention … ( read original story…
China Fears Tesla Cars Could Be Sending Secret Locations to U.S.
Tesla vehicles will reportedly be restricted at government agencies, military facilities and some state-owned businesses. ( read original story …)
China to ‘tap policy brakes’ amid global commodity price rebound, but will look to ‘avoid a policy cliff’
China’s strong economic recovery from the coronavirus has seen the likes of iron ore, copper and oil record steep price gains this year, but Beijing is set to ‘tap the policy brakes’ to rein in…
Yuan going global: China tests its digital currency on e-commerce platforms
As part of a push to internationalize the yuan, China has been testing its digital currency on trading platforms around the world where it can be freely traded with other fiat currencies. Beijing is ……
Chinese Soldiers Stand in Formation in Beijing, China
Chinese soldiers stand in formation as they wait to march back to their barracks in Beijing on Friday, March 19, 2021. China’s foreign ministry says the government would not make concessions to the … (…
China to restrict use of Tesla vehicles by military and state personnel
China’s government is restricting the use of Tesla Inc.’s vehicles by personnel at military, state-owned enterprises in sensitive industries and … ( read original story …)
China is reportedly restricting use of Tesla cars by its military and government workers
Two crossed lines that form an ‘X’. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. China is cracking down on the use of Tesla cars by state personnel over security concerns…
