Beijing has reduced the amount of directly elected seats in Hong Kong’s legislature, likely increasing the mainland government’s grip on the island’s politics. “The election system is completely …
Monthly Archives For March 2021
Washington is keeping the pressure on Beijing
The big question after US President Joe Biden was elected was whether he would change former US president Donald Trump’s China policies. Since his inauguration, Biden has lived up to the general …
WHO criticises China’s data-sharing as it releases Covid origins report
The head of the World Health Organization has criticised China’s sharing of data at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan as the WHO unveiled the results of its investigative mission …
WHO chief calls out China’s lack of transparency ahead of joint mission report on virus origins
The remarks, made in at a briefing to member states, came just hours before a news conference to issue a report from the Chinese and international team tasked with probing the origins of the …
Soccer stars speak out on China’s Uyghurs — and pay a price
Some European soccer stars have used their fame to raise awareness of China’s campaign against Uyghur Muslims. At least one has paid a steep price for speaking out.Why it matters: The Chinese …
Exclusive-India blocks bank accounts of China’s ByteDance, company mounts challenge
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian authorities have blocked at least two of ByteDance’s bank accounts for alleged tax evasion, prompting it to ask a court to quash the directive that it fears will hit its …
Setback for China’s ByteDance as India blocks bank accounts
According to the report, ByteDance has asked a court to quash the directive which it fears will hit its operations hard.Get latest Technology online at cnbctv18.com …
Agricultural Bank of China reports revenue, profit gains in 2020
BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) — Agricultural Bank of China, one of the country’s four big state-owned lenders, saw its revenue and net profit up year on year in 2020. The bank last year raked in…
Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China 2020 profits beat estimates thanks to fourth quarter rebound
Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China beat analysts estimates with profit increases, thanks to a strong fourth-quarter rebound.
Data withheld from WHO team probing COVID-19 origins in China: Tedros
China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to the WHO-led team, one of the team’s investigators has already said, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the global pandemic …
China, WHO joint research to boost global cooperation in COVID-19 origin tracing: spokesperson
The spokesperson made the remarks after WHO released a report earlier on Tuesday on the joint research with China on the global tracing of COVID-19 origins. Enditem …
Colonial diplomat’s sympathetic view of 1950s Hong Kong in Corona Series of far-flung corners of the British Empire
Written as decolonisation of the empire beckoned, the well-respected Harold Ingrams ‘might have sought a life in China’ had he ‘not already been wedded to the Arabs’.
More Ride-Hailing And Food Delivery IPOs Are In The Works
While Deliveroo prepares to make its stock market debut next month, more firms in the delivery and ride-hailing space are thrashing out plans to go public.
