Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Sunday criticized the Chinese government for a lack of transparency during the pandemic, particularly during “the early stages of Covid,” and he called for a …
Monthly Archives For April 2021
Will China switch to electronic money with an expiration date?
Telecommunications companies such as China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, and Huawei were also involved in testing e-wallets. In order to encourage users to use the digital yuan and e-wallets, a …
Chinese EV battery firm CATL to shore up cobalt supply with US$137.5 million stake in China Moly mine
Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) said on Sunday its subsidiary would take a stake in China Molybdenum’s Kisanfu copper-cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) …
Blinken says China ‘didn’t do what it needed to do’ in the early stages of the pandemic
He said China should’ve allowed real-time access to international experts and been more transparent. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday we need …
China considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines to boost protection rate
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines, as a way of further boosting vaccine efficacy. Available data shows …
Antony Blinken Warns China Taiwan Attack Would Be ‘Serious Mistake’ as Military Tensions Mount
China officially claims Taiwan as part of its territory, but the smaller Asian country has long operated independently with the backing of the U.S. and other Western nations. In recent years, analysts …
Op-ed: Biden is securing America’s place in the world and challenging China with his bold domestic agenda
Though Biden has suffered a great deal of misfortune in his life, both personal and political, the stars have been aligned since his election.
China’s central bank should be more like the Fed, top researcher says
China’s central bank has resisted cutting benchmark interest rates or buying bonds to pump money directly into the financial system, a stimulus method known as quantitative easing. The world’s …
China considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines due to low efficacy rates
China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines, while acknowledging the efficacy of current vaccines was “not high”. Available data shows …
China ‘didn’t do what it needed to do’ to halt pandemic, US official says; 40% of Marines decline vaccine: Latest COVID-19 updates
China’s failure to share information and provide access to … New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu received his COVID-19 vaccine Saturday at the state’s mass vaccination site at the New Hampshire Motor …
Banners Promoting the Olympic Games Line an Expressway in Beijing, China
Banners promoting upcoming winter sporting events ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics hang alongside a busy expressway in Beijing on Sunday, April 11, 2021. China’s capital is starting to ramp up …
Staff Cleans Exterior of a Bar in Beijing, China
A Chinese staff member wears a protective face mask while cleaning the the exterior of a popular Western bar, fully open for business, in Beijing on Sunday, April 11, 2021. China’s capital has reduced …
Blinken Warns of China’s ‘Increasingly Aggressive Actions’ Against Taiwan
Blinken Warns of China’s ‘Increasingly Aggressive Actions’ Against Taiwan “What we’ve seen, and what is of real concern to us, is increasingly aggressive actions by the government in Beijing directed …
