U.S. policy makers need to wake up to the potential of digital currency and electronic payments and the peril of allowing China to dominate them.
Monthly Archives For April 2021
Foreign investment in China up 81 pct in 2020
China last year attracted 520.6 billion US dollars of foreign … and high-level opening up of the financial market.
China Telecom EGM, LG’s smartphone future, Andy Li hearing
But expect headlines on Wednesday, when pro-democracy activist Andy Li goes to trial on collusion charges under the national security law. On Friday, Tencent-backed fintech firm Linklogis will debut …
China science, technology news summary — April 4
The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China SCI-TECH INNOVATION IPOs China securities regulator h …
Why China Doesn’t Quit In a War (It Just Keeps Losing)
Learning: To get a sense of why the Gulf War matters for the PLA, we need to take a quick detour into organizational theory. Armies learn in several different ways; experiments, e …
China and South Korea plan security talks as efforts to repair relations after US missile row continue
Beijing says it hopes the two sides can cooperate on North Korea, trade and technology following a meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers on Saturday.
Corruption in China: ex-boss of arms company Norinco placed under investigation
Norinco has also diversified its business as part of Beijing’s push for military-civilian … Laura Zhou joined the Post’s Beijing bureau in 2010. She covers China’s diplomatic relations and has …
Beijing uncovers 3,000-year-old rammed earth construction base
BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a rammed earth construction base with a clear structure and layers at a relic site in southwest Beijing, according to the city’s …
Freezing of bank accounts amounts to harassment, says Chinese firm ByteDance
An Indian tax intelligence unit in mid-March ordered HSBC and Citibank in Mumbai to freeze bank accounts of ByteDance India as it probed some of the unit`s financial dealings. ByteDance has challenged …
ByteDance says India’s freeze on bank accounts is harassment: Court filing
Beijing has repeatedly criticised India over that ban and those of other Chinese apps. An Indian tax intelligence unit in mid-March ordered HSBC and Citibank in Mumbai to freeze bank accounts of …
ByteDance terms govt freeze on Indian bank accounts as harassment
China’s ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible tax evasion amounts to harassment and was done illegally, according to a filing seen by…
China greenlights 4 sci-tech innovation IPOs
Beijing, April 4 (IANS) China’s securities regulator has approved the initial public offerings (IPOs) of four companies on the science and technology innovation board. Suzhou Mingzhi Technology, …
China tells women they don’t need to delay pregnancy after being vaccinated
Concerns about Covid-19 vaccinations are not unique to China and scientists around the world have been trying to debunk online rumours that certain types of vaccine will impair fertility or even kill …