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Monthly Archives For May 2021
Adidas, Nike Online Sales Plunged in China Amid Xinjiang Boycott
Sales of sportswear giants Adidas AG and Nike Inc. plunged on China’s largest business-to-consumer e-commerce platform in April after consumers called for a boycott of international brands avoiding …
Shenzhen Innovation & Creative Design Institute
Dominique Perrault Architecture + Zhubo Design Co have been designated winner of the international competition for the design of the Shenzhen Innovation and Creative Design Institute. In recent years, …
Scott Morrison accidentally endorses Beijing policy for Taiwan in foreign policy blunder
Prime minister cited China policy that is not in line with Coalition position and has always been rejected by Taiwan …
China’s Exports Growth Seen Slowing as Foreign Demand Softens
China’s exports growth likely lost some momentum in April on moderating overseas demand and the fading base effect of the trade slump seen early last year, while higher commodity prices are expected …
China’s Tencent in talks with US to keep gaming investments – sources
Tencent Holdings Ltd is negotiating agreements with a U.S. national security panel that would allow it to keep its ownership stakes in U.S. video game developers Riot Games and Epic Games, according …
G7 expresses concern over China’s human rights abuses, calls on it to join int’l system
The G7 on Wednesday criticized Beijing for its human rights abuses while calling on it to participate in the international rules-based system.
Covid-19: China detects 18 cases of double mutant variant from India
China’s CDC Weekly has reported that recently three Chinese nationals tested positive after they returned to the southwest city of Chongqing after returning from India via Kathmandu …
China critic Bolsonaro links coronavirus pandemic to ‘biological warfare’ as Brazil’s death toll soars
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said the novel coronavirus may have been made in a laboratory, in the latest comments likely to strain his relations with China.
Olympics sponsors duck questions over Beijing 2022 as boycott calls grow
Multinational companies sponsoring the 2022 Beijing Games are evading questions about their participation as China comes under intense pressure over the repression …
Ramadan in China: Faithful dwindle under limits on religion
Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim in western China’s Xinjiang region, said he’s fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and 10, are not. Religious activity including fasting is not permitted …
General: China’s Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic
The top U.S general for Africa is warning that a growing threat from China may come not just from the waters of the Pacific, but from the Atlantic as well. U.S. Gen. Stephen Townsend, in…
U.S. embassy in the doghouse in China after student visa post backfires
The resumption of student visa applications at U.S. missions in China got off to an acrimonious start this week when netizens took exception to an American embassy social media post they interpreted …
