Chinese imports of Australian LNG are bouncing back following a long period of tensions between the two nations …
Monthly Archives For May 2021
China State Media Slams West’s ‘Potent and Malicious Attack’ on ‘Beautiful Uyghur Autonomous Region’
The main state newspaper released a report on its findings about “lies” from the U.S. and other countries on the region.
Russia ‘Unlikely’ to Meet Promised 630M Target for COVID Vaccine Doses, Now Partnering with China
Russia, scrambling to meet the ambitious inoculation goals it set when it first authorized its Sputnik V vaccine, will team with Chinese manufacturers to accelerate production of the vaccine in time …
2020 Was a Record Year for U.S. Crude Exports
Since the lifting of the crude oil export ban in 2016, U.S. oil exports to Asia have gone from near zero to 45% of total exports.
China Slams U.S.-Taiwan Meeting as Biden Flexes New Diplomatic Muscle Against Beijing
China issued new threats following an unprecedented publicized meeting between the top American and Taiwanese diplomats in France.
Donald Trump Jr. Says China and Russia ‘Love’ CIA Diversity Video
Donald Trump Jr. criticized a new recruitment video from the CIA on Monday, stating that China and Russia “love” the clip. The video features an officer named Mija describing her own experience while …
Official China Communist Party Social Media Posts Mocks India’s COVID Crisis
A pair of recent social media posts by Chinese Community Party (CCP) agencies that mocked India’s COVID-19 crisis caused a massive backlash at home and abroad, resulting in the messages being deleted.
Fidelity Halves Its Ant Group Valuation After Beijing’s Clampdown
The U.S. mutual-fund giant has drastically changed its view of what Jack Ma’s Ant Group is worth after China’s regulatory crackdown on the fintech giant severely dented its growth prospects.
COVID-19 may not have appeared first in China, suggests new genomic study
A new study in Acta Mathematica Scientia suggests that the virus may have originated in multiple countries almost simultaneously, rather than spreading from China to the rest of the world.
Kelly Evans: Taking crypto seriously
Still, these new blockchains and crypto coins have a ways to go before they’re fully ready for widespread use and adoption. Each coin has its own approach to “monetary policy,” for better or worse.
Politics, accountability and misinformation: New documentary examines COVID-19 response in China and U.S.
The documentary ‘In the Same Breath’, by filmmaker Nanfu Wang examines the issue of government misinformation in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and connects the approaches taken by China and …
Mainland China Traders Take Labor Day Holiday
Asian equities were lower as China, Japan, and Thailand were closed today for the Labor Day holiday. Volumes in Hong Kong were off -23% from Friday, highlighting the start of a slow week as China’s…
Philippines Tells China to Get Its Ships ‘The F*** Out’ of Disputed South China Sea Waters
Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. lashed out at China on Twitter on Sunday night as tensions between the two countries continued to escalate over the South China Sea.
