China’s April 2021 benzene import hiked by 193.3kt or 99.9% month on month and was 212.8kt or 122.3% higher year on year to 386.8kt, latest data from China Customs showed. April figure was at a…
Monthly Archives For May 2021
Boom in China Firms Listing in the U.S. Comes to Sudden Halt
At least three Chinese companies have put their plans to list in the U.S. on hold, heralding a slowdown in what’s been a record start to a year for initial public offerings by mainland and…
China orders prompt probe into swaying Shenzhen skyscraper
Within days of the first shakes, Shenzhen government began posting on social media, saying so far data showed the building was within safety requirements.
China’s commodities boom poses policy conundrum
China’s state cabinet said on May 19 that the government would manage “unreasonable” commodity price increases. The Chinese National Development and Reform Commission has warned industrial metals …
Senate faces new headaches amid flurry of last-minute tweaks on bipartisan Senate bill to counter China
Democrats and Republicans are racing to rethink key components of a roughly $250 billion bill to boost U.S. science and technology, proffering a series of last-minute tweaks that threaten to hamstring …
Manufacturing could return to China, as Covid cases spike in India and Vietnam
The U.S.-China trade war caused businesses to move their supply chains out of China — but China’s fortunes may change as other countries see a Covid resurgence.
‘China is aware Moon-Biden statement targets China despite no mention of Beijing’: Chinese amb.
China is aware that part of a joint statement from last week’s summit between South Korea and the United States is targeted at Beijing, though it made no mention of the country, the top Chinese…
China is digging an Australia-sized hole for itself
Australia is showing that smaller allies have agency and it’s no easy matter to coerce democracies into subservience.
Jack Ma steps down from business school targeted by Beijing
Jack Ma, the billionaire who founded Alibaba and who was once China’s richest man, is to step down as president of a business school he founded in what is being seen as a further effort…
China: The men who are single and the women who don’t want kids
“I have very few peers who have children, and if they do, they’re obsessed about getting the best nanny or enrolling the kids in the best schools. It sounds exhausting.” Lili spoke to the BBC…
Yuan Longping: how a career in science created a national hero in China
News of his death on Saturday in the central province of Hunan prompted remembrances from the political elite to the general public. In life and death, the scientist was lauded for helping fill …
Stablecoins ‘threaten financial stability’; China’s commodities boom crackdown; Liberty steelworks for sale – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news …
Crypto miners halt China business after Beijing steps up crackdown
SHANGHAI • Cryptocurrency mining operators, including Huobi Mall and BTC.Top, are suspending their China operations after Beijing stepped up its efforts to crack down on bitcoin mining and trading, …
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