The pandemic may have brought cross-border travel to a standstill, but deals have shown no signs of abating as international investors strive to tap mainland China’s breakneck growth, according to …
Monthly Archives For May 2021
Cold weather in China kills 21 in ultramarathon sparking outrage
Twenty-one people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon in rugged Gansu province in northwestern China, sparking public outrage on Sunday over the lack of contingency …
Digital yuan not designed to displace US dollar, says former head of China’s Central Bank
That’s according to the former head of the People’s Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, who also said that the digital yuan should not be closely linked to the yuan’s internationalization, which depends …
Art exhibition launched in Beijing to show European artists’ screen prints
Courtesy for the exhibiton . A new art exhibition that focuses on European artists’ screen printing works has been launched in Be …
China is using Covid-19 vaccine to flex its muscles in America’s backyard, experts say
Latin American officials say China has pushed their countries to cut ties with Taiwan in return for badly needed Covid-19 vaccines.
Do fake Covid-19 vaccine arrests in China herald global crime wave?
Mexican authorities in February arrested six people for selling fake Pfizer vaccines at a private clinic. South African authorities also made …
China administered 497.27 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of May 22
China carried out about 13.9 million COVID-19 vaccinations on May 22, bringing the total number of doses administered to 497.27 million, according to data released by the National Health Commission on …
Tencent attains broadcasting rights for Tokyo and Beijing Olympic Games
Sports fans, volunteers and the public gather in front of the one-year countdown board of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and shout “2022, here we come” in co-host city Zhangjiakou, North …
China is using vaccines to push its agenda in Latin America, and the U.S. is behind the curve, experts say
Latin American officials say China has pushed their countries to cut ties with Taiwan in return for badly needed Covid-19 vaccines.
China ultramarathon: Severe weather kills 21 runners
Twenty-one runners have died after extreme weather struck a long-distance race in north-western China. High winds and freezing rain hit participants in the 100km (60-mile) ultramarathon in the Yellow …
China’s rover touches ground on Mars
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Moon & Mars done, Jupiter & Uranus next on the list — China’s racing away in space too
Chinese space programme was initiated in 1956, when the country’s first rocket research institution was founded. It launched its first rocket into space on 19 July 1964.
Shenzhen’s SEG Plaza closed for safety check, tenants fret about business
Several business owners in SEG Plaza, Shenzhen, told the Global Times on Sunday that logistics was disrupted there, but overall impact is under control since the shutdown of the skyscraper on Friday …