World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19, including in China, after an initial report was deemed lacking because Beijing had refused …
Monthly Archives For June 2021
G7 leaders seek right balance in dealing with their China dilemma
Analysis: can the west confront Beijing on trade and human rights and cooperate on the climate crisis?
Biden to face questions about rallying allies against China’s Uyghur treatment
President Biden could face questions about his progress convincing allies to publicly call out China over its Uyghur reeducation camps.
Biden and G-7 leaders wrap up summit with promises expected on Covid, climate and China
Final details on any pledges are due later Sunday in an expected end of summit communique. LONDON — President Joe Biden and his fellow Group of Seven leaders aimed to wrap up their first summit…
Biden pushes G7 to get tough on China, calling out forced labor, human rights abuses, and ‘non-market’ practices
At the G7 talks, President Biden called for a collective rebuke of China over forced labor. Some leaders with ties with Beijing are reluctant to do so.
Is Chinese bank ICBC’s coal exit a power move for a greener belt and road?
China’s move away from fossil fuel towards renewable energy is gaining momentum after the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) announced it would start to phase out the financing of coal …
China’s financial institutions’ assets up 9.5% in Q1
China’s financial institutions saw expanded balance sheets in the first quarter of this year, official data showed. The country’s financial institutions saw their combined assets increase 9.5% year on …
China population: three-child policy will not ‘drastically raise birth rate’, top Chinese economist says
China’s overall population rose to 1.412 billion in 2020, but the number of new births fell for a fourth consecutive year to 12 million, with Beijing responding by allowing couples to now have up to…
To counter China, G7 leaders agree increased climate finance
G7 leaders will commit on Sunday to increase their climate finance contributions to meet an overdue spending pledge of $100 billion a year to help poorer countries cut carbon emissions and cope with …
At least 12 dead and hundreds injured after gas explosion in central China
The blast is the latest deadly accident in the country, usually traced to poor safety standards and maintenance and corruption among enforcement bodies.
China’s Geely to press on with methanol vehicles, chairman says
Chinese automaker Geely (GEELY.UL) will keep working on vehicles powered by methanol even though the effort may fail, chairman Li Shufu said on Sunday.
China cautions G7: ‘small’ groups don’t rule the world
China on Sunday pointedly cautioned Group of Seven leaders that the days when “small” groups of countries decided the fate of the world was long gone, hitting back at the world’s richest democracies …
Hi-tech hub Shenzhen gears up for steady economic expansion
Shenzhen, China’s Silicon Valley and the richest city in southern Guangdong province, expects to achieve steady economic expansion through 2025 under a new five-year plan, helping cement the …
