Joe Biden’s intelligence report on the pandemic’s origins is due in August, but Dr. Fauci has warned against taking an accusatory stance.
Monthly Archives For June 2021
China’s Yunnan to Become Latest Province to Ban Crypto Mining: Report
The Chinese province of Yunnan is getting set to ban cryptocurrency mining, becoming the latest one to do so, according to Forkast News, citing BTC.top, one of China’s top mining pools. The coming ban …
U.S. Presses China on New Covid-19 Study as Beijing Resists
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed his Chinese counterpart in a phone call Friday to allow a new expert-led study into the origins of Covid-19, but China’s top diplomat called theories …
Wandering elephants are touching hearts in China. Humans may be reason they left home.
“It almost felt as if they had a holy aura around them,” said Adam Chang, who was hired to deliver corn and pineapples to the elephants.
Beijing Urges Better Control Over Local Government Debt
China’s central government has called for better oversight of local authority budgets and spending, and tighter monitoring of debt after an audit of dozens of local authorities found a string of …
Digital yuan and payment apps Alipay and WeChat Pay are not competitors, China’s central bank says
China’s digital yuan and payment apps Alipay and WeChat Pay were not competitors, Mu Changchun, the director general of the digital currency research institute at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), …
Chinese hi-tech hub Shenzhen gears up for steady economic expansion over next five years, cementing its role as the Greater Bay Area’s ‘core engine’
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 …
Hong Kong Amends National Security Law, Will Now Censor Films in Similar Fashion as Beijing
A new amendment to Hong Kong’s Film Censorship Ordinance gives the government the ability to censor films seen as a threat to national security. The move further aligns Hong Kong with the practices of …
China Accuses 32 in Ultramarathon Disaster, but Main Suspect Is Dead
Organizers of the May race, which claimed 21 lives, face criminal charges and disciplinary action. The man said to bear primary responsibility died in a fall from a high-rise this week.
‘Xi Jinping is my spiritual leader’: China’s education drive in Tibet
Under clear blue skies, rugged peaks and the spectacular Potala Palace, one image is ubiquitous in Tibet’s capital city Lhasa: portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping and fellow leaders.
China Mobile Beijing Deploys Huawei’s 5G Indoor Distributed Massive MIMO
Test results showed that the single-user downlink rate boosted by 54.4% and downlink single-cell capacity increased to 5.3 Gbps.
China’s Latest Blockbuster Tech IPO Could Give Investors a Bumpy Ride
The initial public offering of Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is shaping up to be one of the world’s largest this year.
China’s Uber, Didi Chuxing Could Command Valuation Over $70B Based On IPO Documents: WSJ
Didi overthrew Uber out of China by triggering a price war in 2016. As a result, Uber merged its China unit with Didi for a stake in Didi. The company plans to list its ADRs…
