Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing company, laid out plans to raise as much as $4bn from an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, in what would be one of the largest …
Monthly Archives For June 2021
China’s DiDi to list on New York Stock Exchange
DiDi Global Inc., China’s largest ride-hailing company, said in a filing on Thursday it would list on the New York Stock Exchange.
House Republicans say they ‘will not rest’ until China held accountable for coronavirus pandemic
A group of House Republicans is calling for the United States to be a leader in the international community in holding China accountable for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
U.S. House committee due to consider sweeping China bill next week
The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has scheduled a meeting on Wednesday to consider sweeping legislation to boost economic competitiveness and push Beijing on human rights, …
Bitcoin dreams dry up in China as country’s last mining refuge falls in line with Beijing amid national crackdown
Bitcoin mining companies in Sichuan, once held up as model consumers of abundant hydropower, now face a hostile government amid Beijing’s cryptocurrency crackdown.
ASTRI congratulates China Chippacking Technology for successfully listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange
The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) expresses its warmest congratulations to its partner, China Chippacking Technology Co., Ltd, which was successfully listed on …
Biden Faces Tough Path to Building A Better Belt and Road than China
Discussing President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better World” initiative presented at the G7 summit, the Council on Foreign Relations’ David Sacks told Newsweek that, “on the one hand it’s good that we …
China inks deal with Hilton to build hotel over bulldozed Uyghur mosque: report
Hilton has allegedly inked a deal with Chinese Communist authorities to build a new property at the site of a mosque bulldozed by the government.
When Exactly Did The First Covid-19 Case Emerge In China?
With the help of methods used commonly in conservation science, a group of scientists estimate that the first case of Covid-19 emerged between October and mid-November 2019 in China. A new analysis …
Johns Hopkins professor on China reportedly deleting COVID-19 data in possible cover-up
Johns Hopkins professor of public health Dr. Marty Makary argues that a new paper by a virologist reportedly describing the removal of sequencing data is ‘confirmatory’ and ‘dispels the food market …
Biden blasts Beijing over Hong Kong paper closure: ‘Sad day for media freedom’
President Biden on Thursday slammed China over the closure of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, calling it a “sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong.”Apple Daily printed its final edition …
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam missing city’s 1997 handover commemorations to attend Communist Party’s centenary celebrations in Beijing
Lam and dozens of senior political, business figures expected to head to Beijing on Monday for the Communist Party’s 100th anniversary.
Central bank digital currencies can go global with shared IDs
Unlike cash, or cryptos like Bitcoin, digital money issued by central banks won’t be pure tokens. Either the issuing monetary authority or private players it tasks with the job will keep debit and …
