China’s industrial hub Shandong province pledged to tighten new approval of industries such as oil refining and aluminium smelting which have high energy use and high emissions as Beijing strives to …
Monthly Archives For June 2021
Germany must confront China on human rights despite trade, says industry
Germany needs an honest discussion about how to deal with trading partners such as China and must not duck confrontation if red lines on human rights are crossed, the head of the influential BDI …
China’s Biggest Commercial Banks Badly Lag In Gender Balance At Top Positions
China’s biggest state-owned commercial banks may have dotted the upper ranks of the Forbes Global 2000 annual ranking of the world’s largest publicly traded companies last month, but they aren’t doing …
China’s $113 Billion of Green Bonds Caught In Jumble of Rules
Fund managers are increasingly grappling with fragmented policies in China’s $113 billion green bond market that can make it hard to assess just how much of that money is going to projects to help the…
China Slashes Crude Oil Import Quotas of Private Refiners Amid Probe
China’s private oil refiners will get 35% less in crude import quotas than they received last year amid a government crackdown on the sector. The refiners were awarded a combined 35.24 million tons in …
Forced Labour In Xinjiang: Biden Administration’s Plan To Ban Import Of Polysilicon From China Set To Hit Solar Industry Hard
The Biden administration is considering a proposal to ban the imports of a polysilicon, a critical solar panel material from China’s Xinjiang region. 45% of polysilicon used in solar panels comes from …
China’s coking coal imports dive 30% on year in May
In May, China’s coking coal imports plunged by 29.6% on year to 3.4 million tonnes, according to recent data from China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC), w …
China’s May steel scrap imports soar 50% on month
China’s steel scrap imports surged by 50.5% on month to 114,741 tonnes for May alone, according to the country’s General Administration of Customs (GACC), mainly due to the growing enthusiasm from the …
Amazon, Apple most valuable brands but China is rising: survey
Amazon and Apple are the world’s most valuable brands, but Chinese brands are rising up the leaders’ list and are more valuable than Europe’s top brands, according to a global ranking by Kantar BrandZ …
Medlive Technology Advances Plans for Hong Kong IPO
By Ben Otto Medlive Technology Co., an online medical information and marketing platform, is advancing plans for an initial public offering in Hong …
Battlegrounds Mobile update reportedly fixes data sharing with China servers after BJP MP calls for probe
PUBG Mobile’s desi version, Battlegrounds Mobile India, has seemingly received an update that fixes the sharing of user data with servers in China. And this fix comes after the Chairperson of the …
Vancouver businesswoman sues for US$200,000 she lost while trying to get money out of China
Defendants say the woman was aware of risks in ‘illegal currency smuggling operation’ to get around Chinese currency control laws, and her funds may have been taken by ‘unknown third party or …
Illegal export of sensitive military technologies to China enables theft of underwater warfare capability
The Chinese navy already is larger than the U.S. Navy in terms of raw ship numbers, and the Americans’ qualitative edge is narrowing each year.
