Beijing is tightening regulations on crammers that claim to prepare pupils for exams after an explosion in demand for private education.The sector has boomed for decades because of China’s fierce …
Monthly Archives For June 2021
China sends astronauts to space in mission to new space station
The launch is a milestone for China as it pours billions into becoming a space power. Their space station is a quarter of the size of the International Space Station, but a rival as China…
Mistrial in Justice Dept. fraud case against college professor prompts renewed scrutiny of agency’s ‘China Initiative’
Critics said the Trump-era initiative to target China’s economic espionage has amounted to racial profiling and fostered a climate of fear in academic and research institutions.
Did U.S. officials help finance the creation of COVID-19?
There is still a lot we don’t know about where COVID-19 came from, but what we have learned about the state’s apparent efforts to avoid accountability for their own involvement should frighten every …
China Intensifies Antitrust Scrutiny On Domestic Tech Businesses
Chinese officials are stepping up antitrust probes into numerous domestic technology firms, popping into facilities unannounced, questioning executives and more.
White House considering talks between Biden and China’s Xi
The White House will consider arranging talks between President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, as the two countries spar over issues including human rights, a top U.S. official …
New COVID-19 outbreaks in China threaten to delay shipments at America’s largest port
Fresh coronavirus outbreaks in Southern China are threatening to create new bottlenecks at America’s largest port again, even as the recovery in Western economies help to dramatically reduce its …
Rumors of U.S. Secretly Harboring Top China Official Swirl
HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty ImagesChinese-language anti-communist media and Twitter are abuzz this week with rumors that a vice minister of State Security, Dong Jingwei defected in mid-February, …
LinkedIn told a China expert remove all mention of the Tiananmen Square massacre from his profile or they would block it in China
A writer on China has been told his LinkedIn profile will be blocked in the country if he does not remove reference to the 1989 deadly mass protest.
Montenegro in ‘final phase’ of talks with Europe to refinance US$809 million debt to China
Beijing has invested billions of dollars in the Western Balkans as part of its Belt and Road Initiative to expand Chinese influence in the region.
Maersk and IBM’s Tradelens container shipping data platform expands in China
Blockchain-based network supports digitalized operations even as global container flows remain crimped by Covid-19 outbreak at Yantian port.
Employees at a Beijing office have to smile for an AI camera to get through the front doors, change the temperature, or print documents
A Chinese subsidiary of digital camera giant Canon introduced the workplace management system last year to create “a positive and lively atmosphere.” …
Montenegro in ‘final phase’ of talks with Europe to cut China debt
A European state financial institution is ready to refinance $809 million of Montenegro’s debt to China, allowing the tiny Adriatic republic to make savings and cut interest rates, the country’s …
