The United States on Sunday repeated a warning to China that an attack on Philippine armed forces in the South China Sea would trigger a 1951 U.S.-Philippines mutual defense treaty. Secretary of State …
Monthly Archives For July 2021
China’s Yunnan reports 9 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
China’s Yunnan Province reported nine new locally transmitted COVID-19 confirmed cases, all in the city of Ruili, on Sunday, the provincial health commission said Monday. Two of the cases were …
Is Duterte squandering The Hague victory to appease Beijing?
Experts say China’s maritime gains ‘impossible’ to reverse, urging Manila to boost military capability, alliances.
Biden backs Trump rejection of China’s South China Sea claim
The Biden administration on Sunday upheld a Trump-era rejection of nearly all of China’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea. The administration also warned China that any attack on the …
China’s southwest Yunnan province reports 9 new local COVID-19 cases
SHANGHAI: Chinese authorities in the southwestern province of Yunnan reported nine new confirmed locally transmitted cases for Jul 11, of which …
China’s southwest Yunnan province reports 9 new local cases
Chinese authorities in the southwestern province of Yunnan reported nine new confirmed locally transmitted cases for July 11, of which seven were detected in the city of Ruili bordering Myanmar.
China frees up $154 bln for banks to underpin economic recovery
China will cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves, releasing around 1 trillion yuan ($154.19 billion) in long-term liquidity to underpin its post-COVID economic recovery that is …
China c.bank adviser says reserves cut does not indicate policy change
A decision by China’s central bank to cut the amount of cash that the country’s banks must hold as reserves was a routine liquidity operation and does not reflect a change in monetary policy, a…
Beijing vows retaliation after the U.S. blacklists Chinese companies over the country’s ‘abuses of Muslim ethnic minorities’
China vowed retaliation over the US blacklisting of 14 Chinese companies for their alleged roles in the abuse of its Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities.
China’s Fading ‘First-In First-Out’ Rebound Sends Global Warning
China’s V-shaped economic rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic is slowing, sending a warning to the rest of world about how durable their own recoveries will prove to be.
World’s Billionaire Factory Shudders as China Cracks Down
It was the kind of brazen PR stunt that Jack Ma might have dreamed up.But this wasn’t the flamboyant Chinese billionaire who disappeared from public view eight months ago. It was Mark Zuckerberg, …
Beijing’s Didi blast shakes $2tn of China stocks in US
U.S.-listed Chinese stocks, as measured by the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index, are trading at their biggest discount to general U.S. stocks since at least September 2016 — exceeding levels seen …
China threatens retaliation after U.S. blacklists more companies
China on Sunday said it will take “necessary measures” to respond to the U.S. blacklisting of Chinese companies over their alleged role in abuses of …