On the island of Hengsha, 60 kilometers north of downtown Shanghai, many older adults rely on a 10-square-meter mobile service office. As the only mobile service office on the island, one person …
Monthly Archives For July 2021
Tencent’s US$5.7 billion Shenzhen campus costs more than Apple Park. Here’s a peek at its green credentials
Tencent, the Chinese technology giant, is ditching the old playbook of cookie-cutter office blocks for its new Shenzhen headquarters, which is being developed keeping sustainability in mind.
Hong Kong drinks company Vitasoy faces China netizen calls for boycott
Beverage maker Vitasoy (0345.HK) has become the latest target of Chinese netizen calls for a boycott after an employee circulated a memo online offering condolences to the family of a worker who had …
No Stealth for You: Why China Won’t Export Its J-20 Fighter
The Chinese government has never exported, nor even tried to export, its J-20 stealth fighter. There’s one major reason why. In the years immediately following the Chengdu-built J-20’s 2011 debut, …
Javier Miranda hails China turning COVID-19 vaccines into global public good
Javier Miranda, the president of Frente Amplio of Uruguay, has hailed China’s efforts in turning COVID-19 vaccines into a global public good. He said the commitment of the Chinese government to …
National security law: UN rights official calls on Beijing to allow fact-finding mission to Hong Kong
UN special rapporteur Clement Voule puts forward request at meeting on sidelines of Human Rights Council in Geneva, but Beijing slams such moves as interferenceHong Kong activists based overseas tell …
Banks accused of Beijing-backed ‘asset grab’ as Hongkongers in UK denied access to pension savings
But they have been unable to retrieve the HKD500,000 they spent decades building up in HSBC pension funds, and accuse the finance giant of playing politics with their money. A growing number of …
Will Tencent give sustainability, green buildings a boost with its new, cutting-edge Net City campus in Shenzhen?
Tencent, the Chinese technology giant, is ditching the old playbook of cookie-cutter office blocks for its new Shenzhen headquarters, which is being developed keeping sustainability in mind.
Biden nominates UPenn president for ambassadorship following China disclosure complaint
President Biden has nominated the China-linked president of the University of Pennsylvania to be the next U.S. ambassador to Germany.
How China grew from buyer to major arms trade player
China has long been engaged in an arms race with other global leaders to import and produce the most advanced military technology. But where does it acquire its foreign weapons, and where do its own…
Fawning and complacent, the West has eased China’s path to power
Fifty years ago this week, Henry Kissinger, then the US national security adviser, travelled to Beijing on a secret mission. His task? To reset relations between China and the US, a moment that must …
Commentary: China’s COVID-19 successes – credible at home, not so much abroad
By all accounts, China has beaten COVID-19 but there are still doubts, especially over its vaccines. NUS’ East Asian Institute’s Ryan Ho gives his …
South Africa approves China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine – health ministry
South Africa’s health minister said on Saturday that authorities had approved China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for domestic use, as the country faces a crippling third wave of infections that has …
