China hopes that the World Health Organization (WHO) will adhere to the spirit of science, professionalism and objectivity, and work with the international community to maintain the scientific and …
Monthly Archives For July 2021
Beijing building new ‘Great Wall’ in South China Sea as it opens massive military base on disputed island fortress
CHINA is secretly building a new ‘Great Wall” in the South China Sea it is claimed. Beijing has opened a massive military base on a disputed island fortress in the strategic region as …
The face of global luxury brands in China is at the heart of a #MeToo storm
Chinese consumers are siding with a woman who leveled serious allegations against Wu, and calling on luxury brands to drop him.
Coronavirus prevention measures may have sabotaged China’s fight against nearsightedness
A study of almost 2.5 million Chinese students by the government health service found the number of children with myopia rose by 2.5 per cent in 2020.
Republicans Want Digital Yuan Restricted at Beijing Olympics
Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn, Roger Wicker, and Cynthia Lummis urged the U.S. Olympic Committee to forbid American athletes from using China’s new digital currency at the 2022 Beijing Winter …
Biden Accusing China of Hacking Microsoft Signals Beijing’s Free Pass Is Over, Says ITIF
Hacking practices backed by the Chinese government have been ignored on the international stage for years-treated as something not to be mentioned in polite company. But the Biden administration’s …
China Tells Australia to Stop With ‘Groundless Accusations,’ Take Care of Own Issues
The UNESCO committee deemed the Great Barrier Reef “in danger.” Australian government suspected it was a political move on China’s part.
U.S., NATO and EU to blame China for cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange servers
A new joint effort by NATO members, the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and Japan will address the threat posed by Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks.
China Evergrande dives as property sector worries deepen
Shares and bonds in China Evergrande, the country’s most indebted developer, plunged on Monday after news a Chinese court had frozen one of its bank accounts deepened concern over the impact of …
China Evergrande, hit by a US$2.71 billion stock sell-off, threatens to sue lender as debt controversy turns ugly
China Evergrande has threatened to take legal action against a local bank after the lender froze some of its deposits onshore. The stock crashed 16 per cent in Hong Kong, the most in nine months.
China Evergrande Stock, Bonds Fall After Court Ruling
A lender won a legal ruling freezing about $20 million of the indebted Chinese property developer’s assets, intensifying concerns about its ability to repay its debt.
DiDi Means War – A Financial Cold War With China
Beijing’s move against DiDi – 2 days after its IPO – shows that China intends to discourage Chinese companies from listing their shares in New York. It appears that Beijing has decided on a …
US revives WTO grain import quota case as China lags behind in commitments to buy American farm goods
A long-running dispute between the United States and China over Beijing’s import controls on rice, wheat and corn has been reignited at the World Trade Organization (WTO), adding to trade tensions …
