Chinese state media on Wednesday reported that many minors are able to purchase e-cigarettes in the country despite a ban on sales to under-18s and cited a child-protection expert as saying a tougher …
Monthly Archives For August 2021
China stocks are bull traps as market regulators’ pain threshold remains untested: BCA Research
Investors should resist buying the dip in Chinese stocks for now because more losses are likely to unfold, according to BCA Research. The fallout so far has not tested Beijing’s pain threshold.
China Struggles with Socio-environmental Standards in Latin America
In southeast Mexico, work on the Yucatan Solar Park, owned by the Chinese company Jinko Solar, has been halted since 2020 for lack of proper consultation with indigenous communities, after affected …
Millions Tested for COVID-19 After Outbreak Reported in Wuhan, China
More than 2.5 million people in Wuhan, China, had taken COVID-19 tests in a 24-hour period ending Wednesday, August 4, after an outbreak was reported in the city on Monday, according to local …
China reports highest corona cases in 6 months
BEIJING: China on Wednesday reported its highest daily number of local coronavirus cases in months as mass testing campaigns uncovered a trail of Delta variant infections, prompting authorities to …
China seals Zhangjiajie city as its worst coronavirus outbreak in a year intensifies
China has sealed the city of Zhangjiajie, an emerging Covid-19 hotspot. Authorities have barred residents from leaving their homes and have also barred people, including tourists, from leaving the …
South China Morning Post experiments with blockchain to record ‘shared human history’
The publisher will turn its archives into NFTs that can be viewed, collected and traded by the public. But why does this matter to a news organisation?
What Kris Wu’s fall says about the future for brand-celebrity relationships in China
Brands in China have come to rely on “traffic stars” to help drive sales, but the high-profile partnerships can prove to be a double-edged sword.
China steps up brutal crackdown on foreign backers
China’s business plutocrats have lost billions of dollars during Beijing’s months-long campaign to bring the technology industry to heel. For foreign investors …
China battles worst COVID outbreak in months
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Coronavirus surfaced again in Wuhan, China: 61 new cases in a single day, all the people of the city will be investigated
The spread of corona virus is increasing once again in Wuhan, China. Authorities in Wuhan said on Tuesday that they would test everyone in the city of Wuhan for corona. Wuhan is the same city…
Chinese crypto addresses sent $2.2 billion to scams, darknets in 2019-2021 — report
The big reason is the absence of large-scale Ponzi schemes such as the 2019 scam involving crypto wallet and exchange PlusToken that originated in China, it noted. Users and customers lost an …
UK Reconsiders Letting China Enter Its Nuclear Power Industry Over Financial Risks
After UK & China reached 2015 agreement allowing Beijing to take an ownership stake in Britain’s power plants, now London is reportedly having second thoughts.
