Investors’ concerns over the regulatory crackdown has led to sharp sell-offs on China’s share markets, reducing the market capitalisation of some of its largest companies including Alibaba Group …
Monthly Archives For September 2021
China: ‘We really are not even in the beginning stages’ of the tech crackdown, short-seller says
Beijing’s latest moves to crackdown on various sectors in the Chinese economy is spooking some investors, and one short seller is calling for a full withdrawal of Chinese investments.
Hanif Sufizada: Minerals, drugs and China: How the Taliban might finance their new Afghan government
The Taliban have at least five significant potential sources of revenue as they begin to govern Afghanistan again.
Sustainable finance ‘talent war’ erupts in Hong Kong amid rise in regulatory demands, green products
A rising demand for corporate sustainability data disclosures, strategy formulation and green finance products issuances has led to the emergence of a “talent war” in Hong Kong as it vies to become a …
Gottlieb: COVID-19 origins may never be known
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in an interview released on Sunday that the origins of COVID-19 may never be discovered. “Either we find the intermediate …
Coronavirus: China offers 400,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Burkina Faso
Burkinabe authorities received on Saturday at Ouagadougou International Airport 400,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines as a donation from the Chinese government …
Former Joint Chiefs chair: Nothing unusual about Milley’s contacts with China
Michael Mullen, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Sunday said there was nothing abnormal about the reported conversations between Gen. Mark Milley and his counterparts in China. According …
China defends crackdown on tech firms in meeting with Wall Street executives: Report
Global investors have been spooked in recent months by a flurry of Chinese regulations targeting sectors ranging from technology, gaming and private tutoring.
Mainland China bans Taiwan wax and sugar apple imports as cross-strait relations continue to worsen
Beijing says plant pests have been found in sugar and wax apples imported from Taiwan, but the island’s authorities say no proof was provided.
Capsized river boat leaves 10 dead in southwest China
A boat that capsized on a river in southwest China has left at least 10 people dead, with another five still missing, according to state media on Sunday. CCTV said that the ship overturned shortly…
Op-ed: Will China’s President Xi’s big bet pay off?
Chinese President Xi Jinping is making the most audacious geopolitical bet of the 21st century. For China, that bet has many faces: a rapid rollback of economic liberalization, a crackdown on …
CPTPP: Trump abandoned this giant trade deal. Now, China wants in
The CPTPP is an 11-country free trade pact that came into force in December 2018 and includes Mexico, Australia, Canada and Singapore. It succeeded the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after the United …
China intensifies monitoring operations against illegal cryptocurrency mining
One of China’s previous crypto mining hubs, the Development and Reformation Commission of China in Inner Mongolia, has recently announced that it has already …
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