Leading business school in China, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), launches a report, “China’s Economy: Its Past, Present and Future,” featuring eight Chinese and global experts who …
Monthly Archives For September 2021
China beats Taiwan to the punch in announcing new Covid-19 vaccine delivery
China beat Taiwan to the punch on Wednesday (Sept 1) in announcing the delivery timetable for a highly politicised order of Covid-19 vaccines from BioNTech, saying the first 932,000 shots would arrive …
China administered total of 2.068 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Aug 31
China administered about 11.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Aug. 31, bringing the total number of doses administered to 2.068 billion, data from the National Health Commission showed on …
At MMA centre, China snowboarders grapple with COVID-19 pandemic’s impact
SHANGHAI: Chinese Olympic snowboarders Liu Jiayu and Cai Xuetong had a plan: compete against the world’s best and peak for the Beijing Winter Games, going for gold at home. Then the pandemic happened.
British sports car brand Lotus to produce EVs in Wuhan
Lotus Cars is to unveil four electric vehicles by 2026, as the British sports car maker owned by China’s Geely Holding Group accelerates its electrification campaign. Of them, there will be an SUV …
China beats Taiwan to the punch in announcing new vaccine delivery
China beat Taiwan to the punch on Wednesday in announcing the delivery timetable for a highly politicised order of COVID-19 vaccines from BioNTech SE, saying the first 932,000 shots would arrive on …
Association between COVID-19 mitigation measures and preterm birth rate in China
A new study published in British Medical Journal Global Health addresses the effect of COVID-19 mitigation measures on the preterm birth rate in China.
Zimbabwe’s foreign minister: Blaming China is not the way to defeat COVID-19
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Frederick Shava issued a statement on August 30, pointing out that blaming China is not the way to battle against COVID-19, only through …
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
Australian authorities on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne for another three weeks, as they shift their focus to rapid vaccination drives and move away from a suppression strategy …
Deutsche Bank lowers China’s GDP forecast to 8.2% for 2021
Tuan Huynh of Deutsche Bank International Private Bank says the bank has slashed China’s economic outlook for 2021 to 8.2% from 8.7%, citing weakness in the Chinese economy that has persisted for some …
Former bank chairman gets two-year reprieve on death sentence in China
Cai Guohua, former chairman of Hengfeng Bank, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve at his second trial for abuse of power, graft and other crimes, …
China’s ‘revolution’ cost investors $3 trillion. So why aren’t they running scared?
“Foreign investors who choose to invest in China find it remarkably difficult to recognise these risks,” billionaire investor George Soros wrote this week in the Financial Times. “Xi’s …
China’s 2021 internet sector in 5 snapshots, from tighter regulations to bumpy IPOs and shifting demographics
Bitcoin mining required so much energy that the sector would rank ninth among China’s 10 biggest carbon-emitting industrial urban centres by 2024, a dubious honour that explains why the Chinese …
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