Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) elected as their leader on Saturday former New Taipei City mayor Eric Chu who said he would rekindle stalled high-level contacts with China’s ruling Communist Party. China …
Monthly Archives For September 2021
China: Robust exports to accelerate economic rebound
Research by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) stated that the Chinese economy is projected to keep its rebound during the rest of this year beca …
Cotton linter import of China keeps rising in Aug
According to customs data, China imports 21.141kt of cotton linter in Aug 2021, down 12.9 m-o-m but up 193.3% y-o-y. The monthly import has been stabilizing above 20kt, which is the fourth time of …
France Doubles Vaccine Pledge; China’s New Cluster: Virus Update
A federal judge temporarily blocked New York City’s school system, the largest in the U.S., from imposing a vaccine mandate for teachers and other staff. The state’s governor, Kathy Hochul, released …
‘No money’: The human toll of China Evergrande’s financial crisis
As China Evergrande tries to claw its way out of financial crisis and global markets fret over its fate, the lives of the ordinary people who work for the property developer and its many contractors…
Evergrande Not Enough to Deter Investcorp From China Expansion
Investcorp Holdings BSC, one of the largest foreign buyers of U.S. real estate, remains bullish on the world’s biggest economy and expects the crisis enveloping China Evergrande Group to offer fresh …
Blockchain will transform government services, and that’s just the beginning
Many forward-thinking countries that are experimenting with blockchain are beginning to recognize its expansive potential beyond simply improving government services.
Huge crowd passionately sing national song at Shenzhen airport to welcome Huawei CFO home
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou has received a hero’s welcome when she landed in Shenzhen’s Bao’an International Airport on Saturday night, Sep. 25. Speaking to the press immediately after alighting from the …
Crypto exchange giants stop taking China users as ban widens
Exchange operators Huobi and Binance have stopped letting traders use mainland China mobile numbers to register new accounts.
China’s Covid-19 cases lowest since latest outbreak, but National Day holiday a big worry
China reported nine locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the lowest number since the latest outbreak started about two weeks ago, as the country stepped up disease control measures ahead of …
Freed from Canada, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou hailed as hero upon return to China
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who spent nearly three years in house arrest in Canada, returned home late Saturday, ending a prolonged extradition fight with the United States and sparking an outburst …
China’s Xi warns of ‘grim’ Taiwan situation in letter to opposition
The situation in the Taiwan Strait is “complex and grim”, Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote in a congratulatory letter on Sunday to the newly elected leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party, who has …
US hypocrisy ‘deeply hurt’ Hong Kong, says city’s finance chief, as he urges Washington to respect Chinese sovereignty
Financial Secretary Paul Chan lauds Beijing’s list of ‘US crimes’ and urges Americans to respect Chinese sovereignty and stop meddling in city’s affairs.