China has been importing bulk amounts of cotton from countries including the US, India, and Brazil in recent months amid a global price rally which sent the crop’s price to a decade-high, the Global …
Monthly Archives For October 2021
China’s energy crisis: what caused the crunch?
China’s electricity crunch has alarmed authorities and panicked businesses. On Thursday Beijing ordered more coal miners to expand production dramatically, raising doubts about China’s promises to …
China adds crypto mining to ‘negative list’, limits or bans investment
China pushes crypto mining into the ‘negative list’ of industries, clamping down on the investment into crypto mining operations.
Could Beijing’s ‘common prosperity’ model work for Hong Kong?
Hong Kong, a cosmopolitan metropolis with one of the world’s most dynamic economies, brands itself as “Asia’s world city”. It is demoralising to witness how the poverty rate in this renowned global …
China to provide better education for veterans
BEIJING – Seven Chinese authorities have jointly issued a directive to improve vocational education for veterans and help them strengthen their capabilities of starting a career or their own business …
Antidumping duties, prices, and China: Free trade to the rescue!
This column argues that removing EU antidumping duties would at least partially ease the pressure on input and consumer prices. In contrast, the recent abandonment of China’s differential treatment in …
Companies prepare for a ‘selective decoupling’ with China
The Asia-based managing partner of one of the world’s largest law firms last week set out what he reckoned was the prevailing story of foreign business in China in the final quarter of 2021. Corporate…
Covid-19 vaccines: Has China made more than other countries combined?
China says it has provided more than half of all the Covid-19 vaccines manufactured globally. We’ve looked into this and found that the answer isn’t as straightforward as you might think. A video …
China raises nuclear submarine stealth game with redesign and tactics to ‘hide ID numbers’
The reconfigured Type 094 submarines will be stealthier, quieter, and able to hide ID numbers to confuse observers, a report and analysts say.
Health Talk:Don’t confuse lifting of restrictions with the disappearance of Covid-19
Covid-19 will be among us for a long time and we should always keep guard. So many people have lost their lives to many diseases and some of these ailments are avoidable, however, complacency has…
Taiwan angrily rebuffs China’s ‘reunification’ talk
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen responded Saturday to a vow made earlier in the day by Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which the Chinese leader said he wanted to see a “peaceful reunification” with …
China Presses US to Cancel Tariffs
China said on Saturday that it had pressed the United States to eliminate tariffs in talks between the countries’ top trade officials that Washington saw as a test of bilateral engagement between the …
Eyes on China to lead the way to stop biodiversity loss
Kunming will host a top environmental conference next week, with participants taking stock of progress on targets set a decade ago.
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