The China stock market has finished lower in back-to-back trading days, retreating almost 30 points or 0.8 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just beneath the 3,565-point …
Monthly Archives For November 2021
XTransfer intensifies world expansion of financial services
Chinese cross-border payment operator XTransfer is intensifying efforts to go global in a move to facilitate foreign trade for overseas small and medium-sized businesses by providing them with better …
Pandemic travel: tests for Covid-19, which ones China recognises, and are anal swabs necessary?
If you’re planning travel to China, learn the difference between RT-PCR and antigen testing, IgM versus IgG and how many tests to expect before and after your flight.
China leading in development of smart cockpit technologies
Intelligent cockpits integrate smart technologies with multiple driving functions, such as voice recognition for vehicle commands and the entertainment and navigation systems. According to a report …
China’s carbon emissions fall for first time since Covid-19 lockdowns, says report
China’s CO2 emissions fell in the third quarter for the first time since the country reopened from Covid-19 lockdowns, research published Thursday showed, in what experts said could mark a carbon …
Beijing targets Taiwanese companies with operations in China
China has targeted a large corporate donor to Taiwanese political election campaigns with extensive business in the mainland as it broadens efforts to undermine support for the country’s governing pro …
Academic gets £80k grant to defend Beijing in thesis accusing MPs of spreading ‘moral panic’
The Government will sponsor a doctoral thesis that is expected to criticise parliamentarians who campaign against Beijing’s human rights abuses.
Kenya returns to colonial rail after Beijing hits buffers
A stretch of colonial-era railway is being untangled from the bush in a realisation of Kenya’s most ambitious infrastructure project since independence.The lin …
Yuan Surge Shows Traders’ Faith in Hands-Off Central Bank
An unstoppable ascent in the yuan is signaling Beijing’s growing ease with gradually freeing up one of the world’s most tightly-managed currencies.
China Cash Flowed Through Congo Bank to Former President’s Cronies
The Chinese businessman had walked out of a bank in Kinshasa with 13,624 hundred-dollar bills, 10,001 fifties and 43,000 smaller U.S. notes, despite explicit instructions to prevent it from happening.
China’s Bond Watchers Are Missing a Big Part of the Picture
China’s real estate developers owe more than $200 billion in dollar-denominated bonds. Naturally, investors are trying to identify which among them might be the next China Evergrande Group, whose …
China blowback looms for Schumer’s Innovation and Competition Act
After months of discord and delay, the House will soon be moving ahead on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s China-targeted $250 billion U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, bolstered by a …
Apple becomes largest smartphone brand in China in October 2021
Tech giant Apple has surpassed smartphone brand Vivo to emerge as the largest smartphone vendor in China in October 2021, says a report.
