China’s lottery sales, which tend to fall as the jobless rate rises, have dropped since August, pointing to a worsening employment situation than the official data shows, according to Soochow …
Monthly Archives For November 2021
Finance Committee Republicans Send Letter to Biden Calling for Increased Digital Trade in the Indo-Pacific
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska), sent a letter to President Biden requesting that the Administration begin digital trade negotiations with our allies …
China punishes mockery, questions about historical figures: ‘This is self-wounding’
China has started to punish its residents who either criticize or mock historical figures in a move that sees the ruling party exert greater control over the nation’s population.
China’s October exports beat forecasts, offer buffer to the slowing economy
China’s export growth slowed in October but beat forecasts, helped by booming global demand ahead of winter holiday seasons, an easing power crunch and an improvement in supply chains that had been …
China Development Foundation: Financial Firm Chaired by Angelo Koo Moves to Green HQ
TAIPEI, TAIWAN / ACCESSWIRE / November 9, 2021 / CDIB Capital Group, as part of the China Development Financial Holding Corporation (CDF) (TWSE:2883), recently celebrated the opening of its new …
China’s census accuracy faces reality check in Covid-19 vaccination and testing
An inability by some Chinese cities to use all of their allocated vaccinations for the local populations could suggest that population figures were misreported in those places.
China donates 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda
Rwanda has received an additional 300,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine along with syringe donated by China as the country is stepping up efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible …
Key meeting of China’s political elites underway in Beijing
Several hundred top members of the Chinese Communist Party are meeting behind closed doors this week in Beijing, where they will map out key plans for the nation’s future.Why it matters: It’s the last …
Satellite images show China built mock-ups of U.S. naval aircraft
Satellite images show China has built mock-ups of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and destroyer in its northwestern desert, possibly for practice for a future naval clash as tensions rise between the …
Not Everything Needs to Be ‘on the Blockchain’
But how much of the tech we already use today really needs a crypto component? This article is excerpted from The Node, CoinDesk’s daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto …
Beijing labels US spying charge against Chinese citizen ‘pure fabrication’
The Chinese government on Monday slammed the conviction of a Chinese citizen for stealing trade secrets from U.S.
China using mocked-up US aircraft carrier for target practice in desert, satellite images suggest
New satellite images suggest China built mock-ups of a US Navy aircraft carrier and destroyer, which worries some that the United States might be headed for a collision with the People’s Republic of …
Chinese State Media Mocks U.S. Infrastructure Bill: ‘Feeble Imitation of China’
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed Friday includes $555 billion in new funding for roads, bridges, broadband and more.