Authorities in China have sentenced ex-Beijing News publisher and co-founder Dai Zigeng to eight years’ imprisonment for “bribery”, media reports said on Tuesday.
Monthly Archives For November 2021
China’s battery raw materials imports in October 2021
A summary of China’s battery raw materials imports for October 2021, from the latest Chinese customs data In brief • China’s imports of cobalt intermediates decreased on both a monthly and a yearly …
China’s Biggest AI Firm Says It Won’t Face Cybersecurity Review Before Hong Kong IPO
SenseTime Group Inc., China’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) company by revenue, said cyberspace authorities have not required it to undergo a cybersecurity review ahead of an IPO on the Hong …
China tells Alibaba, Baidu cloud units to better prevent telecoms fraud
China’s industry ministry on Tuesday said its cyberspace administration and police had summoned the cloud units of Alibaba and Baidu Inc to urge them to better prevent telecom network fraud.
U.S.–China Balance of Power in Ukraine
The West remains focused on Russian activities in Ukraine, but China is actively increasing its influence in Ukraine through investment and trade agreements. This situation deserves more attention …
No money-making on the mainland for any secession-backing business: China Daily editorial
It shows that Beijing is making good on its vow that the days have gone when the island’s secessionists and their funders could make money on the Chinese mainland while brazenly trying to split the…
Beijing calmps down on Taiwanese companies that support Taipei independence
Communist China’s battle against Taiwan’s “die-hard secessionists” seems to be spreading to the island’s companies operating in Chinese territory. Last night, …
Beijing 2022 Olympic Village undergoes tests prior to official opening
Athletes’ Village has undergone a series of tests in preparation for its opening prior to next year’s Winter Olympics.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin will be in Beijing for 2022 Winter Olympics
The announcement comes at a time when major winter sport countries such as the US and Canada are considering a diplomatic boycott.
The ominously obscure case of Peng Shuai — a glimpse behind the armour of Beijing’s iron fist
The well-being of the Chinese tennis player, after she made claims of being sexually assaulted by a leading member of the country’s government, is still unclear despite China’s efforts to diffuse the …
UN whistleblower fired for calling foul over China as Blackburn slams China’s ‘malign influence’ at world body
A whistleblower who warned her bosses at the U.N. Human Rights office that China was getting information on dissidents coming to speak at the world body has been fired.
China’s central bank to dole out more financial policies to support SMEs, manufacturing
The People’s Bank of China (PBC), the country’s central bank, will appropriately raise risk tolerance and increase medium- and long-term loans to bolster manufacturing, and ramp up financial support …
Singapore-Chongqing financial connectivity strengthens amid pandemic
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Tuesday in a press release that the financial connectivity between Singapore and China’s Chongqing Municipality has strengthened over the past year …
