The question is: will the WTA’s courageous act be a turning point for the international sports world and for business engagement with China? Even after the WTA’s decision to boycott China, reactions …
Monthly Archives For December 2021
China round-up: PBoC hikes forex RRR, lowers relending rate
PPI gap halted its decline for the first time since April 2020, posing an early signal for the improvement in profit margin.” There were Rmb1.27tr ($200bn) of new renminbi loans in China in November, …
Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID-19’s animal origins
Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. Most scientists believe it emerged in the wild and jumped from bats to humans, …
COVID-19 Drug Authorized for Use in China
Chinese authorities have approved a new COVID-19 drug, the first antibody therapy for the novel coronavirus to be sanctioned in the country. The antibody therapy is administered by intravenous …
Chinese mainland reports 37 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
A kid receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a school in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan) BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — The Chinese mainland on …
Police in China send girl, 14, back to parents who allegedly tried to sell her into marriage for $40,000
Police in northwestern China broke up the wedding of a 14-year-old girl whose parents allegedly tried to sell her into marriage with a stranger for a nearly $40,000 dowry, authorities said.
China trolls Biden summit with Harry Potter jokes and claims to be a democracy
These are among the odd arguments and analogies deployed in recent days during a Chinese Communist Party propaganda blitz to claim that China is as much a democracy as the United States. After China …
Two conditions are necessary to lift China’s property sector outlook, says analyst
Logan Wright of Rhodium Group says stabilizing property sales and credit growth can improve the outlook of China’s real estate sector.
China’s stock of unsold new homes hits 5-year high amid weak demand
Unsold housing stock in China’s 100 biggest cities rose to the highest in five years in November, according to a private sector survey, as weak demand in smaller centres added to headaches for the …
China Supports Debt Issuance by Developers to Fund Acquisitions – Sec Times
A Chinese self-regulatory body overseeing the interbank market will support debt issuance by qualified developers to fund acquisitions of real estate projects and finance completion of unfinished …
U.S. considers banning key exports to Chinese chipmaker SMIC – WSJ
Some Commerce Department officials are trying to block the Defense Department’s proposal, the Journal added, citing people familiar with the matter. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp …
China’s role in WTO reform: The solution or the problem?
It is only when everyone realizes that China is not the problem, but part of the solution, that WTO reform discussions can be carried forward in a more promising direction.
China’s SenseTime Discussing Fate of $767 Million Hong Kong IPO With Exchange -Sources
Chinese artificial intelligence startup SenseTime Group is discussing the fate of its planned $767 million Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) with the city’s stock exchange on Friday, two people …
