Deliveries of pine nuts to China were first formalized in 2018 under the Western-backed government in Kabul with annual exports worth up to $800 million. By end of 2019, Afghan traders had inked over …
Monthly Archives For December 2021
China’s property woes have worsened as home prices slipped in November amid a growing liquidity crisis among the country’s developers
China’s new home prices in 100 cities dipped 0.04% in November from a month earlier, compared with 0.09% growth in October.
Opinion: Why China Is Unlikely to Fall Into the Middle-Income Trap
The belief is that other countries implementing the exact same policies as China would also grow by an average of 8 to 10 percent for 40 years. China’s meteoric rise since the 1980’s has been…
China Plans to Ban Loophole Used by Tech Firms for Foreign IPOs
China is planning to ban companies from going public on foreign stock markets through variable interest entities, according to people familiar with the matter, closing a loophole long used by the …
China PMI: China is mining much more coal again and that’s boosting its factories
Its big factories are staging a recovery as a power crunch that held back production starts to ease because of a big jump in coal supply.
China’s birthrate in 2020 just hit another record low. But the worst is yet to come
China’s birthrate in 2020 has hit another record low — and there’s no indication things are about to pick up anytime soon.
China says 85% of citizens will use Mandarin by 2025
China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025. The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as …
Thai students train in China for railways
Under the joint training program for high-speed railway talent development between China and Thailand, Kantithat and 39 other Thai students first received one-month language training at the Confucius …
Zero-sugar Oreos see weak China response despite healthy snacking trend
Initial reaction from the launch of Oreo Zero sugar-free cookies in China has been disappointing, Mondelez International Inc’s CEO said, underscoring some of the challenges facing the global snack …
China reaped big health benefits from early Covid-19 lockdowns, researchers say
Roughly 347,000 non-coronavirus deaths might have been prevented in 7 months, more than half from cardiovascular diseases, researchers find.
Beijing expects 3 million avian ‘guests’ in winter
Beijing is expecting to accommodate over 3 million migratory birds this winter as avian migration peaks, according to Municipal Forestry and Parks Bureau. Since September, wildlife monitoring stations …
‘Hunt for Taiwanese’: Group says Beijing has pushed for deportation of Taiwan nationals to China
Safeguard Defenders said Beijing had pressured governments — including those of the Philippines and Cambodia — to extradite hundreds of Taiwanese mostly accused of telecoms fraud to China.
Diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 is selfish and harmful
While athletes around the world are eagerly awaiting the opening of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games in 66 days, a few western politicians have made noises of a …
