China, in a report filed to the United Nations earlier this month, accused SpaceX of endangering the country’s new space station and taikonauts on board through close encounters with at least two of …
Monthly Archives For December 2021
Chinese Professor Lands $3.4 Billion Fortune With SenseTime IPO
Just weeks after the U.S. placed a unit of SenseTime Group Inc. on a blacklist for alleged human rights violations, the firm is about to make founder Tang Xiao’ou one of the world’s richest …
China orders millions more into lockdown after Covid-19 flare-up
Despite facing a much smaller outbreak compared with global virus hotspots, China has not relaxed its “zero Covid” strategy …
COVID-19, aging population disrupting China’s attempt to stabilise market in 2022
Beijing: COVID-19 spike and fast aging population have emerged as the new threat for China to fight the task of stabilising employment next year, media reports said.
A Delta flight headed to Shanghai turned back midway over China’s new COVID-19 cleaning rules
The flight left passengers with expired US visas and COVID-19 test results, The Associated Press reported, citing Chinese media reports.
Coronavirus: WHO warns of Omicron overload as China, Europe impose new curbs
China put hundreds of thousands more people under lockdown, while infections hit new highs across Europe and in several US states. Covid-19 surges have wreaked havoc around the world, forcing many …
China calls US decision to send diplomatic services to Beijing amid boycott ‘baffling’
China on Tuesday said that the Biden administration’s decision to send U.S. consular staff to Beijing with American athletes for the Winter Olympics was “baffling” amid the diplomatic boycott.
C. Bank governor says China about to issue low-cost loans for emissions cuts
China’s central bank will by the end of the month issue a first batch of low-cost loans to financial institutions to enable carbon emissions cuts, state-owned Xinhua reported on Tuesday, citing an …
Beijing Olympics 2022: David Quinn named head coach of U.S. men’s hockey team
In his absence, David Quinn has been named the team’s new head coach for the United States men’s hockey team at the Beijing Olympics. In addition, the team named John Vanbiesbrouck as its general …
China Rips $770 Billion U.S. Defense Bill as ‘Political Manipulation’
“We urge [the U.S.] to discard the obsolete Cold War zero-sum mentality and ideological bias,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said.
Top U.S. Official in Taiwan Says China Military Flights ‘Not Acceptable’
Sandra Oudkirk, director of the American Institute in Taiwan, said the Chinese military air incursions are destabilizing and “run the risk of miscalculation.” …
A Delta flight headed to Shanghai turned back mid-way over China’s new COVID-19 cleaning rules
The flight left passengers with expired US visas and COVID-19 test results, the Associated Press reported, citing Chinese media reports.
Walmart, Intel face backlash in China for avoiding imports from Xinjiang under new U.S. law
America’s largest companies are already facing a backlash from the passage of a new U.S. law that severely restricts imports from the Xinjiang region …
