Data point to China having posted a record trade surplus with the U.S. in 2021, thanks in large part to Americans’ pandemic-stoked appetite for Chinese-made goods, from home electronics to bicycles …
Monthly Archives For January 2022
Omicron in Shenzhen unrelated to previous cases
The second local case of coronavirus infection by the Omicron variant in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, is not related to any previous infection, based on the epidemiological investigation and gene …
Space debris from Russian missile test came within metres of hitting Chinese satellite, Beijing claims
Beijing has said space debris caused by a Russian anti-satellite missile test came within metres of knocking out a Chinese satellite in the latest near-miss cau …
China warns of ‘serious consequences’ after tracking US warship
People’s Liberation Army spokesman says USS Benfold ‘illegally entered’ Chinese waters …
China cuts rates as others plan hikes
China’s ailing property sector has stirred Beijing policymakers into action. The country on Thursday (January 20) cut key one- and five-year loan rates.That followed a surprise move by the Bank of …
Japan’s 2021 LNG imports slip, gives up world’s top buyer spot to China
Japan’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fell 0.2% in 2021 to 74.32 million tonnes, giving up the world’s largest buyer spot to China which increased its imports of the super-chilled fuel by 18% …
China Orders Entertainment and Tech Firms to Stay in Their Lane
Chinese regulators teamed up on Wednesday to issue a volley of orders that will crimp the expansion of the country’s entertainment and tech giants, including Alibaba, Tencent and TikTok-owner …
Covid-19 in China: cases continue to fall as Tianjin says Omicron outbreak is under control
The country has adopted strict measures to curb the outbreak in the run-up to the Winter Olympics and Lunar New Year After a warning that post could spread the virus, Guangzhou city tells people who…
Are China’s Property Firms Too Big to Fail?
“They’ve proved they are willing to allow some of China’s kind of bigger developers to fail.” The Chinese government is under pressure again to reduce the threat of a real estate meltdown to the …
EXCLUSIVE China puts 4 mln bbls of Iran oil into state reserves -source, Vortexa
China has offloaded close to four million barrels of Iranian crude oil into state reserve tanks in the southern port city of Zhanjiang over the past few weeks, a trade source and ship tracking …
China Community c-Commerce Market Report 2022 Featuring Alibaba Group, JD.com, Pinduoduo, & Xingsheng Youxuan
The “China Community E-commerce Market: Size, Trends & Forecast with Impact Analysis of COVID 19 (2021-2025)” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The report provides an …
Xinhua Commentary: Slander against China’s anti-pandemic approach exposes West’s arrogance, bias
A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid test at a COVID-19 testing site in north China’s Tianjin, Jan. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo) With the approach of timely …
China Says U.S. Navy Intruded Into Waters Near South China Sea Islands
The Japan-based U.S. 7th Fleet’s first “freedom of navigation operation” of the year took a Navy warship through the waters around the disputed Paracel Islands.
