As China’s powerful leaders increasingly behave in a capricious and unpredictable manner, more organisations and individuals like Irish businessman Richard O’Halloran are in danger of being caught in …
Monthly Archives For January 2022
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Ultimate guide to Team USA athletes with Connecticut ties
Winter Olympics open Friday in Beijing, China. and a number of U.S. athletes with Connecticut ties will be competing, including three-time Olympic luger Tucker West of Ridgefield and Kristen Santos, a …
Elana Meyers Taylor: Competing in Beijing ‘Says More Than Any Boycott Could’
In an opinion piece for USA Today, the popular athlete addressed concerns activists have raised about the host country.
China’s Jan factory activity contracts as COVID lockdowns bite – Caixin PMI
“It became more evident that China’s economy is straining under the triple pressures of contracting demand, supply shocks and weakening expectations.” A surge of COVID-19 cases since late December in …
Shenzhen sees GDP exceed 3 trillion yuan in 2021
South China’s metropolis of Shenzhen, a technological powerhouse, saw its gross domestic product (GDP) top 3 trillion yuan (about 471 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, said the municipal statistics …
Could China’s new combat drone be a rival to the US Army’s Grey Eagle?
E’s first flight show it has similar features to the American drone, which was designed for surveillance and precision strikes According to military researcher, engine technology is still an issue for …
Here’s Why War With China Could Elevate to Nuclear Strikes
New Chinese nuclear systems are now coming online. But why? Here’s What to Remember: Chinese strategists seem to be increasingly practiced (at least in a domestic context) at selling the argument that …
Vancouver activists urge Canadians to boycott Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Dozens of activists gathered in downtown Vancouver on Saturday afternoon to declare they will not be watching the upcoming Winter Olympic games in Beijing, and are encouraging other Canadians to do …
Team USA touches down in Beijing for winter Olympics
Team USA has arrived to biohazard suits, testing, and tight restrictions in Beijing ahead of the winter Olympics. For thousands of athletes and officials, China’s zero Covid policy means limited …
China’s zero-Covid policy puts growth under threat
British cheese-processing boss Nagma Ebanks-Beni sat down in Shanghai three years ago to listen to an unusual request from her Chinese buyer: couldn’t the fluff …
China donates more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Tanzania’s Zanzibar
Tanzania’s Zanzibar on Friday received 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine from China. The vaccines were handed over to the Representative of the Zanzibar Revolutionary Government, Minister …
China Government Buys a Hyatt Property From Struggling Developer
Chinese developer Shimao Group said on Friday it would sell a hotel in Shanghai to state-owned Shanghai Land Group for $707.83 million.
China’s short video war: WeChat invests in Channels to take on Douyin and Kuaishou in battle for eyeballs and advertising spend
The fight for the attention span of short video viewers is heating up in China, and it is turning into a slugfest between WeChat, the ubiquitous super app operated by Tencent Holdings, Douyin, the …
