The northern Chinese city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing of all 14 million residents Wednesday following the discovery of 97 cases of the omicron variant during initial …
Monthly Archives For January 2022
China Is Finding Fewer Reliable Sources of Coal. That Could Be Bad News for the Climate
China is the world’s largest producer, consumer and importer of the dirty fuel, and how it shifts its power grid away from coal will have a significant impact on the world’s ability to tackle climate…
China’s Credit Stabilizes as PBOC Calls For More Home Loans
China’s credit expansion stabilized in December, after the central bank called for stable loan growth and an increase in lending to the struggling property industry.Most Read from BloombergEU Warns …
China continues to increase rubber imports from Vietnam
According to the Chinese Customs Administration’s statistics quoted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade‘s Import-Export Department, in the 11 months, China’s rubber import turnover (coded HS 4001, …
Volkswagen Wants to Double EV Sales in China This Year After Missing Targets in 2021
German carmaker Volkswagen is looking to get back on track as far as its operations in China are concerned, targeting twice as many EV sales in 2022 than they had last year, despite an ongoing…
China’s annual auto sales climb for first time since 2017
China’s auto sales last year grew for the first time since 2017, industry data showed on Wednesday, boosted in part by strong demand for new energy vehicles (NEVs), which saw sales jump 1.5 times in…
Beijing’s Winter Olympics Warning as COVID-19 Wave Hits China
Beijing traffic management authorities have warned residents to keep their distance from Winter Olympic vehicles operating as part of the COVID-19 closed-loop environment. Authorities warned that …
Omicron Deepens Uncertainty Surrounding Beijing Olympics
With the opening of the Winter Games three weeks away, officials in China are on high alert amid coronavirus outbreaks around the country.
China steps up construction along disputed Bhutan border, satellite images show
China has accelerated settlement-building along its disputed border with Bhutan, with more than 200 structures, including two-storey buildings, under construction in six locations, according to …
China new bank loans hit record $3.13 trln in 2021, despite drop in Dec
New bank lending in China fell more than expected in December from the previous month, but lending for the full year of 2021 set a record, as the central bank maintained policy support to cushion…
China hands out jail terms as long as 4 years for coronavirus lapses
The violations at a cargo company in Dalian, a port in the northeast, included failing to ensure employees wore masks, avoided visiting public venues …
China’s Tianjin orders more testing on 14 million residents
The northern Chinese city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing on all 14 million residents Wednesday following the discovery of 97 cases of the omicron variant during initial …
Foreign investment in emerging markets outside China comes to ‘abrupt standstill’
Foreign investment in emerging market stocks and bonds outside China has come to an “abrupt standstill” due to fears that many economies will not recover from the pandemic this year, according to a …
