Bananas once again tipped the scales as the major agricultural export crop for Laos in 2021, reports Laotian Times.
Monthly Archives For January 2022
The ‘China shock’ of trade in the 2000s reverberates in US politics and economics
In December 1978, the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping introduced economic reforms that dramatically altered China’s …
Beijing’s largest natural ice rink opens
Visitors were riding ice bicycles on the frozen lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing. (Xinhua/Luo Xin) BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — Beijing’s largest natural ice rink, located in the Summer Palace, …
China Offers Kazakhstan Security Support, Opposes ‘External Forces’
China is willing to increase “law enforcement and security” cooperation with neighbouring Kazakhstan and help oppose interference by “external forces”, China’s foreign minister said on Monday, after …
Xiamen Voke Mold&Plastic Engineering’s IPO to debut on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Xiamen Voke Mold&Plastic Engineering (301196) to start trading on the Shenzhen ChiNext Market Jan 11, tomorrow. The firm has issued 31.20 mln shares priced at RMB 64.08 per share raising RMB 2 bln.
Tomlinson: Communists turning China into nightmare for U.S. businesses
China was the land of opportunity when it welcomed U.S. companies in the 1990s, but like so many naïve corporate dreams under authoritarian states, doing business there has become a nightmare.
China urges its consumer goods firms to make more ‘innovative’ products
China’s industry ministry on Monday proposed guidelines that it said it hoped could encourage its consumer goods enterprises to be more innovative with their products, giving examples such as smart …
Supreme Court dismisses plea asking for action against China for spreading COVID-19 virus as biological weapon; calls it ‘publicity stunt’
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea alleging that China is deliberately spreading the COVID-19 virus as a biological weapon. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh dismissed a …
Community spread of COVID-19 slowing down in China, data shows
Daily local transmission cases in China fall below 100, Taiwan reports 6 more infections linked to growing airport cluster – Anadolu Agency …
Nearly 2.9 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland
A citizen receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Yinchuan, capital city of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua) BEIJING, Jan. 10 …
Cities in China tighten Covid-19 restrictions
China has reported more cases of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant today, with authorities on high alert over flare-ups in major cities just weeks ahead of the Beijing Winter …
Shenzhen on alert as another Covid-19 infection is found
Four cases have been detected since Friday and all are linked but the source is unknown, according to city’s health commission.
Beijing accuses US of inciting Lithuania over Taiwan
Beijing on Monday accused Washington of inciting Lithuania to “contain China” in a feud over the status of self-ruled Taiwan after U.S. officials expressed support for the European Union-member …
