China and the United States have reached a “stalemate” in the process to resume trade talks despite the expiry of their phase-one trade deal last week, with no clear indication from either Beijing or …
Monthly Archives For January 2022
China accuses Walmart of ‘stupidity’ for pulling Xinjiang products
Walmart is the latest Western brand to become caught up in controversy while attempting to navigate Chinese politics. In December 2021, Chinese users began posting on social media that they could no …
China will modernize, not drastically expand, its nuclear arsenal: senior diplomat
China has no plan to drastically expand its nuclear arsenal but the country will continue to modernize it under the changing security environment, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday in response …
China’s expat tax breaks extension praised by Western companies, but business concerns remain
European Chamber of Commerce in China says decision will ‘stem the flow of foreign talent’ Protectionism, an opaque regulatory system and travel restrictions still frustrate multinationals China’s …
China Hi-Tech Fair Organizing Committee Office: CHTF 2021 Wraps: Advance High-Quality Development and Build a Novel Development Pattern
The 23rd China Hi-tech Fair concluded successfully on December 31, 2021 in Shenzhen, capping a three-day offline exhibition and a five-day online …
China COVID-19 app failure hinders response in locked-down Xian
A mother lost her baby after waiting over two hours when a hospital wouldn’t let her in without an app-based code to show she was infection-free, according to a post on Weibo.
China’s Locked Down City Thrown Into Chaos After Covid App Crash
China’s Covid-19 health code system that strictly governs people’s movements crashed in Xi’an this week, worsening conditions in the locked-down city where the country’s worst outbreak since Wuhan has …
Beijing’s smog woes cast pall over ‘green’ Winter Olympics
Beijing’s air pollution is far below acceptable World Health Organization levels with the Chinese capital a month away from hosting the Winter Olympics –- but environmental data shows its skies …
Cabinet predicts stronger unification propaganda from Beijing
Beijing may take a more diverse approach to push its cross-Taiwan Strait unification propaganda in the post-COVID era, Taiwan’s Cabinet said Tuesday in a report examining current Taiwan-China …
A month before 2022 Winter Games, Beijing enacts COVID ‘closed loop’
With a month to go before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics organisers have begun a “closed loop” operation to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak among Games participants from leaking into China’s …
Xi Focus: Xi encourages Chinese athletes to strive for excellence at Beijing 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged the country’s athletes to work hard for excellence at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central …
Tales of anguish emerge from China’s locked-down Xi’an as hospitals demand patients are covid-free
Accounts of delayed care as the city prioritizes fighting the virus reveal the human costs of the country’s “zero covid” approach.
Kerry Properties Pays $2.1 Billion For China Land Rights As Healthy Developers Keep Buying
It’s not only in China that industry woes are being felt. Struggling Beijing-headquartered China Oceanwide Holdings last month said it reached an agreement to sell off $23 million of property in (the …
