China, Russia, Britain, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint statement by the five nuclear powers …
Monthly Archives For January 2022
Failed China ‘zero-COVID’ policy tops list of 2022 geopolitical risks: Eurasia Group
Two years after COVID-19 first emerged in China, the potential failure of the country’s “zero COVID” policy poses the biggest global risk of 2022, …
Decentraland Is a Crypto to Keep Your Eye on in 2022
InvestorPlace – Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Decentraland (CCC:MANA-USD) is an online platform where users can create …
East China city reports 23 COVID-19 cases
The city of Ningbo in east China Zhejiang Province has reported 23 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since Jan 1 local authorities …
How long will China’s zero-Covid policy hold out as Omicron rages around the world?
China is the last holdout for a zero-tolerance strategy, even as other nations brace for a ‘viral blizzard’ caused by Omicron With Covid-19 set to become endemic, and vaccines yet to provide total …
How green can Beijing’s “green Olympics” really be?
China has promised a Winter Games to showcase its green credentials, but some call it “irresponsible” to hold an event reliant on snow and ice in a parched landscape.
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
Olympics are scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022. Nearly 2,900 athletes from 85 countries will travel to the Chinese capital, which will become the first city in the world to host…
Hong Kong’s Citizen News Becomes Third to Close Amid China’s Crackdown on Dissent
“Regrettably, what was ahead of us is not just pouring rains or blowing winds, but hurricanes and tsunamis,” the outlet said in a statement.
How China became the world’s top movie market and what it means for Hollywood
China is the world’s biggest movie market, and its government intends to keep the top spot with a five-year film plan.
China Is Haunted by Its One-Child Policy as It Tries to Encourage Couples to Conceive
A legacy of China’s one-child policy is a dwindling number of women of childbearing age as well as a generation of only children who are less eager to marry and start a family.
China’s plot to ‘take over’ Latin America: Beijing inks new deal to share nuclear tech, build 5G networks, develop space programmes, and pump cheap loans into America’s back …
China and an alliance of Latin American and Caribbean countries have signed a new ‘action plan’ that guarantees Beijing more influence and economic power in the region by 2024.
Fewer Chinese residents willing to invest in Q4: central bank
China’s urban residents were more willing to increase consumption and deposit savings than invest in the fourth quarter of 2021, said a central bank survey. Among the 20,000 urban bank depositors …
Estonian cbank to issue into circulation silver coin for Olympic Games in Beijing
Bank of Estonia is to issue into circulation a silver commemorative coin with a nominal value of eight euros for the Estonian athletes at the XXIV Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. The coin will go…