Markets: Asia-Pacific equities dropped on Thursday, dented by hawkish messaging from the US Federal Reserve, with Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 briefly falling into correction territory and South Korea’s …
Monthly Archives For January 2022
China launches effort to ‘purify’ the internet ahead of Lunar New Year celebration, Winter Games
China’s internet watchdog has launched a “purification” campaign to “clean up” Chinese social media users’ “illegal” online content as Lunar New Year and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing draw near.
US presses China to loosen COVID-19 rules for diplomats
WASHINGTON: The United States said Thursday (Jan 27) it was asking China to loosen COVID-19 quarantine rules for diplomats after Beijing accused Washington of seeking to sabotage the Winter Olympics.
Beijing 2022’s new English language song for the Olympics divides opinions
A new English-language song released by Chinese state media for the Beijing Winter Olympics has divided opinion, gaining effusive praise on Chinese social media but panned by overseas critics as …
China’s Walvax recruits majority of participants for large COVID-19 mRNA vaccine trial
BEIJING: China’s Walvax Biotechnology has recruited most of the 28,000 participants needed for a large clinical trial of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a senior company official said on Thursday …
Early trial win bolsters Abogen entrant in China’s COVID-19 vaccine race
With phase Ib data published in The Lancet Microbe showing Suzhou Abogen Biosciences Co. Ltd.’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate ARCoV had acceptable safety and induced a strong immune response in the …
China’s Big Tech has ended ‘996.’ Why does the overtime culture persist?
Workers were skeptical when Chinese Big Tech called off its notorious and prevalent overtime policy: “996,” a 12-hour, six-day work schedule. They were right to be: A recent incident at gaming and …
F.C.C. revokes the ability of China Unicom to operate in the U.S.
The agency cited national security in revoking the license for the American subsidiary of a state-owned Chinese telecom operator.
Beijing Games Offer NBCU Challenges, ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’
NBCUniversal is about to begin broadcasting the second half of a rare Olympics doubleheader—and, as Variety reports, fatigue has set in. The Winter Games in Beijing begin Feb. 4, just six months after …
How Evergrande Became China’s Biggest Financial Headache
Once one of China’s most successful developers, Evergrande has been labeled a defaulter and is more than $300 billion in debt. Now it’s racing to restructure as bondholders warn of possible …
China can slap duties on $645m of US imports: WTO
The World Trade Organization on Wednesday handed a fresh victory to China, permitting it to slap duties on $645 million worth of US imports per year, in a long-running anti-dumping dispute with …
SEMrush: What to Know About This Overlooked IPO Stock
Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global ( NYSE:DIDI) gets ready to IPO in Hong Kong. Motley Fool analyst Bill Mann analyzes that story, and others, and discusses the technological excellence of …
FirstFT: China backs Russia’s ‘security concerns’ over Ukraine
McDonald’s earnings and revenues grew slower than anticipated last quarter, dragged down by rising costs and Covid-19 restrictions in China and Australia Supply chain bottlenecks and weak household …
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