The fanfare ahead of next month’s Beijing’s Winter Olympics is building in China but President Xi Jinping appeared to play down focus on the medals table.
Monthly Archives For January 2022
China’s metaverse would be censored, compliant and crypto-less
Experts think a metaverse with Chinese characters will be monitored by Chinese authorities, stunting its growth.
CHINA GOES META
In the year since Beeple’s “Everydays: the First 5000 Days” sold at auction, metaverse-related activity churned up a frenetic froth at all levels in China.
China’s Olympics COVID-19 measures test residents’ patience
Repeated COVID-19 testing of millions of Beijing residents is starting to test the patience of some as the city clamps down on the virus ahead of the coming Winter Olympics.
Beijing’s close neighbor Sanhe suspends buses, closes communities after reporting one positive case
Beijing’s neighbor city Sanhe, North China’s Hebei Province, suspended all bus lines and closed communities in seven regions on Wednesday morning as the city reported one COVID-19 positive case. The …
Beijing, Moscow obliged to step up green energy cooperation
In order to meet the serious challenge of global warming, both China and Russia have set the strategic goal of low carbon and green gas emissions reduction, which puts forward new requirements for …
Former vice president of China Development Bank expelled from CPC, office
He Xingxiang, former vice president of China Development Bank, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office for grave violations of Party discipline and …
China Too Is Affected by Global Monetary Tightening, IMF’s Gopinath Says After GDP Forecast Cut
The International Monetary Fund has downgraded China’s gross domestic product growth expectation for this year by 0.8 percentage point as the tightening of global financial conditions is affecting all …
ADB to secure cross-border securities transaction system via blockchain
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday that it seeks to develop ways to directly connect central banks and securities depositories in the ASEAN+3 region within a blockchain network. The …
US May Permit Diplomats To Leave China To Free Them From Strict Covid Rules
The US State Department is preparing to authorize departures for American diplomats and their families in China who wish to leave due to the US government’s inability to prevent Chinese authorities …
China is cracking down on celeb gossip and ‘feudal superstitions’ to keep citizens from misbehaving during Chinese New Year and the Olympics
China’s internet regulator will target content — like soft pornography, violence, and suicide — that affects social mores during the festive period.
‘Fight Club’ has a new ending in China. And this time, the authorities win
More than two decades after its release, “Fight Club” has been given a very different ending in China — and this time, the authorities win.
China pledges ‘purification’ of the internet ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Lunar New Year
China’s top cybersecurity regulator is vowing to crack down on “illegal” online content as part of a campaign to clean up the internet ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics and one of the country’s …
