“Under this administration, Mexican transnational criminal organizations have increased their work with criminal gangs in China to import into Mexico the ingredients used to make fentanyl … …
Monthly Archives For February 2022
China chooses Uyghur torchbearer at Winter Olympics opening ceremony
The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked in unexpected fashion as the final torchbearer in the opening ceremony was revealed to be a Uyghur cross country skier.
Pat Toomey Joins List Of Senators Concerned Over Athlete Use Of Digital Yuan At The Beijing Olympics
Citing the “potential to subvert U.S. sanctions,” and “enhance China’s surveillance capabilities”, Republican Senator Pat Toomey called for the Secretary of State and Treasury Secretary to monitor …
China’s yuan edges higher after dollar dive, but policy headwinds grow
SHANGHAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) – China’s onshore yuan nudged higher against the dollar … strong corporate yuan demand ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and resilient exports kept it afloat as …
China locks down city on Vietnam border as COVID cases rise
Authorities in China’s southwestern city of Baise ordered residents to stay at home from Monday and avoid unnecessary travel as they enforced curbs that are among the toughest in the nation’s tool-box …
Eileen Gu: US-China tension is trickiest slope for Olympic free skier
Deals with the Bank of China, China Mobile and JD.com, a Chinese retailer, are among her commercial contracts. Ms Gu and her team clearly understand that they must tread lightly. In declining to speak …
China plans to increase iron ore output, boost use of steel scrap
the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) reiterated a desire for consolidation and restructuring in the steel sector. But no specific goals were given, unlike a draft plan released …
China Services Activity Slips to Five-Month Low in January Amid Covid-19 Worries
China’s statistics bureau said on Jan. 30. Total new orders expanded for the fifth consecutive month in January, but reported the slowest growth since September, Caixin said. New export orders fell …
U.S. calls for ‘concrete action’ from China to meet Phase 1 purchase commitments
The agreement, signed by Trump in January 2020, defused a nearly three-year trade war between the world’s two largest economies, but left in place tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of imports …
Easing curbs in ‘COVID-zero regions’ could cause 2 mln deaths in a year – China study
China’s “zero-COVID” restrictions have come under growing scrutiny … reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to …
Kevin McCarthy says he’ll probe COVID-19 origins and investigate allegations that the Bidens have made millions from deals with China if the GOP wins the House in 2022
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he would set up a committee on China to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and if the Republicans were to take a majority in Congress in 2022. Load Error…
Australian Olympians frustrated at China’s strict COVID-19 regulations
“They actually have very, very strict regulations [in China] but it’s still early in the days and … committees over the treatment of mostly asymptomatic or recovered COVID-19 cases in isolation.
U.S. figure skater Vincent Zhou tests positive for COVID-19 at Beijing Winter Olympics
BEIJING — A prominent U.S. figure skater has tested positive for COVID-19, and at the worst possible time. U.S. Figure Skating announced Monday that Vincent Zhou, who is scheduled to skate the …
