The southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen reported two new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, the municipal health commission said. The new cases were found among close contacts …
Monthly Archives For February 2022
China Brushes Off Boycotting Critics in Muted Olympics Start
(Bloomberg) — In a modest ceremony to kick off the Beijing Winter Olympics, China subtly pushed back at governments boycotting the Games by featuring a Uyghur torchbearer and asserting sovereignty …
Intermediate goods imports post growth
China remained the top importer with $443 billion, but grew by 25 per cent. With a growth rate of 30 per cent, the US made imports of $265 billion. After Germany and Hong Kong, India…
Dutch Journalist Covering Beijing Olympics Pulled Away by Guard During Live Broadcast
A Dutch journalist was interrupted and pulled out of frame by a Chinese security guard while covering the Beijing Olympics on Friday. As can be seen in a video that quickly went viral on Friday,…
Govt calls out Beijing’s lie; ‘China’s bridge on Pangong is illegal occupation’
PM Modi led govt told Parliament on Friday that the bridge built by China on Pangong Tso Lake is located in areas under the “illegal occupation” of the Chinese side since 1962, and India expects…
China’s exports of mechanical, electrical products surge in 2021
China’s exports of mechanical and electrical products added up to 1.99 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021 as strong demand fuelled growth, official data showed. The volume, representing a year-on-year …
Sen. Toomey Sounds Warning About China’s Digital Yuan as Olympics Start
… crackdown on private cryptocurrencies gave a potential opening for the U.S. “China’s crackdown presents an opportunity for the United States to be the forerunner of crypto innovation, grounded in …
Winter Olympics puts brands under pressure over rights abuses in China
Brands such as Coca-Cola, Airbnb and Visa have paid millions … including the detention of millions of Uighur Muslims. China’s Winter Olympic s opening ceremony on February 4 marked the start of the …
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Italy’s Goggia back on skis, heading to Beijing
YANQING, China (Reuters) – Defending Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia, whose dreams of Beijing gold were threatened by a serious knee injury, says she is back on skis and preparing to fly to …
Taiwan condemns ‘contemptible’ timing of China-Russia partnership
Taiwan on Saturday condemned as “contemptible” the timing of China and Russia’s “no limits” partnership at the start of the Winter Olympics, saying the Chinese government was bringing shame to the …
China reports 27 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hrs
As China is hosting Beijing Winter Olympics it reported 27 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours amid the zero-Covid policy local media reported citing the …
Beijing Winter Olympics open under shadow of human rights criticism
The last time Beijing hosted the Olympics – the Summer Games in 2008 – Uyghur human rights lawyer Rayhan Asat woke up early full of excitement to watch the Olympic torch relay in the Chinese…
Yi Po International Could Become First China Tech IPO In U.S. Since Didi Debacle
The latest IPO filing to the U.S. securities regulator came this week … That seems to indicate that the lawyers who advise these companies think they are too small to raise Beijing’s concerns …
