BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing will include more than a dozen fertility services in a government-backed medical insurance scheme for the Chinese capital, state media reported on Monday, supporting those …
Monthly Archives For February 2022
Indonesia relies heavily on China’s Sinovac vaccine. A new wave of infections puts it to the test
Indonesia has relied heavily on inactivated virus vaccines produced by China, which studies previously showed were less effective than mRNA shots. On Wednesday, Indonesia hit a daily record high of …
Analysis: China’s bubble Olympics kept reality at a distance
BEIJING (AP) — They did it — that much seems obvious. But what, exactly, was the “it” that they did? China pulled off a logistically adept Olympics with very few mechanical glitches — no small…
50 years after Nixon visit, US-China ties as fraught as ever
The relationship between China and the United States was always going to be a challenge, and after half a century of ups and downs, is more fraught than ever. The Cold War is long over,…
Beijing grows frustrated at Hong Kong’s handling of pandemic
Patients on hospital beds at a makeshift treatment area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong on Friday © Kin Cheung/AP …
China’s new home prices perk up as big city demand returns
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s new home prices rose for the first time since September on a monthly basis, official data for January showed on Monday, as efforts to soften the blow from tough regulatory …
China’s central bank keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged
China’s central bank on Monday kept its benchmark loan prime rates unchanged … after it lowered the one-year LPR by 10 basis points in December. Economists expect Beijing to trim its benchmark loan …
Cryptocurrency investors in markets outside China are more mature, says crypto exchange firm
Du Jun of Huobi says governments in markets outside of China need not impose strict regulations as their cryptocurrency investors “have more experience” and “take responsibility” for their investment …
China’s Brick-Building Toy Makers Are Navigating Patent Minefields To Avoid LEGO’s Wrath
China’s growing number of brick building toy manufacturers are slowly picking up the pieces left from LEGO’s tight grip on the industry, as they aim to develop new toys and sets without getting in …
Didi reportedly to cut 20% of headcount ahead of HK IPO
Multiple reports said the Cyberspace Administration of China announced the ban after the IPO, just two days after the regulator said it was starting a cybersecurity review of the company. The …
Beijing 2022 Olympics organiser reports zero new COVID-19 cases on Feb 20
BEIJING, Feb 21 (Reuters) – The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee on Monday said zero new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 20, according to a notice …
Fifty years on, ‘Nixon in China’ loses its sparkle in Beijing and Washington
For more than two decades since the Chinese communists took over the mainland, Beijing and Washington had had no official contact on this scale. Much to his surprise, Lord was asked to go along into…
China’s Yunnan reports 4 new local COVID-19 cases
(Xinhua/Wang Guansen) Southwest China’s Yunnan Province reported four new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and one asymptomatic carrier on Sunday, local health authorities said Monday.
