After the slumps in the first COVID-19 crisis year of 2020, growing by 20.1 and 13.4 percent, respectively. “China’s importance for German imports is growing steadily,” Destatis noted. In 1980, China …
Monthly Archives For February 2022
Coronavirus: China bans unauthorised lockdowns to support ‘in difficulty’ services sector
China’s top economic planner also urged local governments not to shut down or extend the closure of restaurants, supermarkets, scenic spots and cinemas without epidemiological investigation or a …
Beijing Olympics loop life: Tight security, bus trips galore and aggressive swabbing
Nathan Fenno on daily coronavirus tests The first time I almost vomited on a woman in a hazmat suit came a half-hour after landing at Beijing Capital International Airport. The thin probe she swirled …
EU accuses China of ‘power grab’ over smartphone technology licensing
Get the latest news and comment on the most pressing issues in the technology sector with our #techFT bulletin. Delivered every weekday. The EU is taking China to the World Trade Organization for …
The US lags behind China in 5G despite the pathetic attempts
The benefits of fifth-generation network technology will be especially clear in the military … So, in the third quarter of last year, the median download speed in China was 299 Mbps; but in the US…
If the China threat is real, we should limit our exports
In 1938, Robert Menzies was nicknamed “Pig Iron Bob” after he attempted to break up a waterside worker strike aimed at stopping pig iron exports to an expansionist Japan. If the current government is …
Despite zero COVID-19 policy claim, COVID cases rapidly increasing in many cities in China
Beijing [China], February 18 (ANI): The COVID cases in China’s many provinces and cities including Heilongjiang have been rising despite Beijing’s claim of “Zero COVID-19 Policy” in the country.
Winter Olympics live updates: US men’s curling loses bronze medal game, Eileen Gu wins third medal in Beijing
Get caught up on all of Thursday’s action right here.) International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Friday that he was “very disturbed” by Valieva’s disastrous performance …
Olympic Bosses Criticized for Letting China Play Politics at Beijing Games, While Athletes Are Muzzled
“We take a solemn position,” she declared. “There is only one China in the world. Taiwan is an indivisible part of China, it is a well-recognized international principle. We are always against the …
Rachel Homan opens up about feeling she’d ‘let everybody down’ after Beijing exit
After a chance at reaching the Olympic podium was cut short by literal millimetres, Canadian curler Rachel Homan is continuing to open up about her emotional struggles since coming home, with …
China signals more government support to stabilise economy, with a wary eye on debt ratio
China will expand government spending to offset economic pressures, but the deficit ratio needs to be set at an “appropriate” level, finance minister Liu Kun said on Friday. Beijing must “shoulder the …
The US added China’s AliExpress and WeChat to its notorious piracy list, saying China exports the most fake goods and those made with forced labor
Shopping platforms run by China tech giants Alibaba and Tencent have wound up on an annual US government watchlist for fake goods and copyright piracy. Alibaba’s AliExpress, an ecommerce platform …
The Verdict Is In: Trump Wasn’t Right About China
The data are also now in on Trump’s own “momentous” 2020 trade deal with China. As part of his strategy to get this supposedly history-making deal, Trump had imposed tariffs (taxes) on $200 billion …
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