As skaters and sledders vie for medals at the Beijing Olympics, another extraordinary event is quietly unfolding on nine acres in the city’s embassy district.
Monthly Archives For February 2022
Beijing Winter Olympics organisers dismiss Uyghur human rights abuse stories as ‘lies’
A spokesperson for the Beijing Winter Olympics has dismissed systemic human rights abuses by the Chinese government against the Uyghurmuslim population as “lies.” The entirety of the Games has been …
In Latin America’s new Cold War, will China lift up autocrats?
A new Cold War is brewing in Latin America between the U.S. and China amid a shifting global order driven more by economics and technology than by politics and ideology.
China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Is Building an All-Optical Network Cluster to Drive Green Digital Economy
In recent years, Huawei and China Mobile Guangdong have jointly built an all-optical network cluster for the Greater Bay Area. The world’s largest green all-optical switching hub network is built …
Alibaba Cloud pushes new transmission tech to help broadcasters live-stream the Beijing Winter Olympics to a global audience
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding said it introduced a cloud-based transmission technology for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, enabling broadcasters to live-stream the games to billions …
Cnooc Adds $13 Billion Oil, Gas Deals as China Frets on Supply
China is the world’s largest energy user and President Xi Jinping has set long-term goals to curb reliance on pricey imports even as the nation’s demand for oil and liquefied natural gas continues to …
Charlie Munger Supports ‘Crypto Ban’ by Chinese After Business Partner Warren Buffet Invests $1 Billion in Crypto-Friendly Bank
A day after reports of famous investor Warren Buffett investing $1 billion in crypto-friendly bank surfaced on the internet, billionaire Charlie Munger comes out in support of banning cryptocurrencies …
Coronavirus Hong Kong: first batch of supplies from mainland China arrive in the city as top Beijing official calls for efforts to speed up
The Guangdong Provincial Government was ordered to send the first batch of mobile nucleic acid testing vehicles and epidemiologists to Hong Kong on Thursday Meanwhile, the city confirmed at least …
‘Pathetic’ performance has left U.S. ‘well behind’ China in 5G race, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says
Eric Schmidt and co-author Graham Allison said in an op-end that 5G development is key as it could enhance a country’s military and intelligence capabilities.
Exports surged in 2020, 2021, but this year will present challenges
China’s export value of high-tech products has increased from $165.4 billion in 2004 to $776.2 billion in 2020, a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent over the period. Foreign enterprises take up …
China Soy Buyers Walk Away From Brazilian Cargoes as Prices Soar
Some Chinese soybean processors are walking away from contracts to buy shipments from Brazil because a sudden jump in export prices from the Asian country’s biggest supplier has made crushing …
Beijing’s ‘invisible’ Olympics: Muted but watched online
Zhou Jun remembers the run-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, when it seemed like everyone was learning English to be able to communicate with the foreign visitors about to descend on the city. Athletes …
Beijing Gas in talks over 10-year Shell LNG deal, says source
China’s Beijing Gas Group aims to conclude a 10-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply and purchase deal with Shell in the second quarter, a source with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters.
