DUBLIN: China, the country that first detected the novel coronavirus, remains one of the few not to have imported one of the exceptionally effective mRNA COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech …
Monthly Archives For February 2022
IOC gives high praise for COVID-19 prevention and control at Beijing 2022
We are taking very stringent COVID-19 measures,” he said. “The Games is still going on … All of the scientists and doctors in China and across the world were following very closely the development …
Beijing Weighs How Far to Go in Backing Putin on Ukraine
China’s top leaders have spent days weighing how far Beijing should go to back Russian President Putin and how to manage a partnership many call a marriage of convenience as opposed to one of …
China ‘uses elite capture to pay off’ US oligarchs instead of ‘head-to-head’ conflict: Schweizer
China avoids direct conflict with the United States by instead convincing U.S. corporate titans to build relationships with Beijing that they can use to undermine America, said author Peter Schweizer.
China Now Understands What a Nuclear Rivalry Looks Like
Much clearer are the potential perils of China’s nuclear pivot. New nukes could add heft to Beijing’s foreign policy, which is becoming more aggressive, and influence how Washington reacts. They could …
China aims to complete space station, break launch record in 2022
China is aiming to eclipse a new national launch record set last year while also completing its three-module space station with six related missions in 2022. The China National Space Administration is …
Mansion Global’s daily round-up of the latest luxury real estate news from around the world
The National China’s Hottest Market Has Caught a Bit of a Chill Shenzhen, China’s Silicon Valley and perennial favorite for hottest real estate market in the nation, is feeling a bit frosty these days …
Canada men’s hockey team crashes out in Beijing quarterfinals loss to Sweden
Hockey Canada didn’t have the horses in Beijing. In a contest void of meaningful offence, Sweden outlasted Canada in the quarterfinals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, winning 2-0 to advance to the …
Short track shutout for US at Beijing Olympics
(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) BEIJING (AP) — Oh no, it was a short track shutout … a must-pass Senate panel rejected a bipartisan deal. On Tuesday, the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee …
Slovak youth hockey team erupts as country defeats U.S. to advance in Beijing Games
Few things are as thrilling as an underdog story on the Olympic stage, as we were once again reminded on Wednesday. Slovakia’s men’s hockey team defeated the United States 3-2 in a tense …
China inflation: Beijing on ‘alert’ for rising commodity costs despite easing consumer, factory-gate prices
Inflation concerns are unlikely to hold back the [People’s Bank of China] from more policy loosening measures … and had to battle its worst energy crisis in decades, prompting Beijing to liberalise …
U.S. EXIM Bank’s first Black leader faces challenges on China, climate, equity
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Export-Import Bank starts a new era on Wednesday as Reta Jo Lewis takes office as the first person of color and the first Black woman to lead the…
Michael Hiltzik: Trump’s trade deal with China turned out to be a huge, costly bust
In the end, Bown calculates, China bought only 57% of all the exported goods and services it had committed to purchase under the deal, “not even enough to reach its import levels from before the…
