China is cautioning against the U.S. supporting Taiwan and trying to build a Pacific version of NATO as the crisis in Ukraine draws renewed attention to the status of the Asian island.China’s Foreign …
Monthly Archives For March 2022
China Meat Imports Fall 33% from a Year Ago, Hurt by Higher Domestic Output
China’s meat imports in the first two months of the year fell sharply from the same period a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday, as a jump in domestic supplies curbed appetite for …
A surge in cases is challenging China’s ‘zero COVID’ approach
China is facing its biggest coronavirus outbreak since the early days of the pandemic, with more than 800 new cases reported over the weekend — almost as many as were reported altogether during the …
China to build more computing centers in the west region
China is estimated to achieve a projected volume of 48.6 zettabytes in data creation, which is over 50 trillion gigabytes.
How Beijing Squares Its Noninterference Circle
Beijing is seeking to downplay the extent to which its core principle of noninterference is relevant to Putin’s war in Ukraine.
First-time Paralympian readies for Beijing Games at age 48
USA wheelchair curler Batoyun ‘Oyuna’ Uranchimeg discusses how she’s preparing for this week’s Paralympics in Beijing.
‘The Batman’ will soon be released in China, a stark contrast to Marvel movies that have been shut out during the pandemic
DC’s “The Batman” is set to be released in China on March 18, but no Marvel movie has received a release date there during the pandemic.
GM to resume importing models into China
General Motors will restart its import business in China to meet the demands of local customers, said a senior executive of the United States’ largest carmaker. GM is recruiting for the business unit.
White House split delays plans for investment controls on China
National security officials want an executive order limiting American banks’ ability to invest in Chinese technology firms, but the Treasury and Commerce Departments are pushing back.
Russian banks mull China UnionPay; big accounting firms exit
Leading Russian banks are looking into using a Chinese payment rival after Visa and Mastercard suspended operations, while all the big global accounting firms said they would pull out of Russia in the …
Mainland China daily local COVID-19 cases at 2-year high
BEIJING: Mainland China has logged its highest number of daily new local symptomatic COVID-19 infections in about two years, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant pressures its stringent policy …
New COVID-19 cases in China surge to two-year high
China logged its highest daily total of locally transmitted Covid-19 infections in more than two years, with more than 800 new cases reported over the weekend, putting pressure on …
WeChat and other mobile wallets face cost pressures from Beijing
Tencent’s WeChat lowered its SMB fees in response to a government directive, and CBDC adoption may complicate business further.
