The torch relay for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games started here on Wednesday, two days before the Games officially opens. Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, also a member of the Political …
Monthly Archives For March 2022
China won’t back global sanctions against Russia, says Beijing’s top banker
Don’t look for Beijing to join the crippling financial sanctions much of the international community is using to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into ending his war on Ukraine.
Across China: Turkish vendor spreads sweet taste of ice cream in China
The internet is brimming with amusing videos of Turkish ice cream vendors displaying their playful tricks, as they flip the ice cream cones before giving them to customers. Such entertaining scenes …
Newly built community isolation facility starts admitting 1st batch of COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong
Staff members arrange an isolation room for COVID-19 patients at the community isolation facility (CIF) in Tsing Yi, south China’s Hong Kong, March 2, 2022. A newly built CIF started admitting its …
Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games torch relay kicks off, with advanced tech helping torchbearers with disabilities
The torch relay for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games kicked off on Wednesday at the symbolic Temple of Heaven in Beijing, where the flame of Beijing 2008 Paralympics was lit, and 565 …
Winter Paralympics: Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals at Beijing 2022
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been cleared to complete as neutrals at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, despite pressure to exclude them in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The …
China’s property market is stabilizing, to bolster financial sector: regulator
A senior Chinese government official signaled that price fluctuation in the domestic property market is generating opportunities for the financial sector, adding the authorities will not approve of …
China will not join sanctions on Russia, banking regulator says
China will not join in sanctions on Russia that have been led by the West, the country’s banking regulator said on Wednesday, adding that he believed the impac …
China says it won’t join in financial sanctions on Russia
China’s chief bank regulator says his government won’t join the United States and European governments in imposing financial sanctions on Russia …
China Banking Regulator Welcomes Home Price Adjustments
(Bloomberg) — China’s chief banking regulator signaled he’s comfortable with moves being seen in home prices during the industry slowdown — as long as they aren’t too extreme. Most Read …
EXCLUSIVE-China buys U.S. soybeans on good profits, despite peak Brazil export season
China bought soybeans from the United States on Tuesday as American cargoes were competitive against Brazilian shipments, despite it being the peak period for South American soy exports, three sources …
How China’s ‘Soft’ Brands Are Going Global
But developed-economy consumers, boardrooms, and pundits turned their noses up at the “Made in China” label, which they saw as shorthand for poor quality and intellectual property theft. Consequently, …
China not emerging as lifeline for sanction-slammed Russian economy
Despite a close partnership built around mistrust of the United States, Beijing is hesitant to incur Western wrath for evading sanctions on Russia.
