China has begun its most extensive lockdown in two years to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai …
Monthly Archives For March 2022
Australian PM snubs Chinese envoy’s request to meet him, irritates Beijing
Beijing has not taken kindly to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s refusal to meet the new Chinese ambassador to Canberra. Morrison refused China’s new ambassador Xiao Qian when the latter …
Oil tumbles 8% as China locks down Shanghai for Covid outbreak
Covid fears are rocking the oil market Monday as China’s planned lockdown of Shanghai raises concerns about energy demand.US crude tumbled 7.9% and Brent lost 7% on the Covid news, giving back most of …
China’s Greenland Financial Technology and Singapore’s MetaVerse Green Exchange Form Strategic Partnership on Cross-Border Digital Carbon Cr
Driven by increasing investor desire for crypto assets and cross-border digital carbon credits on regulated and licensed platforms Singapore-China collaboration marks first step towards building a …
Tencent, Alibaba-backed industrial products e-commerce platform operator ZKH gets Beijing’s nod for US IPO
Shanghai-based ZKH aims to raise US$300 million to US$500 million from its public listing in the US The company describes itself as the Amazon for industrial maintenance, repair and operations …
China Starts 2-Phase Lockdown of Shanghai; Israeli Prime Minister Tests Positive for Coronavirus
In pandemic news, Chinese authorities have launched a two-part lockdown in its largest city of Shanghai, shutting down half of the city at a time for mass COVID testing amid an ongoing surge. Shanghai …
Karzai hopes Beijing huddle to be fruitful for Afghanistan
Former President Hamid Karzai has said that China is Afghanistan’s good neighbor and friend and expressed hope that the outcome of an upcoming conference on Afghanistan in Beijing would be fruitful. A …
The UK will release plans to regulate the crypto market soon, and it’s talking to the Winklevoss’ Gemini among others about the move: report
The UK’s new rules for the crypto market should arrive in coming weeks, and they are likely to be favorable to the industry, CNBC reported citing sources.
China Starts its Biggest COVID-19 Lockdown in 2 Years
China has reported more than 56,000 confirmed cases of COVID19 nationwide this month, with the surge in Jilin accounting for most of them.
China hid the COVID pandemic and could do it again
The World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 had become a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The announcement arrived when there were already 118,000 confirmed cases in 114 countries and more than 4, …
Dynamic zero-COVID still effective approach: China Daily editorial
Which has prompted some people to ask whether the country’s long-held dynamic zero-COVID strategy can and will be sustained. The answers are yes and yes; mostly because the benefits of the policy …
Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader asks for help to persuade Beijing to resume quarantine-free cross-border travel after outbreak subsides
Carrie Lam says in virtual meeting with pro-Beijing politicians that Hong Kong is caught ‘in a dilemma’ between meeting zero-Covid expectations and business interests.
Tracker Fund may replace State Street as manager to forestall risks to Hong Kong’s pensioners amid rising US-China tension
Hong Kong’s Tracker Fund (TraHK) is poised to appoint a manager to replace State Street Global Advisors, a move aimed at mitigating the risk of letting the city’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) …
