China will shut down its largest city in two stages as it sticks to a ‘zero-Covid’ strategy amid growing outbreaks of the virus …
Monthly Archives For March 2022
The US-China technology rivalry heats up
This is absolutely front and centre of the crucial global rivalry between the established superpower, the US, and the rising superpower, China. There couldn’t be anything more important than this. Our …
India Is Snapping Up Cheap Russian Oil, and China Could Be Next
There’s been a “significant uptick” in Russian oil deliveries bound for India since March after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, industry observers say.
China’s Sinopec sees no impairment risk of Russian assets -executive
China’s state oil and gas major Sinopec Corp sees no immediate risk of impairment of the firm’s assets in Russia amid the Ukraine crisis, a top company executive said on Monday.Reuters reported on …
Shanghai starts China’s biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years
China began its most extensive lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the …
COVID-19: China’s coronavirus zero policy is actually two policies – it just depends where you are
China’s “dynamic COVID zero” policy is actually two policies, depending on where you are. To start with, and while cases were lower than they are today, officials relied on shutti …
China reports 1,219 new local cases of coronavirus in last 24 hours
The Chinese mainland reported 1,219 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
Architect of performing arts centre in Shenzhen, China, Rocco Yim of Hong Kong, on the thinking behind its monumental design
Hong Kong architect talks us through his firm’s dramatic bayside building in the city in southern China, with its curved facade and tilted tower, which completes a cultural complex in Baoan district …
Kaspersky blacklisted by FCC alongside China Telecom and China Mobile
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added Kaspersky to the country’s entity list, along with China Telecom and China Mobile. First reported by Bloomberg, the Kaspersky addition marks …
Smart Technologies Enable Sustainable Development in China
OpenBlue APAC Sustainability Summit 2022- the get-together of the industry’s top influencers and best brains to discuss “The Blueprint of the Future” in Smart, Healthy and Sustainable Buildings.
Positive signs in China-India talks
The visit was a positive step “as it came after a long time and it was long overdue”, said Ritu Agarwal, an associate professor at the Centre for East Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University…
China’s Central Bank May Gradually Shift Away From RRR Cuts
The People’s Bank of China may soon need to move away from using the reserve requirement ratio as a tool to spur liquidity and growth in the economy since it’s already at relatively low levels…
China’s central bank continues to inject liquidity via reverse repos
China’s central bank on Monday continued to pump cash into the banking system via reverse repos to maintain liquidity. The People’s Bank of China injected 150 billion yuan (about 23.54 billion U.S.
