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Monthly Archives For April 2022
China tech crackdown leads to Tencent (40% owner of Epic) shutdown of game streaming service
Tencent is shutting down its game streaming service, the latest retreat by Big Tech in the face of a sweeping crackdown by Chinese regulators that has sharply slowed growth at some of the country’s …
Covid cases rise in Shanghai, other cities in China make preps for possible outbreaks
Given that the majority of the cases in Shanghai are asymptomatic or mild, calls are growing for home quarantine instead of those infected being isolated in hastily built makeshift centralised …
US military chief ‘wants to make it clear to Beijing how hard it would be to take Taiwan’
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley tells Senate hearing the best deterrent is to ‘let the Chinese know it is a very difficult objective to take’.
MITI: Strategic collaboration with China will benefit Malaysia
Strategic collaboration between Malaysia and China via Chongqing could lead to market expansion, technology sharing, and cross-border investment, particularly in developing and manufacturing critical …
China Investment In U.S. To Remain Low Amid Pandemic, Invasion Fallout: Rhodium Group
Longstanding U.S. national security concerns about Chinese investment have been intensifying yet also taking on a new twist. “On the U.S. side, some recent industry comments abo …
One man sentenced, another convicted under Justice Dept.’s China Initiative
A former Monsanto employee has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for spying for China while a University of Kansas researcher was convicted of concealing his conflict of interest ties in …
Dystopian scenes of robots enforcing lockdown emerge from China
People in China are being policed by drones and robots as the country enforces a harsh ‘zero-tolerance’ Covid-19 policy. This week a Weibo user posted an eerie video of a drone flying high in the…
After China ban, Agri Dept urges farmers to report foot & mouth disease cases
China announced a ban of South Africa’s wool and meat exports due to the outbreak. The disease broke out in Limpopo, Gauteng, the North West and the Free State last month.
Fund Manager Who Called End of Last Crypto Winter Remains Bullish
He’s proud of having called the bottom of the yearlong “crypto winter” with his Dec. 21, 2018, tweet: “We will pump off the bottom extremely quickly, leaving most sideline investors stuck in fiat.” …
China woes fail to dent Fidelity’s positive outlook on equities
After the worst monthly net outflows from Chinese equities in two years, one of the world’s biggest fund managers, Fidelity, is bullish on the country.
3 Shanghai officials sacked over COVID-19 response
Three local officials in Shanghai have been sacked over a slack response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest city, where residents are complaining of harsh lockdown conditions leading to short …
Beijing hired American influencers, including a ‘Real Housewives’ star, to promote the Winter Olympics
“Beijing has a very special place in our family’s hearts,” Crystal Kung Minkoff, star of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, wrote on Instagram.
