China’s state refiners are honouring existing Russian oil contracts but avoiding new ones despite steep discounts, heeding Beijing’s call for caution as western sanctions mount against Russia over its …
Monthly Archives For April 2022
China Covid Outbreak Hits Spending With More Damage to Come
China’s services sector took a massive knock in March from the nation’s worst Covid outbreak since the start of the pandemic, with latest holiday spending figures showing there’s more damage to come …
China reports more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily tally of the pandemic
Shanghai, China’s largest city, accounted for more than 80 per cent of the national tally of case numbers, city officials said on Wednesday.
China relies on traditional medicine to fight COVID-19 surge in Shanghai
SHANGHAI: Shanghai is distributing to residents millions of boxes of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), such as herbal products and flu capsules, which it says can treat COVID-19 in the battle to …
China reports most COVID-19 cases since pandemic start
Shanghai to launch a fresh round of tests on the entire population A health worker conducts a swab test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a residential compound during the second stage of a pandemic …
Covid-19 Spurs China’s Funery Services to Go Digital for Tomb Sweeping Day
Yesterday was Qingming, or Tomb Sweeping Day, in China. Amid the resurgence of Covid-19 in the country, many Chinese paid homage to their ancestors this year with the help of internet-based rituals or …
China calls for probe into Bucha killings, assigns no blame
China on Wednesday said images of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha are “deeply disturbing” but that no blame should be apportioned until all facts are known.
HSBC buys bigger stake in its China securities venture
HSBC said on Wednesday it had increased its stake in its China securities brokerage, through a deal to buy equity from its state-owned partner Qianhai Financial Holdings.
1st LD-Writethru: China’s service trade surges 33.5 pct in Jan-Feb
China’s service trade maintained momentum in the first two months of this year, jumping 33.5 percent year on year to nearly 953.5 billion yuan (about 146.6 billion U.S. dollars), the Ministry of …
China’s service trade surges 33.5% in Jan-Feb
China’s service trade maintained momentum in the first two months of this year, jumping 33.5 percent year on year to nearly 953.5 billion yuan (about 146.6 billion U.S. dollars), the Ministry of …
China Backs Former Security Chief to Lead Hong Kong, SCMP Says
Hong Kong’s No. 2 official, John Lee, will be the only candidate to seek the city’s top post, local media reported, as China looks to elevate a chief proponent of its sweeping crackdown on the…
China minted 62 billionaires last year, more than any other country
Despite Beijing’s sweeping tech crackdown, the tech sector produced almost a third of China’s new billionaires in 2021.
China’s services trade jumps 33.5% to hit $150b in the first two months
China’s trade in services soared 33.5 percent year-on-year to reach 953.48 billion yuan ($149.7 billion) in the first two months of this year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday. Service …
