“Beijing has used the promise of economic assistance, development aid, and investment to help secure its strategic interests in these countries. China’s economic diplomacy, however, carries …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
China reports 253 new COVID-19 cases, 194 in Shanghai
The Chinese mainland reported 253 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, of which 194 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission’s report Saturday. Apart …
The Crypto Crash Is Just the Start
The crypto bubble has popped. Crypto fans had a fun ride, powered by exuberant risk taking in an era of low interest rates. But now the car is coming down the other side of the…
How China’s rigid Covid-19 policy paralyses its manufacturing heartland
Stringent Covid-19 controls have disrupted logistics in China’s manufacturing hub, leaving small factories struggling.
China revises rules for insurance funds investing in financial products
China’s banking and insurance regulator on Friday expanded the scope of financial products for insurance funds to invest in as it tries to improve the quality and efficiency of insurance funds serving …
Internet Stocks Rally, China’s Weight To Increase In MSCI EM, Week In Review
Asian equities were mixed but mostly higher overnight as Hong Kong outperformed, led by internet stocks on little in the way of news.
What Hong Kong can expect from ‘Beijing’s enforcer’
It is a turn of events that, to some, comes as no surprise.This week, pro-Beijing hardliner John Lee was elected as Hong Kong’s new leader, replacing Carrie Lam. The 64-year-old former security chief …
Pelosi says Hong Kong’s arrest of cardinal ‘one of the clearest signs yet of Beijing’s worsening crackdown’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed the arrest of a cardinal in Hong Kong, calling it “one of the clearest signs yet of Beijing’s worsening crackdown” in an op-ed published Friday in The …
With eye on China’s zero-Covid chaos, Taiwan seizes chance to open up
There, in a desperate effort to cling to its zero-Covid ideals, China is resorting to ever more stringent measures in an attempt to rein in an Omicron outbreak that has infected hundreds of …
Beijing reports 32 new symptomatic COVID-19 cases for May 13
Beijing reported 32 new locally transmitted symptomatic coronavirus cases for May 13, down from 42 a day earlier, official data showed on Saturday. The city, China’s capital, also reported 24 …
US insists it does not support Taiwan independence after fact sheet change angers Beijing
After a State Department fact sheet was changed to observe Taiwan’s “best interests,” U.S. officials have maintained that Washington upholds the “one China” policy and therefore does not support the …
Coronavirus: I’ve endured 20 days of lockdown in Beijing. No one can tell me when it will end
Some residents in Beijing’s most populous district, Chaoyang, have endured 20 days of lockdown and at least 10 Covid-19 tests since April 25. They have no idea when or under what circumstances they …
Shanghai aims to defeat Covid over next week as Beijing hunkers down
Locked-down Shanghai aims to ringfence its Covid outbreak over the next week, officials said on Friday, while residents in China’s capital Beijing largely heeded the advice of authorities to work from …
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