Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the latest violence inflicted by Chinese officials on Huang Qi, RSF Press Freedom Prize laureate, who has been detained for almost two years without trial …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Australia PM says will ‘ensure’ no China base on Solomon Islands
Australia would work with its allies to prevent China setting up a military base in the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed Sunday during a heated debate before May 21 elections.
China’s micro-credit firms down in number in Q1
BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) — China had 6,232 micro-credit companies at the end of March, down from 6,453 registered at the end of last year, official data showed. Their combined outstanding loans …
Covid-19 in China: Beijing urges residents of capital’s commercial centre not to leave unless absolutely necessary
Chaoyang district is at the centre of the capital’s outbreak and has already ordered businesses to close and residents to work from home Other cities across China are also tightening controls as the …
Beijing Loyalist John Lee to Take Reins of Hong Kong; Democracy Groups Furious
Lee’s victory is believed to be a part of the Chinese masterplan to secure its hold on the administrative region.
China Remains an Outlier in a World of Surging Inflation
Consumer prices in the world’s second-largest economy have held relatively steady, but China’s experience will be hard to replicate elsewhere.
COVID-19 curbs push China off global sporting map
The Asian Games became the latest casualty of China’s hardline COVID-19 policies when officials decided to postpone the event on Friday.
Covid curbs push China off global sporting map
Beijing—China’s ambitions to be a global sporting hub took a heavy blow as the postponement of this year’s Asian Games further isolated a country already cut off by its hardline zero-Covid strategy.
More supply chain headaches likely on the way as China ramps back up
Two years into the pandemic, the supply chain problem is far from over — and now, a new problem is looming.Los Angeles and Long Beach ports remain clogged with cargo, even though the Port of…
Pentagon’s China Warning Prompts Calls to Vet U.S. Funding of Startups
Congress may soon require government agencies to vet tech startups seeking federal funding, after a Defense Department study found China is exploiting a popular program that funds innovation among …
China’s outstanding property loans up 6% year-on-year at Q1-end
China’s outstanding property loans totalled 53.22 trillion yuan ($7.96 trillion) at the end of the first quarter, up 6% from a year earlier, the central bank said in a statement on Friday. New …
Sri Lanka in talks for US$100m emergency funding from Beijing-backed bank
The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is considering granting US$100 million (RM437 million) in emergency support to Sri Lanka, the country’s finance ministry said today. Sri Lanka has …
Sri Lanka in talks for $100 million emergency funding from Beijing-backed bank
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is considering granting $100 million in emergency support to Sri Lanka, the country’s finance ministry said on Sunday. Hit hard by the pandemic, rising oil …
