BEIJING: In the months before it acknowledged its first official COVID-19 outbreak, North Korea suddenly imported millions of face masks, 1,000 ventilators, and possibly vaccines from China, trade …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Angry Beijing says Blinken’s policy speech ‘smears China’
China’s foreign ministry yesterday accused US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of “smearing” the country, after America’s top diplomat delivered a landmark policy speech calling for action to …
China food security: Premier Li Keqiang says summer harvest ‘must go on’, despite virus controls
Premier Li Keqiang has urged local governments to ensure coronavirus controls do not get in the way of a smooth summer grain harvest, as inflation risks grow amid a looming global food crisis.
China’s streaming giant iQiyi reports rare quarterly profit after deep job cuts
The Nasdaq-listed company, majority-owned by search giant Baidu, reported its first ever quarterly profit after cutting back spending on content and staff.
China’s number two stresses implementation of policies to stabilize economy
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has underlined the importance of implementing policies for stabilizing the economy and supporting market entities to bring the situat …
With focus on economy, China underlines stabilising force of GDP growth
Premier Li Keqiang’s instruction to ‘exhaust all measures’ to stabilise economic growth contrasts with previous emphasis on quality over speed.
Scholz Says Germany Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Cite China Violations
China’s economic power shouldn’t stop Germany from criticizing human-rights violations in Xinjiang, and German companies should do more to diversify their supply chains and export markets, Chancellor …
As COVID-19 lockdowns continue, more young people are looking for ways out of China
A growing number of young people in China are looking to escape their country’s COVID-zero policy, and it might have implications for Australian businesses.
Shanghai economy improves fitfully as end of COVID-19 lockdown nears
SHANGHAI: Shanghai took further gradual steps on Friday (May 27) toward lifting its COVID-19 lockdown while Beijing was investigating cases where its strict curbs were affecting other medical …
China, US moon mineral competition ‘some time off,’ but future of space cooperation not bright
China has commanded 80% control over the rare earth metals market, providing it unparalleled political and economic power through an increasingly vital resource.
A pivotal moment: Pacific faces a choice over China that will shape it for decades
Pacific countries in the centre of a geopolitical tug-of-war between China and the US and its allies face a big decision this week …
If the US government is good at anything, it’s failing at technology
U.S. lawmakers are not just technologically illiterate — they’re tech-incompetent. In a world as reliant on tech hardware, software, and services as ours, that’s dangerous.
Why does China want to shoot down the Elon Musk Starlink satellites?
A team of researchers in China have reportedly advised the government to shoot down Starlink satellites if deemed necessary. But what’s the story behind this? Let’s find out.
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