US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday (26 May) for vigorous competition with China to preserve the existing global order but said the United States did not seek a “Cold War.” …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
China’s industrial profits slump in April as coronavirus curbs provide ‘big shock to production’
Profits at China’s industrial firms fell at their fastest pace in two years in April as high raw material prices and supply chain chaos caused by coronavirus curbs squeezed margins and disrupted …
From ventilators to masks, North Korea’s medical imports from China surged before admitting it had coronavirus
North Korea only admitted its first coronavirus case on May 12 after more than two years of being cut off from the rest of the world China’s total exports to North Korea reached US$98 million…
China logs 80 new local Covid-19 cases, 45 in Shanghai; 22 in Beijing
A total of 216 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, the National Health Commission said in its Friday report …
Asia expert calls on Biden admin to take a ‘Reagan posture’ with China
Gordon Chang slammed the Biden administration’s foreign policy approach with top geopolitical rival China on Thursday’s “The Ingraham Angle.” …
China’s FM visits Kiribati, where fishing ground is at stake
China’s foreign minister was due Friday to visit the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati, where the future of a vast fishing ground is at stake. The four-hour visit by Wang Yi was his second stop…
Shanghai lockdown: Pudong orders Covid-19 tests for 5.7 million residents in countdown towards end of citywide lockdown on June 1
Daily new infections fell 21.9 per cent to 264 cases in the past 24 hours, the sixth day of declines, according to data released on Friday Cases showing symptoms dipped 6.2 per cent to 45,…
Japan Apr factory output seen posting first fall in 3 months on China lockdown – Reuters poll
TOKYO, May 27 (Reuters) – Japan’s factory output likely fell in April for the first time in three months as some manufacturers took a hit from strict COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and other …
Shenzhen at the vanguard of low-carbon development
Referring to the Hakka village where his previous home is located, he said, “I have witnessed its remarkable change from a rundown area to a modern example of low-carbon development. “In the past, …
Beijing city offers elderly COVID shot-related health insurance to ease hesitancy
China’s capital is offering elderly residents state-backed insurance for “medical accidents” linked to COVID-19 shots to ease vaccination hesitancy among those most vulnerable, as Beijing ramps up …
China FM visits Kiribati where fishing ground is at stake
China’s foreign minister was due Friday to visit the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati, where the future of a vast fishing ground is at stake. The four-hour visit by Wang Yi was his second stop…
China’s toy export growth hits 5-year high
China, the world’s biggest toy exporter, saw its toy exports grow 37.8% year on year in 2021, hitting a five-year high, industry statistics released showed. This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency …
Private equity, spooked by Ant Group IPO suspension, eyes Chinese ‘hard tech’ sector in paradigm shift
Companies in AI, auto technology, semiconductors, cloud computing, and new energy are set to benefit as strategies align with China’s focus on social stability and national security.
