Moutai, also known as “firewater,” is notorious for its high alcohol by volume. Chinese people regard the potent liquor as a status of wealth.
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Shenzhen offers subsidies to NEV, home appliance and digital products buyers to boost consumption
Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong Province has recently issued a package of subsidies to encourage spending on vehicles, home appliances and digital products, the latest implementation of the central …
“Pandemic Won’t Stop Us”: Beijing Residents Find Their Way Around Curbs
Mothers hosting playdates near cordoned-off parks, and youngsters slugging night-time beers on barricaded sidewalks. Beijingers are making the most of the Covid Curbs imposed in China.
‘The pandemic won’t stop us’: People in Beijing skirt COVID-19 rules
Beijing recorded just dozens of cases each day but has also gone quiet since May with schools closed and everyone told to work from home …
China ForMin Hopes Relations With Solomon Islands Can Be Model for Pacific Islands
China hopes relations with the Solomon Islands can be a model for other Pacific Island countries, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Thursday, as he starts a regional tour. Wang arrived in …
Shanghai heading out of lockdown but China still lost in economic gloom
BEIJING (Reuters) – Pandemic-hit Shanghai, China’s financial hub, unveiled more post-lockdown plans on Thursday as it moves towards a return to normalcy, but a country-wide economic recovery is still …
China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Mess + Ukraine Crisis = Global Recession
These two giant headwinds have the International Institute of Finance warning investors not to downplay “elevated global recession risk” that’s intensifying by the day.
China wants closer security, trade links with the Pacific
Leaked document shows China will call for more police, security, and telecom cooperation at upcoming summit with region.
China seeks Pacific islands policing, security cooperation — document
He said recent security agreements reached by China had been conducted with little regional consultation, provoking concern in the United States and across the region. “We don’t believe that importing …
Hemmed in by strict COVID restrictions, Beijing residents seek respite in urban outdoors
Under near-lockdown with strict rules to curb COVID cases, Beijing residents are taking up outdoor pursuits such as camping and picnicking to get “back to nature”.
Xinjiang Police Files: New evidence exposes Beijing, it should be held to account
The latter should take cognisance of the new evidence and ask Beijing some tough questions. Also read: Xi speaks with UN rights chief as Xinjiang row rages At the root of the issue here is…
China’s foreign minister starts Pacific tour in the Solomons
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and a 20-strong delegation have arrived in the Solomon Islands at the start of an eight-nation tour that comes amid growing concerns about Beijing’s military and finan …
China mulls destroying Elon Musk’s Starlink if seen as a security threat
Chinese military researchers are already thinking of ways to destroy Elon Musk-backed Starlink satellite system in case Beijing perceives it to be a threat to Chinese national security.
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