Airbnb will terminate its domestic business in China, marking the partial retreat of another Western tech giant from the country. Like most of its peers, the home sharing titan is shifting its focus …
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Airbnb is closing its domestic business in China
Airbnb will shut down its listings in China after two years of lockdowns in the country “with no end in sight,” according to a source familiar with the matter.
China’s bet on homegrown mRNA vaccines holds back nation
China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted many months ago, the kind of vaccines that have proven to offer the best protection against the worst …
Airbnb to close in China amid repeated Covid lockdowns
With pandemic restrictions showing no sign of ending, home rental service says it will cease taking bookings for accommodation inside China from 30 July …
Biden kowtows to China by flirting with ending tariffs
President Joe Biden implied Monday that he may soon cut tariffs on imports from China, noting, “We did not impose any of those tariffs — they were imposed by the last administration.” …
Chinese mainland reports 141 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases
Residents take nucleic acid tests at a residential area in Jinnan District, north China’s Tianjin, May 21, 2022. (Photo by Wang Fangyuan/Xinhua) BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) — The Chinese mainland on …
China reports 141 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases, 58 in Shanghai
China on Monday reported 141 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases of which 58 were in Shanghai and 41 in Beijing the National Health Commission said T …
Oil prices inch lower on concerns over recession, China COVID curbs
Oil prices fell on Tuesday as concerns over a possible recession and China’s COVID-19 curbs outweighed an expectation of tight global supply and a pick-up in fuel demand with the U.S. summer driving …
Beijing ramps up COVID quarantine, Shanghai residents decry uneven rules
Beijing stepped up quarantine efforts to end its month-old COVID outbreak as fresh signs of frustration emerged in Shanghai, where some bemoaned unfair curbs with the city of 25 million preparing to …
Xinjiang in focus as U.N. rights chief arrives for China visit
Michelle Bachelet’s trip comes ahead of the long-awaited release of her report on the region, where the government is accused of human rights violations.
A hacker, a researcher and thousands of photos: Inside China’s secret Uyghur detention system
Beijing’s incarceration of ethnic minorities is creating a slow-motion genocide, experts say. An exclusive new report offers a look inside.
China calls for end of geographical confrontation, technological decoupling in UN technology meeting
China urged governments to stop creating division around the globe, to abandon technological decoupling and to refrain from destructive practices affecting the stability in global supply chain and …
To counter China’s cost competitiveness, countries have to look at new areas of technology: Kant at WEF 2022
Kant said the post-pandemic era is going to technologically leapfrog in many ways and across a whole range of areas.
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