China eased its Covid-19 quarantine regime, cutting in half the time new arrivals must spend in isolation in what is the biggest shift yet in a pandemic policy that has left the world’s second-largest …
Monthly Archives For June 2022
China Cuts COVID Quarantine Time for International Travellers
China will halve to seven days its COVID-19 quarantine period for visitors from overseas, with a further three days spent at home, health authorities said on Tuesday. The change came in the National …
China’s central bank vows to keep policy supportive to aid economic recovery
It also signals that stimulus will likely focus on boosting credit rather than lowering interest rates. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China Warns of ‘Moral Hazard’ Risks as Green Financing Booms
The People’s Bank of China said it will guard against “moral hazards” such as greenwashing and sustainable project fraud as it expands its use of green monetary policy to drive the nation’s energy …
China’s 5.5% GDP Obsession Has $8 Trillion Dark Side
Getting close to this year’s gross domestic product target might help Xi Jinping’s political goal in the short run. But it could exacerbate the country’s debt troubles in dangerous ways.
Hong Kong burnishes China ties as luster as global hub fades
Every few generations, Hong Kong transforms itself, evolving from a swampy fishing village to 19th century colonial port, to capitalist outpost and factory after China’s 1949 revolution, to 21st …
China’s market regulator proposes new rules to better avert monopoly China’s market regulator proposes new rules to better avert monopoly
China’s market watchdog, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), on Monday proposed new rules to better implement the recently revised antitrust law.
Video: China tests everything for Covid, even wind from North Korea
China’s fight against covid has become an ideological campaign: critics are punished and silenced, while science-based approaches are often sidelined. Authorities even censored a North Korean public …
China vows timely policy measures to cope with economic risks
China will roll out tools in its policy reserve in a timely way to cope with more economic challenges, as COVID-19 outbreaks and risks from the Ukraine crisis pose a threat to employment and price…
Nato to confront China risk alongside Russia threat at leaders’ summit
Nato will warn that China is a challenge to its members’ security in its new 10-year doctrine to be agreed this week, as the western alliance seeks to juggle emerging global thr …
China’s pivotal role under scrutiny as Zambia seeks debt relief
With Beijing now the biggest bilateral lender to low-income countries, Zambia’s travails are a test case of its willingness to take the lead in restructuring the debt obligations of defaulting states.
China extends anti-dumping tariffs on EU, UK steel fasteners imports
China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday it would extend anti-dumping tariffs on certain steel fasteners imported from the European Union and United Kingdom for five years.
China poses not just a ‘security issue’ to Asian countries, but also an economic one: Think tank
Shihoko Goto of the Wilson Center says there are, among NATO members and Asian countries, a great number of differences over creating an “actual road map” to counter China’s influence.
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