In a pair of related studies, UC San Diego researchers show that the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic was at a Chinese market and resulted from at least two instances of the SARS-CoV-2 virus jumping…
Monthly Archives For July 2022
Companies Shift to Remove China From the Supply Chain
Inter Parfums is among a collection of companies rethinking low-cost importing and moving operations back to the U.S.
U.S. accuses China of increased South China Sea ‘provocations’
The United States on Tuesday accused China of increased “provocations” against rival claimants to territory in the South China Sea and other states operating there.
Former CEO of China Everbright’s financial arm under investigation by Communist Party’s anti-corruption body
Chen Shuang, who resigned as CEO of China Everbright Limited in 2019, is being investigated for ‘suspected violations of the law’ He is a justice of the peace, and a member of the Financial Services…
U.S. regulators won’t accept any restrictions on China audit access – sources
The U.S. public company accounting regulator will not accept any restrictions on its access to the audit papers of Chinese companies listed in New York, including where firms have been delisted, two …
Official explains why China CBDC should not be as anonymous as cash
Partial anonymity is an important feature of the digital yuan, but a completely anonymous CBDC would interfere with preventing crimes like money laundering and terrorism financing.
Coinbase Faces SEC Probe on Crypto Listings; Shares Tumble
Coinbase Global Inc. is facing a US probe into whether it improperly let Americans trade digital assets that should have been registered as securities, according to three people familiar with the …
Will China Move on Taiwan?
Although U.S. officials say they are not aware of any specific piece of intelligence indicating that China may move soon against Taiwan, the Biden administration has become increasingly anxious that …
China approves first homegrown COVID antiviral
The country’s drug regulator has granted conditional authorization for an HIV drug to be used to treat COVID-19.
A COVID outbreak in Shenzhen has forced 100 manufacturers into a ‘closed-loop’ system, threatening a new wave of supply chain chaos
The COVID outbreak and bubble arrangement, which effectively seals off the factories from their surrounding areas and forces employees to live and work on site, threatens to derail production in …
Huawei, Foxconn, and Other Companies Reportedly Advised to Go Under ‘Closed Loop’ in Shenzhen
Amid new covid cases in the technology hub, the government is making workers at some of the city’s largest manufacturers stay on-site at their jobs for a week.
Chinese tech hub Shenzhen rolls out ‘targeted measures’ to reduce industrial disruptions, contain fresh Covid-19 outbreak
Shenzhen’s latest Covid-19 control measures enable industrial enterprises to balance safety with meeting their production goals The city of 17 million on Tuesday reported 19 new infections, including …
Myanmar junta defiantly defends executions, as U.S. pressures China to do more
The State Department said China had the most potential to influence Myanmar and should exert more economic and political pressure.
