The possibility of U.S. house speaker Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan was raised with China’s foreign minister last month and there were no plans for the two countries’ top diplomats to meet this week in …
Monthly Archives For August 2022
Analysis: Pelosi’s Taiwan visit clouds Boeing’s China reset hopes
Boeing Co faced added uncertainty over crucial plane deliveries to China on Wednesday as a visit to Taipei by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi angered Beijing and risked stoking Sino …
China’s property downturn deepens
China’s housing sales amounted to more than $2trn last year, making the sector a crucial driver of the world’s second-largest economy, says Jacky Wong in The Wall Street Journal. The mortgage boycott …
How the U.S. lost the Next Big Thing to China — again
Taxpayers spent $15 million on research to build a breakthrough battery. Then the U.S. government gave it to China.
Ban on sand exports, fruit and fish imports: How China is punishing Taiwan for hosting Nancy Pelosi
Mainland China had warned of ‘grave consequences’ if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. Now Beijing has unleashed a slew of economic restrictions and is likely to impose even more in the co …
China’s social media users were threatening war over Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Now they’re talking about sand.
With the chances of an all-out war diminishing, Chinese social media users have rallied en masse behind a sand export ban against Taiwan.
China halts sand export to Taiwan, bans some fruit and fish imports
China, which claims Taiwan as its territory and opposes any engagement by Taiwanese officials with foreign governments, announced a series of military exercises around the self-ruled island on Tuesday …
China suspends import of citrus fruits and two types of fish from Taiwan and bans sand exports to the island
Chinese authorities announced Wednesday the suspension of citrus imports and two types of fish from Taiwan, as well as the cancellation of sand exports, amid rising tensions over the visit …
Crypto Takes a Fresh Hit as Thousands of Solana Wallets Hacked
Hackers targeted the Solana ecosystem early Wednesday with thousands of wallets affected in the latest hit to the cryptocurrency market after bridge protocol Nomad was attacked at the start of the …
Fact Check: Viral video DOES NOT show forced mass testing for Covid-19 in China
A video of people standing in a queue has gone viral on social media, with the claim that people in China were being handcuffed and forcibly tested for Covid-19. India Today’s AFWA has found the…
China’s Problem Isn’t Nancy Pelosi —It’s Turning Japanese
Covid-19, crashing property values, inflation, Nancy Pelosi, you name it. But the Chinese president’s biggest problem might be in Tokyo. Something strange is going on amongst Chinese banks: a whole …
China Reopens Border With Macau After Six Weeks as Cases Ebb
China will resume quarantine-free travel with Macau as the city recovers from its worst ever Covid-19 outbreak, in a move that could herald a tourism revival for casinos that have been bleeding cash …
China’s job market – Shenyang looks to beef up hiring
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in unemployment worldwide. In China, there are concerns that the country’s 10 million new college graduates face a shortage of entry-level job openings this …
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