Apple plans to start manufacturing iPhone 14 in India as the US tech giant seeks alternatives to China after Xi administration’s clashes with Washington and lockdowns across the country disrupted …
Monthly Archives For August 2022
China Nickel Ore Imports Rise Fractionally MoM in Jul, the Lowest in Five Years
According to the online platform of China nickel ore imports stood at 4.37 million mt in July, rising MoM for two months in a …
Wildfires rage as China’s Chongqing suffers unrelenting record heat wave
Thousands of emergency responders are battling to contain fast-spreading wildfires in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing amid a weeks-long, record heat wave in the region.
China to Waive Some Africa Loans, Offer $10 Billion in IMF Funds
China, the largest government creditor to emerging economies, said it will forgive 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries and redirect $10 billion of its International Monetary Fund reserves …
China’s weak crude imports and pariah purchases ease global market: Russell
For the first seven months of 2022, China’s crude oil imports were 9.98 million bpd, down 4% from the same period last year. Looking at the monthly data and its …
China Says International Services Trade Faces Challenges
“Some services trade enterprises are facing challenges such as insufficient orders and rising costs, and their business expectations are unstable,” Sheng said ahead of the upcoming China International …
U.S. companies in Taiwan haven’t seen ‘appreciable’ disruptions over China tensions, says AmCham survey
Most member companies of the American Chambers of Commerce in Taiwan said there has been no significant disruption to business despite escalating tensions.
China’s Looming Water Crisis
China is on the brink of a water catastrophe. A multiyear drought could push the country into an outright water crisis. Such an outcome would not only have a significant effect on China’s grain and…
China’s southwest battles forest fires as end of heatwave approaches
The southwestern Chinese regions of Chonqging and Sichuan were battling fires on Tuesday as they awaited a long-anticipated decline from extremely high temperatures and a period of rainfall set to …
Semiconductor: China have discovered a better chip material than silicon — here’s what we know so far
A paper by MIT demonstrates how a material called cubic boron arsenide is much better at conducting heat and electricity for semiconductor.
China’s scorching southwest extends power curbs as drought, heatwave continue
People walk on a dried-up bed of a reservoir, amid hot temperatures, while many regions from southwest to east of the country along the Yangtze river have been experiencing weeks of record-breaking he …
China’s Central Bank Prods State Banks to Step Up Lending
China’s central bank called on the biggest state banks for increased lending to support the world’s second-largest economy, which has suffered renewed weakness from Covid-19 lockdowns earlier this …
Science, technology week gets underway nationwide
Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang said during the opening ceremony in Beijing on Saturday that this year’s event marks several milestones for China, among them the anniversary of …
