The Biden administration plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence and chipmaking tools, several people familiar with the matter …
Monthly Archives For September 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping to leave China for first time since COVID-19 pandemic began to meet Putin
BEIJING: Xi Jinping will leave China this week for the first time in more than two years for a trip to Central Asia where he will meet Vladimir Putin just a month before Xi is…
China Unicom to Acquire China Netcom
“The merger between Unicom and Netcom is in line with the industry trend of convergence between fixed-line and wireless businesses,” said China Unicom in a statement. “Unicom management believes …
China’s bank lending sees slow recovery on cautious households
China’s credit growth recovered in August from a record low after the central bank cut rates and pushed banks to lend more, although still anaemic household borrowing and the return of shadow banking …
COVID-19: Xi Jinping to meet Vladimir Putin in first trip outside China since pandemic began
Xi Jinping will leave China for the first time in more than two years for a trip this week to Central Asia where he will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin, just a month before he is…
China sends college students to quarantine under zero-COVID policy
BEIJING >> Almost 500 students at China’s premier college for broadcast journalists have been sent to a quarantine center after a handful of COVID-19 cases were detected in their dormitory.
Taiwan confirms that China’s drones crossed the unofficial dividing line in the Taiwan Strait for the first time
The sorties come after Taiwanese troops shot down a civilian drone near a tiny Taiwanese-controlled island a few kilometers from mainland China.
China going slow on its $20b loan pledge
China is going slow in materialising its loan pledges for Bangladesh, with signing only two projects worth $400 million in the current fiscal year, Economic Relations Division (ERD) officials said. In …
Lithuania set to open Taiwan representative office and risk further anger from Beijing
The Baltic state has previously indicated the mission would open on Monday and named its first envoy to the island.
COVID-19: World’s deaths drop 25%, cases down 21% to lowest levels since June
COVID-19 cases and deaths worldwide are at the lowest levels since June with a 21% weekly drop in infections to around 475,000 daily and a 24% decline in fatalities to about 1,550 each day.
China-Taiwan tensions reminding Canada’s tech firms to diversify chip manufacturers
Canada’s technology industry says flaring tensions between China and Taiwan are reminding companies how important it is to seek a broader range of sources for semiconductor.
Taiwan-China tensions a reminder to tech: diversify chip manufacturers
TORONTO — Canada’s technology industry says flaring tensions between China and Taiwan are reminding companies how important it is to seek a broader range of sources for semiconductors — and to invest …
Xi to meet Putin in first trip outside China since COVID began
Xi Jinping will leave China for the first time in more than two years for a trip this week to Central Asia where he will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin, just a month before he is…
