China’s cyberspace watchdog has vowed to crackdown on fake news before a key summit where President Xi Jinping is set to take a precedent-defying third term in power.
Monthly Archives For September 2022
Beijing bourse sees 110 listed firms with market value close to 200b yuan
A total of 110 companies have been listed on the Beijing Stock Exchange as of Friday, with a combined market value of nearly 200 billion yuan ($29 billion). Established in November 2021, the Beijing …
China further opens its domestic derivatives market
China opened its financial and commodity markets further to foreign investors on Friday, allowing qualified overseas institutions to trade broadly domestic futures and options instruments. The China …
Livzon Pharma’s COVID-19 vaccine gets emergency use approval in China
China’s Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc’s (Livzon) protein-based COVID-19 vaccine has obtained emergency use authorisation as a booster from the Chinese medical products regulator, the company said in …
China locks down 21 million people in Chengdu as COVID-19 cases rise
Chinese authorities locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million people, following a spike in COVID-19 cases. Photos of empty supermarket shelves and Chengdu residents scrambling to hoard …
Shenzhen extends Covid curbs as China battles multiple outbreaks
Parts of the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen extended curbs on public activities on Friday but stopped short of a full lockdown, as cities across China battled COVID-19 outbreaks that dampen the …
‘Anti-China plot’: Beijing slams UN human rights report on Xinjiang and Uygur treatment as ‘pure farce’
China has slammed a damning United Nations human rights assessment of Xinjiang after the document concluded Beijing’s actions “may constitute international crimes” against humanity.
Danger Zone — a terrifying scenario of China on the road to war
It is January 18, 2025, and a war is about to start,” runs the provocative first line of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China. It goes on to sketch out a blood-curdling sequence of…
Asia Gold China premiums climb to near six-year peak on low buying interest
Gold premiums in top consumer China continued their rapid ascent to their highest since the tail-end of 2016 on soft buying interest, while a drop in local prices prompted Indian dealers to charge …
China Vanke’s Property-Management Arm Onewo Readies Hong Kong IPO
By Clarence Leong Chinese property manager Onewo Inc., which is majority-owned by China Vanke Co., is preparing to launch an initial public offering in …
Experts: What will China win out of U.S.’ latest GPU chip ban?
China, of course, is firmly against U.S. latest hegemony act of banning chip sales to China, yet the developing country with growing high-tech know-hows and applications in the filed is not all …
Millions locked down in China’s Chengdu over Covid outbreak
Millions were stuck at home in China’s Chengdu on Friday after a handful of Covid-19 cases brought the megacity to a standstill. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare this week as locals in the city …
Does China believe its own propaganda on Uyghurs?
In 2019, the BBC was taken on a highly controlled propaganda tour of four Xinjiang camps. Even in these show facilities, the coercion was hard to hide, but they tried. We were presented in each…
