China’s independently-developed AG600 large amphibious aircraft has gained significant progress by completing critical flight tests and getting the first batch of purchase agreements, the developer …
Monthly Archives For September 2022
Crypto Tycoon’s Bitdeer Debuts Fund Targeting Distressed Miners
Chinese crypto billionaire Jihan Wu is setting up a $250 million fund to buy distressed assets from Bitcoin miners, as the industry reels from this year’s steep drop in digital-asset prices.
The Real Story Behind China’s Battery-Draining Push Notifications
Five years ago, a powerful government body set up a new organization and tasked it with bringing an end to pushy phone notifications. Why didn’t it work?
China alleges U.S. spy agency hacked key infrastructure and sent user data back to headquarters
China accused the U.S. National Security Agency of carrying out an attack on a university allowing the American hackers to break into the country’s infrastructure.
Beijing will face isolation due to growing Chinese nationalism, technology curbs: Gautam Adani
Billionaire Gautam Adani made the observations during his keynote speech at the 20th edition of the Forbes CEO Summit in Singapore on Tuesday.
Facebook says it took down China-based accounts that tried to interfere in the U.S. midterms
Facebook parent company Meta said fake accounts posing as Americans attacked politicians from both parties and posted divisive material about issues such as abortion and gun rights.
Meta shuts down covert influence campaigns it says were run from China and Russia
Facebook parent company Meta announced Tuesday it had detected and shut down two separate networks of fake accounts engaged in covert influence operations run from China and Russia.
Deflation Risks Loom in China Amid Property Crisis, Survey Shows
China faces increasing risks from deflation as demand crumbles under the weight of an ongoing property crisis and is threatened by continued Covid restrictions — a stark contrast with other major …
Indebted to China, flood-ravaged Pakistan’s finance minister quits while trying to secure bailout terms
Miftah Ismail’s sudden resignation on Sunday came after Pakistan received assurances of financial help from the IMF and World Bank to prevent its economy from sinking.
China’s industrial firms strive for profit recovery
Despite profit decline in the first eight months of 2022, China’s industrial firms are on the right track to profit recovery with improved industry structure and government policy support. Industrial …
China Defends ‘Fair’ Ukraine Approach as Zelensky Bemoans Xi’s Silence
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have been trying to secure a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping since March.
China’s Huge Appetite for Fish
China has focused on these faraway waters after depleting fish stocks closer to its own shores. You can see the scale of this fishing effort in the maps that are part of a Times project…
China’s Xi makes first public appearance in Beijing since trip to Central Asia
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited an exhibition in Beijing on Tuesday, according to state television, in his first public appearance since returning to China from an official trip to Central Asia …
