But for climate scientists, the most conspicuous weather event of the summer may have been the simultaneous heat and drought blanketing most of China. The country has been experiencing extreme heat …
Monthly Archives For September 2022
Explainer: How could the U.S. sanction China to deter a Taiwan attack?
The United States has warned China that the sanctions it coordinated against Russia over Ukraine should serve as a warning as to what to expect should Beijing move against self-ruled Taiwan.
China’s leading AI image generator nixes political content, surprising no one
ViLG, censors political text such as “Tiananmen Square” or names of political leaders, reports Zeyi Yang for MIT Technology Review. Image synthesis has recently proven popular on social media and in …
‘Surveillance State’ explores scope of China’s tactics that ‘defy the imagination’: Review
The hard-hitting book “Surveillance State” explores China’s surveillance, repression tactics. It will be discussed at the next Kentucky Author Forum.
China Braces for a Slowdown That Could be Even Worse Than 2020
Six months after China’s government set ambitious economic targets for the year, growth has slowed so sharply that several major banks don’t even think 3% is achievable anymore.Most Read from …
Export Restrictions On Sale Of Chips And Equipment To China: Will They Work?
Reuters recently reported that the Biden administration plans to broaden curbs on U.S. shipments of some advanced semiconductor chips and some of the most sophisticated chipmaking tools to China. But …
WH’s Kirby Asked About China Buying Up Land Near U.S. Military Bases: I’m Not The Right Person To Ask About This
National Security Council coordinator for communications John Kirby was asked at Tuesday’s White House briefing if the Biden administration is concerned that China is buying land near U.S. military …
New Philippines president fighting back against China’s incursions
Philippine President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos is pushing back against Chinese incursions into the South China Sea, which the Philippines have called called an ‘illegal presence.’ …
Typhoon Muifa pounds eastern China
STORY: Powerful gales and torrential rains battered eastern China on Wednesday evening as Typhoon Muifa made landfall in the port city of Zhoushan.Local media are calling it the strongest tropical …
CHINA MOBILE Mulls to Deregister ADSs, Terminate Reporting Obligations
CHINA MOBILE (00941.HK) expressed that, on 7 May 2021, The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed a Form 25 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the delisting of the Company’s ADSs …
Under China’s Covid-19 lockdown, Xinjiang residents complain of hunger
Residents of a city in China’s far west Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus …
China’s Xi Jinping will meet with Putin in 1st trip since pandemic
Xi is also visiting at the brink of an unprecedented third term, which will cement his legacy as one of China’s most powerful leaders. Steven Tsang, director of the China Institute at SOAS University …
A Peculiar Flavor of NFTs Is Thriving in China – One Regulators Can Abide
Unlike most non-fungible tokens, China’s “digital collectibles” are built on closed networks and designed to appease regulators who frown on trading and speculation.
