The number of trips taken over China’s three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday shrank, with tourism revenue also falling, official data showed, as strict Covid-19 rules discouraged people from …
Monthly Archives For September 2022
China’s Top Officials Signal Russia Support Ahead of Xi-Putin Meet
Beijing has been careful not to publicly side with Moscow over Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, but the Kremlin says it has China’s backing.
Challenges for Russia and China Test a ‘No-Limits’ Friendship
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are set to meet later this week. Russia’s battlefield losses and China’s slowdown could complicate their relationship.
China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin: Dangerous Men Meet in Central Asia | Opinion
The world’s two most dangerous actors, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, are meeting in the middle of this month. The in-person get-together, the 39th since Xi became Chinese president in 2013, will take …
Hong Kong Mourns Queen’s Death in Silent Protest Against Beijing
Hundreds to thousands of Hongkongers queued outside the British consulate to pay their respects on Monday’s public holiday.
Commuter chaos as Beijing tightens Covid-19 controls
Beijing ramps up pandemic measures ahead of next month’s party congress with new testing requirements, while city in neighbouring Hebei province announces four-day lockdown.
China is benefitting from LNG sales to Europe as some traders resell non-Russian cargoes at high prices while restocking with cheap Russian fuel
China managed to get a 50% discount on some LNG supply from the Sakhalin 2 export plant at the far east end of Russia, Bloomberg reported last week.
Drought, record heat and blackouts test China’s faith in renewable energy
Drought and extreme heat pushed the power grid past the brink in southern China, raising fears that the country might revert to burning more coal.
The U.S. plans to expand a chip export ban on China, ratcheting up the tech war between the two countries
The Commerce Department plans to impose the restrictions on three companies: KLA, Lam Research, and Applied Materials, according to unidentified sources with knowledge of the matter.
Filecoin Miner RRMine Global Leaves China for Singapore
Filecoin mining firm RRMine Global closed its mainland China operations and relocated to Singapore more than a year after China issued one of its harshest bans on crypto trading and mining. Many …
TÜV Nord certifies Shenzhen metro Line 20
The latest news and analysis of the global railway industry from the world’s leading international publication.
China Tells Banks to Report Exposure to Conglomerate Fosun
Chinese authorities have told the nation’s biggest banks and state-owned firms to start a round of checks on their financial exposure to Fosun, one of the country’s largest non-state conglomerates, …
Pope says he is always ready to go to China
Pope Francis said on Tuesday he was willing to go to China at any time but had “no news” to offer over speculation he might meet Chinese President Xi Jinping during a papal visit to…
