As much of the globe moves on from COVID-19, the nation at the epicenter of the pandemic is doubling down on its ultra-strict restrictions. Chinese cities from Wuhan to Xining have locked down …
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Vladimir Putin says China’s Xi Jinping is ‘close friend’, hails ‘unprecedented’ partnership with Beijing
Moscow and Beijing signed a no-limits partnership just days before Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine in February …
Kamila Valieva: Wada threatens legal action over Russian figure skating doping case at Winter Olympics in Beijing
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has threatened to take the case of the teenage Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva to court unless the outcome of Russia’s …
The Impacts of U.S.-China Tech Decoupling
The Biden administration has dramatically expanded controls on technology flowing to and from Beijing by imposing aggressive sanctions targeting China’s chip and semiconductor industry. What impact …
Italy will not be dependent on China, minister says
Italy will not be dependent on Chinese trade or technology and will safeguard any sector deemed as strategic, the new industry minister said on Thursday. Adolfo Urso spoke when asked to comment on …
Climate change: majority of China-backed development bank AIIB’s financing to go to mitigation and adaptation by 2025
China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank aims to allocate at least half of its annual financing to projects that tackle climate change by 2025, according to a senior executive.
Biden Administration Expects Near Term Deal With Allies on China Export Curbs-Official
The Biden administration expects to ink a deal with allies in the near-term to bring them on board with new rules curbing China’s access to sophisticated chipmaking tools, a senior Commerce Department …
This City Wants To Make A Crypto Comeback, But Will Beijing Quash The Effort?
Also Read: Maybe Jeff Bezos Should Buy Ethereum – AWS Servers Host A Major Chunk Of The Crypto’s Computing Power BitMex co-founder Arthur Hayes expressed concerns over the possibility that China could …
Loopholes Continue to Undermine American Manufacturers and Give China an Advantage | Opinion
The Chinese government would never let American companies enjoy similar advantages to sell to their consumers.
China extends Covid-19 measures despite end of Party Congress
BEIJING – Hopes that China would ease up on its onerous zero-Covid-19 policy after the Communist Party of China’s 20th congress ended last week have been dashed, as the country appears to be doubling …
China plunges 800,000 people into lockdown as COVID-19 cases begin ramping up
For the third day in a row, the People’s Republic has reported more than a thousand new cases of Covid – with authorities tightening restrictions, locking down districts and sealing up buildings as …
China fires back after Hawley proposes sanctions on Xi
Officials in China this week called out Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) after he proposed sanctions on Chinese President Xi Jinping for human rights abuses in the country. In a letter sent to Hawley’s office …
China’s Latest Covid Lockdown Affects a Major iPhone Factory
An outbreak in Zhengzhou has sent an unknown number of workers at the city’s Foxconn plant into quarantine. It’s a bad time of year for output of iPhones to slow down.
