More than two billion people have tuned in to watch the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, it has been revealed. The figure of 2.01 billion viewers on television and digital platforms shows a five per cent…
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Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 watched by more than 2 billion people
The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 reached a global broadcast audience of more than 2 billion people, according to independent research conducted on behalf of the …
As Xi Jinping tightens his grip on China, fear chills free speech in Hong Kong
There’s little room for free speech when “you could be arrested and could be put in jail, maybe for a year or two years, with no trial.” …
China, ‘factory of the world,’ is losing more of its manufacturing and export dominance, latest data shows
China has been the ‘factory of the world’ for decades, but Covid and gains made in recent years by nations including Vietnam in manufacturing are taking a toll.
Saudi Aramco to push ahead with IPO of oil-trading unit – Bloomberg News
Saudi Aramco is pushing ahead with plans for an initial public offering of its energy-trading business and is targeting a listing in Riyadh for the end of the year or early 2023, Bloomberg News …
US think tank brands military ‘weak’ in face of ‘aggressive’ China
The right-wing Heritage Foundation says Beijing is expanding its strength ‘with the cunning of serpents’ and compares the Taiwan situation with Ukraine Report says US military is ‘ill-equipped’ to …
China using influencers to whitewash human rights abuses, report finds
Social media videos by people from the Uyghur community are part of a sophisticated propaganda campaign, thinktank says …
China holds emergency talks with semiconductor companies after US export controls: report
China is holding a number of emergency talks with several semiconductor companies to understand the impact they are facing from the U.S …
European Auto Makers Face 2023 Profit Hit While Industry Seeks China Import Action
European auto profits will dive in 2023 as the recession kicks in and inflation bites. Mondial de l‘Automobile showed competition from China gathering pace and manufacturers want a level playing field …
Chinese crypto activity slows but not dead despite ban
Cryptocurrency transactions in China have picked up in recent months despite a ban in September 2021, suggesting that trading restrictions imposed by Beijing have been largely bypassed by determined …
China sticks with zero-COVID as quarantine video causes outrage
The video that purportedly shows a seriously ill 16-year-old female being ignored at a quarantine centre has gone viral.
Beijing’s Fourfold Rise In COVID-19 Cases Sparks Concern In China; Restrictions Imposed
In Beijing, a city of 21 million, COVID cases have gone from 49 to 197. China authorities have imposed a partial lockdown in the region.
Under Xi Jinping, zero-Covid is accelerating China’s surveillance state
As a new, deadly virus overtook the central city of Wuhan and spread throughout China in early 2020, the country’s ruling Communist Party and its leader Xi Jinping were faced with a crisis on a…
