According to federal health ministry data released on Wednesday morning, 1,946 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,634,376 in the country. With …
Monthly Archives For October 2022
China lodges representations over alleged harassment at Manchester consulate
China’s foreign ministry, responding to a question about clashes between Hong Kong protesters and the staff of its consulate in the British city of Manchester on Sunday, said on Wednesday that it had …
China auto market faces slowdown as inventory builds – CMBI
The logo of Guangzhou Automobile Group is pictured at its booth during the Auto China 2016 auto show in Beijing, China April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo …
UPDATE 1-Chinese refiners ZPC, ChemChina win additional 2022 crude oil import quotas -sources
SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Chinese private mega-refiner Zhejiang Petrochemical Corp (ZPC) has been awarded a 10 million tonne additional crude oil import quota for 2022, a company executive told …
Closure of jumbo centres amid global Covid-19 surge is worrying: Health experts
Are we prepared to handle any future surge in COVID numbers or any new pandemic, ask health experts, who have expressed concern about the dismantling of jumbo COVID centres across the city and its …
China feared to be targeting army and navy for recruitment after pilots lured to Beijing
The Ministry of Defence has admitted its fears that Beijing is looking to recruit army and navy personnel after it was unveiled earlier this week that the Chinese have been targeting RAF pilots to …
Beijing protest against Covid-19 rules and leadership finds support among overseas Chinese
The rallying cries from a rare protest in Beijing last week criticising China’s strict Covid-19 approach and the country’s leader Xi Jinping have been taken up by young Chinese across the world, even …
Beijing reports 34 symptomatic, 8 asymptomatic COVID cases for Oct 18
China’s capital Beijing reported 34 new symptomatic locally transmitted COVID-19 infections and eight asymptomatic cases for Oct. 18, local government authorities said on Wednesday.
What do US curbs on selling microchips to China mean for the global economy?
Washington’s ban on hi-tech exports to China marks a huge gambit for economic supremacy for the next decades …
Did China miss its chance to fix its economy?
China correspondent Edward White explains why this has happened and whether or not it is too late for Xi Jinping to make the changes necessary to put the country on a path to strong growth…
China could expand its domestic market to reduce reliance on exports, says Standard Chartered
Shuang Ding of the bank discusses the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and says there was a “realistic assessment of [the] external environment” that the country faces.
Beijing Covid Cases at Four-Month High as Top Party Leaders Meet
Beijing’s Covid-19 infections swelled to the highest in four months, stoking concerns about potential curbs for the capital as the flareup worsens in the middle of the twice-a-decade party congress.
Social media posts mislead over US nationals’ right to work on semiconductors in China
Following newly implemented US export control measures to limit China’s access to high-end semiconductors with military uses, a claim has circulated in multiple social media posts saying that the US …