STORY: China reported 23,276 new COVID-19 infections on November 16, of which 2,388 were symptomatic and 20,888 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. That compared with …
Monthly Archives For November 2022
Blizzard will pull ‘World of Warcraft’ from China as NetEase deal ends
Blizzard Entertainment said Thursday it will no longer offer games such as ‘World of Warcraft’ and ‘Hearthstone’ in China from next year once its deal with NetEase ends, prompting shares in the …
‘Do You Not Have a Heart?’: Authorities in China Face Outcry Over Death of Another Child in Quarantine
Anger mounts against anti-virus enforcement after reports a 4-month-old girl died in quarantine at a hotel in Zhengzhou …
Analysis: Have China and India shifted their stance away from Russia on Ukraine war?
China and India did not stand in the way of the release of a statement by the world’s leading economies that harshly criticized Russia over Ukraine.
The Only Way the U.S. Can Win the Tech War with China
The tech war between China and the U.S. over advanced semiconductors is rapidly heating up, but the U.S. needs allies to win …
Analysis: Unmasked and in charge, China’s Xi puts personal diplomacy back in play
President Xi Jinping, conspicuously absent from the main stage of diplomacy during China’s COVID isolation, has been mostly smiles and handshakes on his return this week with a flurry of meetings that …
World of Warcraft to go offline in China as Activision Blizzard and NetEase end 14-year deal
The Blizzard-NetEase deal is due to expire in January 2023 after the two firms were unable to agree on renewal terms.
Only a revived economy can save China’s property industry
In an aggressive attempt to cure these maladies, China’s policymakers have created several others. The flow of finance to property developers has slowed abruptly since the government imposed limits on …
US must catch up to China’s digital currency in order to ‘lead the world’: Paul Ryan policy volume
It will make it harder for us to finance our government, our social safety net and our … established over the last 250 years is being challenged worldwide by “by China’s repressive regime and other…
U.S. Policymakers Should Remember China’s Limits | Opinion
U.S.-China competition for influence in the Indo-Pacific has been on full display at the G20 in Southeast Asia.
With the U.S. out of Afghanistan, China comes calling
China expands its links to Afghanistan as entrepreneurs scout for business opportunities and Beijing makes overtures to the ruling Taliban in Kabul.
China’s Xi says cold war mentality and bloc confrontation must be rejected
Actions that inflate conflicts and distort international norms are “all too common” and the world should jointly reject a cold war mentality and bloc confrontation, China’s President Xi Jinping said …
The Enduring Corporate Entrenchment in China
Chexit” is Friedman’s term for China cutting ties with Western businesses and money. He claims that China has finally driven U.S. businesses away with rampant IP theft and obstacles to market access.