The Biden administration on Thursday added Chinese memory chipmaker YMTC and 21 “major” Chinese players in the artificial intelligence chip industry to a trade blacklist, broadening its crackdown on …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
About-turn in China’s Covid-19 messaging after moving to co-existence with virus
Covid”, often invoked up till two weeks back, Instead, doctors now repeatedly appear on state media to remind people that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is not as deadly as earlier variants, and that people…
U.S. widens ban on military and surveillance tech sales to China
The Commerce Department added 36 entities to a U.S. export blacklist, including one of China’s largest chipmakers.
Biden to blacklist China’s YMTC, crackdown on AI chip sector
The Biden administration on Thursday plans to add Chinese memory chipmaker YMTC and 21 “major” Chinese players in the artificial intelligence chip industry to a trade blacklist, broadening its …
Chart of the Day: Chinese Bourses Top IPO League Tables
The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges are set to rank first and second among global bourses by IPO fundraising in 2022, with Hong Kong close behind, after a year of extreme volatility and risk-off …
COVID-19’s Origins Under Scanner Again As WHO Seeks Data From China; All You Must Know
The exact origins of coronaviruses are not well understood, but they are thought to have originated in animals and then jumped to humans. There are many different types of coronaviruses, including …
WRAPUP 4-China pushes vaccines as retreat from ‘zero-COVID’ turns messy
The push comes as the World Health Organisation also raised concerns that China’s 1.4 billion population was not adequately vaccinated and the United States offered help in dealing with a surge in …
Long lines outside Beijing pharmacies, clinics after Covid curbs eased
Residents of Beijing have formed long lines outside fever clinics and pharmacies, leading to a run on medicines, as the Chinese capital adapts to eased Covid-19 restrictions.
China launches yet more classified Yaogan reconnaissance satellites to orbit
China has now launched four groups of mysterious Yaogan 36 satellites this year. China has added more satellites to its Yaogan remote sensing collection. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Xichang …
A week into China’s easing, uncertainty over virus direction
A week after China dramatically eased some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remained Thursday over the direction of the pandemic in the world’s most populous nation.
As China’s coronavirus infections spike, Beijing sees food, medicine shortages
A sudden surge in Covid-19 infections in China’s capital Beijing has stoked public anxiety and created huge demand for medical supplies, but pharmacies are running short on key supplies.
Beijing’s Pivot to Growth Comes Very Late
With the economy teetering and China bracing for a gigantic wave of Covid-19 cases, Beijing is finally sounding the right notes on business and growth. Last week’s Politburo meeting called for …
China’s economy plunged before major Covid policy shift. A rebound may be months away
The end of pandemic restrictions in China will eventually usher in a strong economic rebound as the country learns to live with the Covid virus, according to economists, even as a slew of data showed…
