Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the “grim reality” of the threat from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Sunday during…
Monthly Archives For December 2022
China for strengthening green finance rules
Therefore, [we] should strengthen financial regulations, conduct stress tests and other means to guide financial institutions to continuously improve their green financial capabilities in accordance …
China’s cyclical recovery to be delayed by new wave of COVID-19 cases
Doha: China remains a major source of uncertainty for the global growth outlook. After a collapse in demand and activity in Q1 2020, following the …
Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5 – Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that …
Beijing’s Covid Gloom Deepens As China Relaxes Curbs After Protests
Beijing’s COVID-19 gloom deepened on Sunday with many shops and other businesses closed, and an expert warned of many thousands of new coronavirus cases as anger over China’s previous COVID policies …
Beijing quiet as virus continues to impact
But cities that were already battling their most severe outbreaks, like Beijing, saw a sharp decrease in economic activity after rules such as regular testing were scrapped. Anecdotal evidence …
China’s ‘blank placard’ Covid protests: What Hong Kong officials could learn from their Beijing counterparts
Hong Kong Free Press. Thousands of people went onto the streets across China last month to protest their government’s years-long zero-Covid policy. Some of those protests mor …
China’s capital swings from anger over zero-COVID to coping with infections
Beijing’s COVID-19 gloom deepened on Sunday with many shops and other businesses closed, and an expert warned of many thousands of new coronavirus cases as anger over China’s previous COVID policies …
Biden tries to reboot US brand in Africa amid China, Russia inroads
When Barack Obama welcomed African leaders to Washington in 2014, many viewed the summit as historic, not just due to the US president’s background but for the pledges to make the partnership deeper …
New Year Holds Promise for China IPOs After a Record 2022 Haul
Chinese companies raised a record amount in initial public offerings at home this year, defying a global slump. And with the end of Covid Zero in sight, 2023 could be set for another strong showing.
China’s healthcare system put to the test as COVID-19 curbs fade
When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding in northern China, he braced for a five-day quarantine at a makeshift local hospital as part of the country’s …
China’s Wang Huning, a Backstage Ideologue and Political Survivor
Wang Huning, one of just two top officials reappointed to join President Xi Jinping on the elite seven-man Politburo Standing Committee, has carved an unusual career path as the party’s top …
China’s internet darlings seek growth after zero-Covid
Two Chinese internet companies that have emerged as corporate winners through the pandemic are adapting to renewed competition as the country begins to shed its zero-Covid policy. Food delivery group …
