President Xi Jinping arrives in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on a visit which China hailed as its biggest ever diplomatic initiative in the Arab world, as Riyadh looks to expand global alliances beyond …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
Op-Ed: China can’t quell protests until it gets realistic about ‘zero COVID’
China has lately experienced its largest and most politically charged protests since the pro-democracy movement in 1989 ended in a massacre by government forces on Tiananmen Square. The recent social …
China’s increasing totalitarianism threatens global stability
Napoleon Bonaparte warned that “China is a sleeping giant, let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” As Communist China continues to spread its malign influence across the globe …
EU escalates WTO case against China over patents, Lithuania
The European Commission said on Wednesday it had requested the formation of adjudicating panels at the World Trade Organization, the next step in two trade disputes with China after failing to resolve …
What to expect from this week’s China-Arab summit?
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week coincides with a summit of Arab leaders. Experts say the meeting is not about Arab nations choosing sides between China and the US though.
They withdrew their IPO. Then, they broke off their SPAC merger. Now what?
If at first an IPO doesn’t succeed, try, try a SPAC. But what happens when that fails too? Intrinsic Medicine and its blank-check partner Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp. called off their reverse …
China takes decisive step away from strict ‘zero-Covid’ approach after mass protests
China announced the scrapping of some of its strictest rules designed to curb Covid-19 on Wednesday, a major step away from a strategy that has constrained daily life for almost three years and set off…
‘Winter is coming’ to UK housing market as prices tumble; China trade slumps – business live
Average house prices fell 2.3% in November, biggest drop since financial crisis, knocking average house price down by almost £7,000 …
China in Stunning Reversal From Zero-COVID Strategy After Protests
China’s significant policy rollback comes less than two weeks after anti-government protests erupted in major cities nationwide.
China loosens anti-COVID rules in major policy shift
China announced on Wednesday the most sweeping changes to its tough anti-COVID regime since the pandemic began three years ago, loosening rules that curbed the spread of the virus but had hobbled the …
2024 Cupra Tavascan EV Will Be Made In China For Export To Europe
Parent company Volkswagen Group says it has no plans to produce other vehicles in China for export, though. Volkswagen Group has announced it will build the Cupra Tavascan, the Spanish brand’s first …
A speedy reversal of China COVID-19 restrictions could cause 1 million winter deaths: report
Chinese authorities on Wednesday announced they were rolling back some of the strictest zero-COVID measures. One study says that will come at the cost of a ‘winter wave’ of deaths.
China eases COVID-19 restrictions in wake of protests
China announced Wednesday that it would loosen its stringent zero-COVID controls after widespread protests against the draconian policies broke out across the country and escalated into calls for …
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