Former NBA star Jeremy Lin, who plays for a Chinese team, was fined 10,000 yuan ($1,400) for criticizing quarantine facilities, China’s professional league and a news report said Friday, as the …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
Why diversification from exporting to China must be a deliberate choice
OPINION: China’s sluggish economy means that 2022 is set to be its second-weakest year for GDP growth since 1976.
Dawn of China biopharma innovation
Having invented the concept, it is odd that China should have been so behind in making medicine for so long. That has changed: the Chinese pharmaceutical market is now the second biggest in the world,…
Chinese Protests Unlikely To Change Anything: Dissident Ai Weiwei
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has described China’s COVID-19 policies as “unprecedented” but said that he doubts recent protests will be successful in the face of the country’s one-party rule.
China begins loosening COVID restrictions after massive protests
The loosening restrictions come after nationwide protests erupted in late November as the Chinese government decided to stick with the zero-COVID policies.
Security News This Week: China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters
Plus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this year.
Govt to tighten scrutiny of imports; sets up 4-5 task forces to boost telecom manufacturing
Telecom gear makers expressed concern around import of network gear from China, which is being routed through other neighbouring countries.
China’s Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more COVID-19 restrictions amid public frustration
Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel …
Beijing and other cities in China end required COVID-19 tests for public transit
The Associated Press BEIJING — Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take …
Beijing, Shenzhen ease more COVID curbs as China fine-tunes policy
Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel, as an easing of China’s virus …
A Powerful Display of Dissent in China
Their bravery is a profound affirmation that freedom of expression, dissent and protest are values held by people all over the world.
How Chinese netizens swamped China’s Internet controls
Protests were referred to using coded language, such as “ going for a walk .” For Chinese netizens, using puns, memes, and other tricks to evade censorship is old hat, although they are more often…
China’s lockdown policy affects export-fuelled industries, pushes Beijing towards WANA region: Report
Beijing [China], December 3 (ANI): China’s lockdown policy has affected its export-fuelled industries and brought them to a “grind”, forcing Beijing to establish trade and investment links with the …
