Users of Xiaohongshu, a Chinese Instagram-like social e-commerce platform, recently put up posts showing mainland residents ways to get Covid-19 shots in Hong Kong Without giving details, China …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
China Pledges More Support for Covid-Hit Service Sector
China’s banking and insurance regulator said it would ramp up financial support for businesses in the service sector that had been hammered by Covid-19 outbreaks.
Futures Climb as China Eases COVID Curbs
China said it would stop requiring inbound travelers to go into quarantine starting Jan. 8, a major step in reopening its borders, adding that it would also downgrade the seriousness of COVID as it …
IPO Update: Intchains Readies $30 Million U.S. IPO
Intchains has filed proposed terms for a $30 million U.S. IPO. The firm designs ASICs for use in cryptocurrency mining applications. Read more on the IPO here.
Latam M&A Expected to Recover in 2023, IPOs May Take Longer
Bankers predict M&A volumes will grow up to 20% in the region next year as Latin America becomes more relevant among emerging markets. Many emerging market investors have already …
Business travel bound to boom in 2023 as China re-opens
Michael Riegel, general manager of TripActions discusses the latest developments in the travel market, China relaxing its Covid travel restrictions and how travel trends have changed in the last two …
Chinese make travel plans as Beijing dismantles zero-COVID rules
Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by stringent COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening next month, even as rising infections strained the…
Taiwan to extend conscription to a year in bid to counter China threat
Taiwan has pledged to beef up its armed forces with longer military service and more muscular training as President Tsai Ing-wen seeks to strengthen the country’s defences against the threat of an attack from China.
Crypto will be fine
There have been many crypto booms and busts. But in each bust, the bottom is a little higher than it was the time before. This is the slow build that believers count on to eventually…
Crypto will survive FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried
When reading the latest obituaries for blockchain and cryptocurrencies, it helps to remember they’ve been written before. The big picture: There have been many crypto booms and busts. But in each bust …
New COVID-19 variants may arise, as China cases surge with lifting of measures: Expert
As part of its lifting of pandemic restrictions, China will scrap quarantine measures for overseas arrivals starting Jan 8.
LIVE Updates | Coronavirus in India, China COVID Cases: BF.7 variant infected patients to get free treatment HERE
In view of the rapidly increasing cases of Omicron’s BF.7 variant in China, the concern of the people in India has also increased a lot. People are afraid of increasing corona cases and getting locked…
Fosun app lets China users get BioNTech COVID vaccines in Hong Kong
China’s Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group said users of its mobile health app in China can now register to take COVID-19 booster shots in Hong Kong using BioNTech’s vaccine.