Markets have been clamouring for Beijing to end the zero-Covid policy for some time, well aware that the exit would not be a smooth one Now that China has opened up much faster than anticipated,…
Monthly Archives For December 2022
China’s Chip Equipment Imports Plunge in November as U.S. Export Controls Bite
The drop followed new restrictions imposed in October by Washington on the export of advanced semiconductors and chip-manufacturing equipment to China.
Beijing Olympics, FIFA World Cup sparked sports controversies in 2022
Russian skater Kamila Valieva’s scandal wasn’t the only controversial moment in 2022 as the year ended with plenty of protests surrounding the World Cup in Qatar.
China sends dozens of warplanes, ships toward Taiwan
China sent 39 aircraft and three warships on military drills toward Taiwan on Thursday in a show of force against the self-governing democratic island nation. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said officials detected the aircraft…
China accepts first foreign Covid-19 vaccines in deal with Germany
BioNTech shots will be made available to German citizens after an agreement reached during last month’s visit to Beijing by Olaf Scholz.
Taiwan scrambles jets as China flies dozens of aircraft into air defense zone
China deployed 39 military aircraft to Taiwan’s air defense zone on Thursday, leading the self-governed island to scramble fighter jets in response.
China COVID deaths probably running above 5,000 per day – UK research firm Airfinity
More than 5,000 people are probably dying each day from COVID-19 in China, health data firm Airfinity estimated, offering a dramatic contrast to official data from Beijing on the country’s current …
China’s Ministry of Finance allocates over 5b yuan of natural disaster relief funds amid cold waves
China’s Ministry of Finance, together with the Ministry of Emergency Management, allocated 5.48 billion yuan ($784.6 million) of central natural disaster relief funds to ensure a safe and warm winter …
GLOBALink | China’s Shenzhen Port logs stable container throughput growth in Jan-Nov
In the first 11 months of this year, Shenzhen Port in south China’s Guangdong saw its container throughput reach 26.65 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 2 percent year on year. #GLOBALin …
Hospital warns of ‘tragic battle’ as Covid spreads in China
China’s official death count since the pandemic began three years ago stands at 5,241 — a fraction of what most other countries faced — but now looks bound to rise sharply.
BioNTech ships 11,500 doses of COVID vaccine to China
BioNTech said on Thursday it had shipped 11,500 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to China to be administered initially to German expatriates, marking the first foreign coronavirus vaccines to be sent to …
India ready to export fever drugs to China amid COVID surge – export body
India, one of the world’s biggest drug makers, is ready to step up exports of fever medicines to China as it reels from a spike in COVID-19 cases, the chairperson of an Indian drug export…
China’s State Council calls for implementation of property market rescue measures to boost economic growth
Beijing’s top decision making body called for rescue measures for the property sector to be properly implemented, after regulators vowed to support the bruised industry to boost economic growth.
