China’s participation in the RCEP showcases the country’s resolve to further open up and to promote multilateralism as well as free trade, which China believes are the ways to ensure the common …
Monthly Archives For January 2023
Pakistan cries foul over non-functional railway bogies imported from China
The Shehbaz Sharif government needed to spend hundreds of thousands of rupees just to make the bogies operational, sources told the Pakistani newspaper. It said the maintenance work was being …
COVID-19: China threatens countermeasures against nations demanding ‘unacceptable’ requirements
China on Tuesday threatened to impose countermeasures against nations demanding ‘unacceptable’ testing requirements from travellers from China. Following reports of a surge in Covid cases in China, …
EU offers help, prepares to counter China’s COVID-19 crisis
BRUSSELS: The European Union said on Tuesday it has offered China help to deal with its COVID-19 crisis, including the donation of vaccines, as the bloc seeks to coordinate how authorities should …
Covid-19 in China: up to 70 per cent of Shanghai’s population has now been infected, says leading city doctor
Chen Erzhen, a member of the city’s expert advisory panel, says millions more have been infected compared with last year’s outbreak The country’s lifting of Covid controls has seen a surge in cases …
Mandatory Covid-19 testing for China travellers overreaction, NZ officials reported saying
New Zealand health officials agreed with their Australian counterparts that introducing mandatory Covid-19 testing for travellers from China was an overrea …
China criticises other countries for ‘excessive’ Covid travel rules
Beijing threatens countermeasures against countries that have tightened rules for passengers from China
TikTok-owner ByteDance cuts hundreds of jobs in China – SCMP
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video app TikTok, has laid off hundreds of employees across multiple departments at the end of 2022 as part of a cost-cutting measure, the South China Morning …
China raises fuel export quotas in first 2023 tranche – consultancies
China has raised export quotas for refined oil products in the year’s first batch by nearly half versus a year earlier, China-based consultancies said on Tuesday, another effort to spur refinery …
Fresh opportunity for sesame growers as China exports jump
The growing demand of sesame seeds in China is presenting an opportunity for Tanzanians to export the produce which is abundantly available locally. China is the largest importer of sesame seeds in …
Oil falls as outlook for China, global economy weigh
Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday in volatile trade as weak demand data from China and a gloomy economic outlook weighed. Brent crude futures fell 46 cents, or 0.54%, to $85.45 a barrel by 1017…
Russia Boosts The Export Capacity Of Its Natural Gas Pipeline To China
Russia has increased the daily export capacity of its pipeline to China to over 60 million cubic meters, with China becoming an increasingly important partner …
Covid-19: China stops counting cases as models predict a million or more deaths
China has effectively stopped counting covid cases and deaths, abandoning mass testing and adopting new criteria for counting deaths that will exclude most fatalities from being reported. The Chinese …
