China’s imports of liquefied natural gas and pipeline gas from Russia more than doubled in 2022 from a year earlier in value terms, official data showed Friday, indicating Beijing has been indirectly …
Monthly Archives For January 2023
Uyghur group loses legal challenge over cotton imports from Chinese labour camps
A Uyghur rights group has lost a High Court case against the UK Government over allegations British authorities have unlawfully failed to investigate cotton imports linked to forced labour camps in …
Are China’s COVID-19 death figures accurate? Experts say true toll of latest wave unclear
China has released a revised COVID-19 death count that includes those dying from other underlying diseases besides respiratory failure.
A Recovery in China’s Property Market? Not So Fast.
China is trying to diffuse risks in it property sector with a variety of stimulus measures but volatility will continue.
US Poised for Dutch, Japanese Help on China Chip Crackdown
The Netherlands and Japan, home to key suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, are close to joining a Biden administration-led effort to restrict exports of the technology to China and …
How China worries drove Youngkin to spurn a massive Ford battery plant
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R-VA) decision that Virginia will not compete for a planned Ford-owned battery factory due to the legacy automaker’s business relationship with a Chinese battery giant drew a …
Billionaire Chairman of China Evergrande Group Has Lost Over 90% of His Fortune
The past few years have not been great for the super-rich in China, particularly those who built their fortune in the country’s once red-hot property market. The net worth of Hui Ka Yan, chairman of…
US wants to oppose China, EU wants to engage it: French finance minister
EUROPE mustn’t get embroiled in a standoff between China and the US, and should instead forge its own path in strengthening economic relations, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said. Read more …
China’s Covid-19 Fight, Protests in France: The Political Week in Photos
Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for greater efforts to fight Covid-19 amid a soaring death toll, as many more Chinese travel back to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year festival.
As COVID-19 surged in China, so did spending by funeral providers
BEIJING: A funeral parlour in the Chinese city of Shantou published a tender recently for an “emergency purchase” of two cremation ovens, according to a government procurement database, one of several …
China plays down COVID outbreak with holiday rush at full tilt
People across China crowded into trains and buses for one of its busiest days of travel in years on Friday, feeding fears of new surges in a raging COVID-19 outbreak that officials say has hit…
China’s Dec refined metal, scrap and ore imports, alumina exports
The table below shows China’s main refined metal, scrap and ore imports in December, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Friday. Import figures are in tonnes, with …
COVID-19 Live Updates: China Records A 70 Per Cent Spike In COVID-19 Hospitalization In January
The World Health Organization (WHO) stated in a recent report that China recorded a serious surge in hospitalization of patients infected with COVID-19 during the first two weeks of January.
