(Reuters) -Authorities around the world are imposing or considering curbs on travellers from China as COVID-19 cases there surge following its relaxation of “zero-COVID” rules. China has rejected …
Monthly Archives For January 2023
What’s Behind China’s Resumed Imports of Australian Coal?
China’s decision to import Australian coal after a two-year ban was driven by diplomatic, not economic, considerations.
China’s role in global manufacturing under pressure as more European firms look to Vietnam and India, surveys show
A growing number of foreign firms in China are considering alternative production bases like Vietnam after enduring three years of zero-Covid restrictions, two new surveys show.
Easing control measures – China and COVID-19
It gives me great pleasure to share opinions with you through The Fiji Times. The Fijian people have just had a happy and peaceful Christmas after a successful election, while the Chinese people will celebrate…
The US is beating China in the battle for chips
Now the world’s two biggest economies are battling over another precious resource: semiconductors, the chips that literally power our daily life. These tiny fragments of silicon are at the heart of a …
Covid-19 Drug Shortage In China Leads To Frustration, People Turn To Black Market
Many in China recently have turned to the black market where hawkers claim to sell Covid treatments ranging from illegal imports of Indian-made generics of Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck’s molnupiravir.
Covid-19 Drug Shortage Hits China, People Resort To Black Markets For Treatment
Many in China recently have turned to the black market where hawkers claim to sell Covid treatments ranging from illegal imports of Indian-made generics of Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck’s molnupiravir.
DNA | China is learning to live with Corona?
You must have seen many heart-wrenching reports of Corona from China. According to different reports, lakhs of people are coming under the grip of Corona, but among all this there is such a picture …
Beijing takes controlling stake in tech companies
Beijing has taken “golden shares” in the tech giant Alibaba and is in discussion to do the same with Tencent, another heavyweight, in a clear sign that President Xi is seeking greater, more direct …
China Finds No New Covid Variants But Mutation Threat Lingers
China has yet to detect any dangerous Covid mutations in the six weeks since the virus was unleashed on the country’s 1.4 billion people after the abandonment of the rigid curbs that held the pathogen…
China property crisis: Beijing drafts 21-point plan to aid developers with financing, debt extensions, state media says
A 21-task action plan aims to deliver US$67 billion in financing and other measures to ease the liquidity crunch for unnamed developers Beijing deems to be of ‘good quality’, Xinhua reports.
Top Beijing official urges Hong Kong government to amend city laws to align them with ‘overriding’ national security legislation
Xia Baolong, director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office says Beijing has spelled out ways for successful implementation of national security law
China relaxes ‘red lines’ on property sector borrowing in policy pivot
China will ease its “three red lines” policy restricting borrowing by property developers, a central bank official said Friday, as part of a plan to help the embattled industry. Zou Lan, head of the …
