Without verifying the content, China propagandists and spokespeople cited American far-right disinformation spreader Project Veritas, and urged the US to investigate Pfizer’s role in engineering the …
Monthly Archives For February 2023
US Marines are taking position on ‘key terrain’ around Taiwan as tensions rise with China
In the years ahead, US Marine Corps units designed for fighting around islands will spend more time training with Japanese and Philippine forces.
China’s recent economic slowdown and its longer-term prospects for growth — “Intelligence Matters”
On “Intelligence Matters” this week, China expert Dennis Wilder talks with host Michael Morell about U.S. policy towards Beijing.
As China and Russia get “closer” and Beijing invests in nuclear weapons, NATO focuses on new “friends”
“China is not our adversary,” Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, “but we must understand the scale of the challenge and work together to address it.”
China to expand registration-based IPO system
China’s securities regulator published draft rules on Wednesday to expand the registration-based initial public offering (IPO) system, marking a big step towards reforming the world’s second-biggest stock market.
We Wanted China’s ‘Zero Covid’ to End, but Not Like This
China’s government was still clinging to its “zero Covid” approach of using mass lockdowns and testing in a vain attempt to stop the virus from spreading. Would the dreaded health workers in their head-to-toe protective…
China’s top 100 developers report decline in sales in sign government support policies improved funding, but not demand
China’s top 100 developers reported a decline in contracted sales in January, according to CRIC, suggesting that Beijing’s recent support policies have been more effective in rescuing cash-strapped …
Russia mulls turning to Islamic banking over closure of Western financial markets
Senior expert of Russian Association of Experts in Islamic Finance says ‘time to forget’ about Western financial system and concentrate on alternatives …
China completes all major tasks from three-year action plan
PHOTO/XINHUA] China has completed all the major tasks of its three-year action plan for the reform of State-owned enterprise …
Tencent-backed UBTech, China-based maker of Star Wars robots, files for IPO in boost to Hong Kong’s capital markets
Shenzhen-based firm is China’s biggest provider of educational robots and associated products in 2021 by revenue, prospectus shows Founder Zhou Jian has just under a 29 per cent stake in company while …
Commentary: The Jack Ma test for China’s promised shift
Beijing’s treatment of fallen entrepreneurs will provide evidence of how far it has shifted on the private sector, says the Financial Times’ Tom Mitchell.
Famous bar street in Beijing closes for renovations
Other types of businesses such as coffee shops and restaurants offering healthy food will be opened on the street as the bars renovate, a local official said, adding even with their arrival, the area …
Hong Kong bans flourishing CBD business, following Beijing’s lead
The bill came after Beijing carried out its own ban on cannabidiol last year. CBD products are legal in Taiwan and Thailand, the United States and parts of Europe.