Around one year of the Russia-Ukraine war, Beijing created a soft strategic space in the evolving Kremlin’s geopolitical calculus. But shortly after it ends, the public apprehensions in Russia about …
Monthly Archives For February 2023
China urges state firms to drop Big Four auditors – Bloomberg
Concerns about data security have prompted Chinese authorities to ask state-owned firms to stop using the four biggest global accounting firms as Beijing seeks to curb the influence of Western …
China approves $700 mn loan to Pakistan: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar
Pakistan’s all-weather ally China has approved a loan of USD 700 million to the cash-strapped country, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Wednesday.
China lends Pakistan further $700 million to shore up FX reserves
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan will this week receive a new $700 million loan from China to help shore up its foreign exchange reserves, the South Asian country’s finance minister said on Wednesday.
China Urges SOEs to Drop Big Four Auditors on Data Risk
Chinese authorities have urged state-owned firms to phase out using the four biggest international accounting firms, signaling continued concerns about data security even after Beijing reached a …
China In Eurasia Briefing: This Isn’t A Cold War, But It’s Getting Close
Top foreign policy officials from the United States and China spent most of the last weekend at the Munich Security Conference stressing that their governments were not seeking a new Cold War, but …
China approves USD 700 million loan to cash-strapped Pakistan: Finance Minister Dar
The announcement by Dar on the loan by the Board of China Development Bank came a day after Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously passed a money bill aimed at raising tax revenues to fulfil the …
Ethiopia and China sign MOU to establish investment and economic cooperation working group
The MOU was co-signed by H.E. Ahmed Shide, Ethiopia’s Minister of Finance, representing the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and H.E. Li Fei, Assistant Minister of Commerce of the People’s …
Web3 a ‘Golden Opportunity’ for Hong Kong: Finance Secretary
Hong Kong’s top finance minister pledged support for Web3, including fresh investment, as the city signals its reopening to the industry.
Shenzhen International Marathon Concludes Safe with Hytera Push-to-Talk Solution
Hytera Communications (SZSE: 002583), a leading global provider of professional communications technologies and solutions, supported Shenzhen International Marathon with advanced push-to-talk …
A year later, China blames U.S. ‘hegemony’ — not Russia — for war in Ukraine
China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is in Moscow ahead of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
China speeds up sci-tech innovation amid COVID-19 challenges in past three years
As one of the engines driving China’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s science and technology innovation has been accelerated over the past more than three years. China’s …
Influenza A on the rise in Beijing but no cluster COVID infections found: official monitoring
Seasonal flu cases in Beijing from February 13-19 increased 91 percent from the previous week, but were lower than that of 2022 and previous pre-COVID years, while no cluster COVID infections were …
