Thailand consolidated its position as the top global condom exporter in 2022, a year when its biggest buyer China coincidentally reported its first drop in population in six decades.
Monthly Archives For April 2023
Germany’s China dilemma takes on a new urgency
Yet Germany’s Beijing dilemma remains very real. China is its most important trading partner, ahead of the US. Berlin managed, with tremendous effort, to decouple from Russian fossil fuel in 2022. A …
China welcomes home Ya Ya, the not-so-fluffy panda, amid acrimony and accusations
News of her touching down in Shanghai was welcomed by Chinese social media users and some animal welfare activists who have been vocal in their concerns about Ya Ya’s care and condition at the Memphis…
China says India border stable, contrasting with Indian view
China’s defense minister says conditions along the disputed high-altitude border with India are “stable overall,” in sharp contrast with the much more pessimistic view from New Delhi.
China rehabilitation scheme makes morticians of murderers
Once jailed for murder, Cao Yongsheng now makes a living caring for the dead, benefitting from a bold rehabilitation scheme that’s giving some of China’s most serious criminals a second life as …
Column-Downward pressure builds for US corn exports as China ducks out -Braun
U.S. corn shippers should be in their peak season, but key buyer China has cancelled cargoes this week, placing more scrutiny on export potential, particularly with a massive harvest expected out of Brazil by mid-year.
China’s small commodities hub logs rising exports in Q1
JIANG XIAODONG/FOR CHINA DAILY HANGZHOU – Yiwu, the world’s leading small commodities market in East China’s Zhejiang province, saw both its imports and exports rise in the first quarter of this year.
Shenzhen, HK aim for ‘win-win’ on technology
“Integrated development is key for innovation and technology cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong,” said Nancy Ip Yuk-yu, president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The two …
Analysis-China investment consensus cracks as politics fuel fears
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Decades-long foreign bullishness on China’s capital markets is breaking down, investment flows and interviews with fund managers suggest, with a new era of uncertainty fuelled by geopolitical risks and U.
China just called Ukraine for the first time in the war. The timing wasn’t accidental, analysts say
The timing of Xi’s call to Ukraine — and China’s decision to send emissaries to Ukraine — has raised eyebrows among political and defense analysts.
CBA playoffs: Shenzhen top Zhejiang to tie series
Shenzhen continued to limit Zhejiang’s Sixth Man of the Year award winner Wu Qian behind the arc as they had done in the last game, gradually establishing a double-digit lead before Zhejiang cut the …
China’s top chipmaker will ‘struggle’ to make cutting-edge chips competitively
SMIC is key to China’s chip ambitions but it may struggle to produce cutting-edge semiconductors at an efficient level if it cannot access advanced equipment.
China lodges serious representations with S.Korea over joint statement with U.S.
China expressed “strong dissatisfaction” to South Korea over its joint statement with the United States about the need for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, a foreign ministry statement said on Friday.
ADVERTISEMENT
