The big lure. Hong Kong’s stock exchange, no stranger itself to volatility, has other problems to solve. Like how to reboot inflows of mainland money. One strategy, starting Monday is the so-called dual-counter model that…
Monthly Archives For June 2023
Amid US-China rivalry, a landmark science deal faces new scrutiny
For over 40 years, a landmark agreement between the United States and China has yielded cooperation across a range of scientific and technical fields, a powerful sign that the rivals could set aside their disputes…
Will ChatGPT and similar generative AI tools worsen China’s job crisis? Country’s employment landscape faces sweeping disruption
Generative AI technology is bringing sweeping disruptions to certain traditional occupations in China and the country’s broader job market The stakes appear high in China, where low birth rates have …
China’s disgruntled youth gamble on life changing short cut to riches, but are lotteries just a ‘tax on the poor’?
A record 175.15 billion yuan (US$24.5 billion) of lottery tickets and scratch cards were sold in the first four months of 2023, up by 49.3 per cent from the same time last year Punters are…
Blinken arrives in Beijing amid major diplomatic tensions with China
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the highest-level American official to visit China since President Biden took office, and the first secretary of state to make the trip in five years.
Blinken arrives in Beijing on mission to cool U.S.-China tensions
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on …
Secretary Blinken lands in Beijing, marking first secretary of state visit in China since 2018
U.S. Secretary Blinken landed in Beijing early Sunday morning in the hopes to lower escalating tensions between the United States and China in a series of talks.
Blinken arrives Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Beijing on a high-stakes diplomatic mission trip to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge …
After Months of Cold Shoulder, China Welcomes Blinken to Beijing
Chinese officials have painted the U.S. as most eager to meet, but have their own reasons for detente.
Blinken arrives in Beijing amid deep fissures in U.S.-China relations
The top U.S. diplomat began a two-day trip amid accusations from Beijing that Washington alone is to blame for the historic rupture in relations.
Blinken due on rare Beijing visit in bid to lower temperature
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in China on Sunday for the highest-level trip by a US official in nearly five years as the rival powers look to lower the temperature after soaring …
Blinken set to arrive in Beijing with hopes low for any breakthrough
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive in Beijing on Sunday, the first top American diplomat to visit China in five years, amid frosty bilateral ties and dim prospects for any …
Secretary Blinken visits Beijing as tensions grow between U.S. and China: Why it matters
Secretary Antony Blinken’s trip marks the first visit to China by a Cabinet official since President Joe Biden took office in 2021.