BA.2.86, or Pirola — may not be as contagious than originally thought. That’s good news for long-term care communities, who have been told to brace for an active respiratory virus season.
Monthly Archives For September 2023
China authorities arrest 2 for smashing shortcut through Great Wall with excavator
China’s Great Wall has been pierced by Genghis Khan, the Manchus, and now, allegedly, a couple of construction workers named Zheng and Wang who wanted a shortcut.
China’s Economic Pain Is a Test of Xi’s Fixation With Control
The slowdown is posing perhaps the most sustained challenge to President Xi Jinping’s agenda in over a decade in power. He now faces a tangle of difficult choices.
Future of cooperative US-China science agreement is in doubt, say American physicists
A Stanford professor who sent a letter from fellow scientists to President Joe Biden, urging the agreement’s renewal, says partisan politics is driving Washington’s change.
China dodges western 5G chip embargo with new Huawei Mate 60 phone
Mate 60 Pro mobile phone is said to use chip made in China that was thought impossible without access to restricted western technology China has produced a 5G smartphone using an advanced silicon chip …
China’s Tencent to unveil AI chatbot after Beijing clears hurdles
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s internet giant Tencent Holdings said that it will unveil an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on Thursday, according to a social media post it published on Wednesday.
China state banks mop up offshore yuan liquidity, sell dollars onshore -sources
State banks often act on behalf of China’s central bank in the foreign exchange market, but they could also trade on their own behalf or execute clients’ orders. The goal of the state banks’ actions…
China’s central bank conducts 26-bln-yuan reverse repos
BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — China’s central bank conducted 26 billion yuan (3.61 billion U.S. dollars) of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.8 percent Wednesday. The move aims to keep …
UPDATE 1-China state banks tighten offshore yuan, sell dollars onshore -sources
State banks often act on behalf of China’s central bank in the foreign exchange market, but they could also trade on their own behalf or execute clients’ orders. The goal of the state banks’ actions…
ASEAN Welcomes World Leaders as China-U.S. Rivalry Overshadows Region
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has warned of the danger of getting dragged into other powers’ disputes, will gather with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and leaders of…
China’s Li promotes greater cooperation with Indonesia
China wants to work with Indonesia to expand cooperation in various areas including green energy, the digital economy, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence, China’s foreign ministry reported on Wednesday,
China’s Tencent to Unveil AI Chatbot Release After Beijing Clears Hurdles
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s internet giant Tencent Holdings said that it will unveil an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on Thursday, according to a social media post it published on Wednesday.
China stocks face earnings downgrades while market awaits more substantive support measures, Bank of America says
China’s stock market rebound from a nine-month low isn’t backed by stronger corporate earnings. On the contrary, 76 per cent of onshore-listed firms have cut their 2023 outlook, Bank of America says.
