Halloween revellers have taken to the streets of central Shanghai, with some dressed in costumes that poked fun at China’s strict COVID-19 curbs in a rare showcase of free expression as police looked on. Some…
Monthly Archives For November 2023
President’s Commentary: Are We Losing to the People’s Republic of China in the Indo-Pacific?
The United States is losing the battle for influence in Southeast Asia, an area strategically vital in the larger Indo-Pacific region, according to a recent study by the Lowy Institute, an independent think tank in…
China methane reduction plan to be released soon, but may lack clear targets – sources
China, the world’s largest emitter of methane, is expected to unveil its strategy to cut output of the greenhouse gas “imminently” but may stop short of setting specific reduction targets, two people familiar with the…
China Is Winning in Solar Power, but Its Coal Use Is Raising Alarms
China is building as much clean energy capacity over four years as it had promised to build in 10 years, but continues to add coal-fired power plants.
Li Keqiang funeral in China brings out crowds despite suppression effort
Police line roadway amid strictly controlled public tributes to premier once seen as antidote to authoritarian Xi Jinping
Flags at half-mast as China mourns late premier
Flags flew at half-mast in Beijing on Thursday as China prepared for the funeral of its late ex-premier Li Keqiang, a reform-minded bureaucrat who was once tipped as the country’s future leader but was eclipsed…
Key financial conference sets priorities for high-quality development
China will remain committed to the path of financial development with Chinese characteristics and boost the high-quality development of the financial sector, according to the meeting, the …
China cements party control over finance, clamping down on risk but making investors sweat
This year’s central financial work conference stressed greater control of the Communist Party over the finance sector, indicating a desire to manage risk – and a lack of interest in putting financial …
Record volumes of wheat imports entering China expected this year
China is set to import record volumes of wheat this year, trading sources said, with rain damage to its crop and worries over dry weather in exporting nations fuelling Beijing’s appetite to buy while …
China’s spy-hunting campaign has a new target: ‘Illegal’ weather stations
China is cracking down on weather stations it says are spying for foreign countries, the latest measure in a broad counter-espionage campaign under leader Xi Jinping amid intensifying geopolitical tensions.
Winter coming a week late in Beijing as northern China basks in warm weather
Winter is expected to arrive late, and suddenly in Beijing this year as daytime temperatures hovered above 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit), bathing the capital in a warm smog, while other parts of China basked…
CIIE ‘ideal forum’ to boost China presence, says Danfoss CEO
The Sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE) is “an ideal forum” to engage with partners and policymakers, Danfoss CEO Kim Fausing has said. The CIIE is scheduled for Nov. 5 to 10 in Shanghai. It…
Feature: China’s import expo to boost Colombia’s cocoa industry
BOGOTA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — The 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE), to be held in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10, offers an important platform for the development of Colombia’s cocoa industry, said companies…
