Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has …
Monthly Archives For January 2024
Myanmar confirms that a key northeastern city near China has been seized by an armed ethnic alliance
Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has …
Hiring in China: Monkey King wanted, perks include warm cave – and plenty of bananas
The story follows Sun Wukong, a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers from a Taoist martial artist. He fights like a warrior, wields a golden magical staff and travels around on …
Advanced machinery imports from China to Russia soar tenfold, Russia’s technology remains impossibly far behind that of the West
By Ben Aris in Berlin Deliveries of advanced machinery and technology from China to Russia have soared tenfold, the Financial Times reported on January 3. The twelve packages of sanctions on Russia …
Everbright ex-Chairman Tang Shuangning expelled from China’s Communist Party – CCDI
Tang Shuangning, former party chief and chairman of state-owned financial conglomerate China Everbright Group, has been expelled from the Communist Party for serious violations of discipline and the …
China Doesn’t Want You to Say ‘Tibet’ Anymore
A yearslong shift toward the Chinese name ‘Xizang’ is accelerating as Beijing prepares for a fight over the choice of successor to the current Dalai Lama.
China Toxic-Asset Management Firm Goho Says It’s Resolving Debts
Goho Asset Management Co., a distressed-asset management firm backed by the government of China’s Anhui province … distressed assets to rescue troubled businesses and mitigate financial risks, …
EV competition heats up in China as Geely’s Galaxy brand launches E8 starting under $25k
Less than a year after its launch in China, Geely’s sub-brand Galaxy has begun selling its first all-electric model
Have you been exposed to measles? Philly day care, hospitals among locations impacted
Health officials are warning of more potential exposures to the measles virus in Philadelphia buildings, including a day care. As of Friday, there are five confirmed cases and three presumed cases of measles connected to…
“I Felt Quite Exposed Playing This Character in a Way I Didn’t Expect”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With ‘Barbie’s Margot Robbie
When Warner Brothers released the first teaser trailer for the Barbie movie in December, 2022 heads quite literally rolled – doll heads, that is. The decision to release the movie’s 2001: A Space Odyssey-themed opening…
China automakers fall short of 2023 sales targets
Just a third of Chinese automakers met their annual sales goal in 2023 as competition in the world’s largest car market heats up.
BBC OS Conversations: Covid-19 four years later
Burnt-out doctors, long Covid sufferers and positive stories from the pandemic …
Commerce Department Finds Dumping of Tin Mill Product Imports From China, Other Countries
Imports of tin mill products from China are also being subsidized, it added. The Commerce Department found that products from the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom aren’t being dumped …
