Runners raced along a section of the Great Wall of China on Saturday during The Great Wall Marathon in Jizhou, on the outskirts of Beijing. (AP video shot and produced by Wayne Zhang and Andy…
Monthly Archives For May 2024
Demoted Shoigu Suffers Fresh Humiliation in China
Shoigu in turn has been appointed secretary of Russia’s Security Council and while still a big job, it is seen by many as a demotion from the high-profile role he held as one of the…
China shakes off US sanction shackle, produces crucial quantum module
Chinese quantum computing company Origin Quantum has announced a breakthrough in the creation of the “high-density …
China firms’ AI breakthrough can meld GPUs from different brands into one training cluster — Baidu says new tech fuses thousands of GPUs together to help sidestep shortages
Baidu developed a system that will let it use GPUs from different brands and use it as a unified computing cluster for training LLMs.
Dozens of China’s state regulators, bankers, finance bosses in corruption net as crackdown stepped up in new year
Analysts expect more heads to roll as Beijing is determined to stamp out any risks linked to financial corruption and maintain stability. They said graftbusters were going after officials accused of …
Fundamental Films’ Mark Gao Talks New Strategy For Buying, Producing & Co-Productions: “China Market Is Just Looking For Something New”
Founder of one of China’s biggest buyers and producers is back in Cannes and says the China market is ready for something new.
Gawd, after that week, we wonder what’s next for China and the Western world
Crypto, import tariffs, and Microsoft shipping out staff Kettle It’s been a fairly troubling week in terms of the relationship between China and the Western world.… Chiefly, America announced stiff …
Beijing launches museum month at Grand Canal Museum
BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) — The “2024 Beijing Museum Month” event kicked off at the Grand Canal Museum of Beijing on Saturday, with diverse exhibitions and cultural activities scheduled over the coming month.
China property: Beijing’s stimulus plan needs more time, money and policy support to resolve long-standing housing crisis
After Beijing introduced its most ambitious effort to date to revive the property sector and bolster the country’s economic recovery, analysts and economists find the plan’s scale too small and remain uncertain about its effectiveness.
Charting the Global Economy: US Inflation Eases; Rescue Package for China Property Crisis
A measure of underlying US inflation cooled in April for the first time in six months, a small step in the right direction for Federal Reserve officials looking to start cutting interest rates this year.
China unveils ‘historic’ steps to stabilise crisis-hit property sector
China announced “historic” steps on Friday to stabilise its crisis-hit property sector, with the central bank facilitating 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) in extra funding and easing mortgage rules, and local governments set to buy…
China’s Retirement Crisis and Its Impact on Weak Consumption
China’s pension system, once a robust state-supported scheme, has evolved into a three-tiered structure: a state-endorsed public pension, enterprise annuities, and personal pensions. While the public …
China’s Moves Away From US Dollar Hit New Milestone
China continues to offload U.S. treasuries while buying up gold and other commodities in what some analysts say is a move to hedge against future reprisals.
