The headquarters of the People’s Bank of China in Beijing Photo: IC. The People’s Bank of China (PBC) conducted 14-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.65 percent on Sunday, …
Monthly Archives For January 2025
CIA becomes latest intel agency to conclude COVID-19 likely originated from Chinese lab leak
Langley joins the FBI and Energy Department in agreeing that a lab leak is the most likely source of the pandemic.
China approves 52b yuan in 2nd batch of pilot programs for long-term stock investments
BEIJING — China’s financial regulatory authority has approved the launch of the second batch of pilot programs for long-term stock investments, with a scale of 52 billion yuan ($7.25 billion).
Heart and sole: Chinese man’s 650km trek for resilience and New Year reunion
In a country where most people rely on trains, planes, or cars to return home for the Chinese New Year reunion, 32-year-old Xia Wanghui chose an extraordinary path: walking.
CIA: This is the source of COVID-19
A CIA report claims that the COVID-19 virus probably leaked from a laboratory in China rather than originating from animals as Chinese authorities assert.
CIA in shock u-turn over COVID-19 origins
With Donald Trump now back in the White House, the intelligence agency in the United States has shared the current thinking on the pandemic.
Feminists facing resistance in China find the funny side of things
With more women performing stand-up and audiences embracing female-oriented films, China’s feminist movement is breaking into the mainstream through comedy.
China Cracks Down Harder on Corruption. Businesses Are Scared.
A chilling effect has spread throughout the Communist Party ranks as President Xi Jinping intensifies his crackdown on corruption. Those fears are beginning to extend into China’s business world.
China’s real estate tax cuts yield $1.6b in first month
BEIJING — China’s new tax policies aimed at stabilizing the real estate market have resulted in 11.69 billion yuan (about $1.6 billion) in tax reductions and exemptions in their first month of …
CIA believes COVID-19 came from a lab, but evidence is inconclusive
The assessment released Saturday points at China while acknowledging that the CIA has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.
CIA now says Covid-19 ‘more likely’ to have come from lab
NEW YORK – The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the Covid-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday (Jan 25).
CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab, but agency has low confidence in its own finding
The finding is not the result of any new intelligence. It was declassified and released Saturday on the orders of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA.
China’s tech start-up boom sets sights on building multiple Silicon Valleys
Li Zexiang, who nurtured drone maker DJI, sees his incubator as providing the seeds for a flourishing innovation environment in China Li Zexiang, the Chinese professor credited with nurturing some of …
