When Alex Almeida surveys his family farm in a rural corner of landlocked Paraguay, he sees mainly fields, punctuated by small houses with sheet-metal roofs and, in the distance, native lapacho trees … ( read…
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UK strips China’s state media channel of broadcast license
The U.K. has stripped China’s state-owned TV channel of its broadcasting license, after an investigation found the license holder lacked editorial control and had links to China’s ruling Communist Par … ( read original story…
Biden Promised to Confront China with an ‘Alliance of Values.’ Europe said No, Thanks | Opinion
China’s $14 trillion economy is forcing U.S. allies to choose between the Enlightenment values they presumably share, the economic opportunities they desperately need, and the possibilities for … ( read original story …)
China’s struggle to control stock bubble offers lessons in investor mania
What happens when millions of individuals suddenly decide to dabble in a frothy stock market? It is not a new question, but a timely one, as US regulators weigh the implications of a sudden burst…
The 2022 Beijing Olympics Are One Year Away. Covid Concerns Are Already on the Agenda.
The one-year countdown to the Winter Games has begun even as this summer’s Tokyo Games still face uncertainty because of the pandemic. ( read original story …)
Olympics-Before Beijing 2022 top Olympians focused on medals not pandemic, politics
Two of the world’s top winter athletes, Italian skier Sofia Goggia and Australian snowboarder Scotty James, said they were focusing on winning medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, not the new … ( read original…
China’s coronavirus cases: Is the communist regime lying to the world?
China reported just 25 new cases of the coronavirus on the mainland Tuesday, according to the state-affiliated People’s Daily newspaper. ( read original story …)
US-China investment flows belie geopolitical tensions
Instead of decoupling financially, the US and China now have one of the largest and fastest-growing bilateral investment relationships in the world,” said Nicholas Borst at Seafarer Capital Partners, … ( read original story …)
China says it now has nearly 1 billion internet users
After the worst of the coronavirus outbreak in China was over by April, some online trends stuck, while others didn’t, data from a government agency show. ( read original story …)
Anti-China Activists in Japan Call for Boycott of Beijing 2022 Games
A group of anti-China activists campaigning for human rights in Tibet and support for ethnic Uighurs called on Thursday for a boycott of the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing, saying the Games would … (…
Unilever restores targets as China and India boost sales
Unilever has restored its financial targets after scrapping them last year, as recoveries in China and India helped it increase underlying sales by 3.5 per cent in the fourth quarter. The maker of … (…
Yak politics: Tibetans’ vegetarian dilemma amid China meat boom
Former free-roaming nomads now mostly resettled in rows of sun-baked block houses in Tibet are facing a struggle for their identity, their spiritual and cultural practices – and even their stomachs. ( read original story…
Ping An Insurance faces $8 billion exposure in indebted China Fortune Land
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China said it has a total exposure of 54 billion yuan ($8.4 billion) in indebted China Fortune Land Development Co. ( read original story …)
