(Reuters) – China’s antitrust regulator is ready to clear tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd’s plan to take the country’s no.3 search engine Sogou private, three people with knowledge of the matter told …
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China blasts UK for granting asylum to Hong Kong activist Nathan Law
On Thursday, Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China’s ministry of foreign affairs, said Law was a “criminal suspect wanted by the Hong Kong police”. Related: Hong Kong activists plead guilty but say …
Beijing forces elite Jack Ma academy to halt new enrolments
The suspension of classes at Hupan University is the strongest indication yet that the crackdown on Jack Ma’s interests is broadening beyond his businesses © Bloomberg Share on Twitter (opens new …
China repeats call to resist ‘vaccine nationalism’, pledges to keep monetary support
TOKYO, April 9 (Reuters) – China urged the international community to resist “vaccine nationalism” and to coordinate policy to make vaccines accessible for developing countries in order to contain the …
LIVE: China reports 21 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
Breaching another record, India on Thursday reported more than 126,000 fresh coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections in a single day, which took the active cases tally to nearly a million — 910,319, …
China reports 21 new mainland COVID-19 cases vs 24 a day earlier
BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) – China reported 21 new COVID-19 cases on April 8, down from 24 cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Friday. The National Health Commission, …
Corona Fresh Hike Causes & Remedies
(COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020 – Volume 26, Number 7-July 2020 – Emerging Infectious Diseases journal – CDC). It is a matter of concern that …
Hong Kong needs to play catch up with Shenzhen on green GDP accounting
I refer to the recent announcement by the Shenzhen government that it is ready to adopt an alternative metric, the green GDP or gross ecosystems product (GEP), to measure its development. It may be …
Scientists slam WHO-China report, demand ‘full investigation’ into COVID-19 origins
A year into a global pandemic, there has been no credible study into how it began, according to an international group of more than 20 scientists who have released an open letter blaming the Chinese…
How an election in Greenland could affect China — and the rare-earth minerals that go into your cellphone
Sitting on vast, untapped reserves of uranium and rare-earth minerals, Greenland holds the keys to massive wealth. But many Greenlanders have grave doubts about whether they should allow the world to …
P&G Worked With China Trade Group on Tech to Sidestep Apple Privacy Rules
Here’s how they came to depend on each other. Photo illustration: Jaden Urbi Procter & Gamble Co. participated in testing an advertising technique being developed in China to gather iPhone data for …
China Warns U.S. Not to Boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
China is warning the US not to boycott next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Biden administration said it’s talking with allies now about how to approach the games because of complaints of human …
UPDATE 1-Scientists call for new probe into COVID-19 origins – with or without China
SHANGHAI, April 8 (Reuters) – A joint China-World Health Organization (WHO) study into COVID-19 has provided no credible answers about how the pandemic began, and more rigorous investigations are …
