BEIJING — A two-story restaurant in a northern China village that collapsed during an 80th birthday celebration for a resident, leaving 29 dead, authorities said Sunday as rescue efforts were called … ( read original…
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China restaurant collapses during 80th birthday party, leaving 29 dead, dozens injured
A two-story restaurant in China collapsed while hosting an 80th birthday party, leaving 29 people dead and dozens injured, authorities said Sunday. ( read original story …)
China’s Shenzhen exchange to categorise listed firms by risk level
Companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange will be classified into four categories ranging from high-risk to normal in a bid to improve supervision and risk control, the Chinese bourse said on … ( read…
China’s big banks brace for lagging COVID-19 risks as bad loans rise
Four of China’s five largest state-owned banks said they have increased their provisions against bad debt to brace for future losses due to the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story …)
Death toll rises to 29 after restaurant collapse in China’s Shanxi province
Twenty-nine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a restaurant collapsed in northern China’s Shanxi province, the country’s emergencies ministry media said on Sunday. ( read original story …)
China’s Wang Yi tells other countries not to interfere in Chinese internal affairs
The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Sunday what was happening in the Xinjiang region and Hong Kong was an internal Chinese matter and that other countries should … ( read…
China strikes debt deals with poor nations under G20 scheme
China says it has struck agreements with half of the 20 low-income nations that have requested debt restructurings as part of their efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. “Work on this is … ( read…
Senior China diplomat says it’s possible to agree EU-China investment accord by end-2020
The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Sunday it was possible to conclude an EU-China investment accord by the end of 2020. ( read original story …)
Opinion: COVID-19 shows we cannot rely on China for medical supplies
America cannot afford supply chain disruptions that led to product shortages like those we experienced at the outset of this pandemic, Walberg writes. ( read original story …)
South Korea running out of sickbeds in COVID-19 resurgence
South Korea reported more than 300 infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the 16th day of three-digit rises, fanning concerns about a worsening shortage of sickbeds amid a resurgence of … ( read original…
TikTok: China’s new export rules could give Beijing control over sale: expert
China has updated a list of technologies banned for export to include categories that could apply to the video-sharing app TikTok. This would give Beijing the last word on whether the app must sell ……
China export restrictions pose new risk for TikTok sale in US
China’s inclusion of new technologies on an export restrictions list could hamper TikTok’s sale in the US, according to state media reports, in the latest ratcheting up of trade tensions between the … ( read…
China’s new tech export controls could give Beijing a say in TikTok sale
China’s new rules around tech exports mean ByteDance’s sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations could need Beijing’s approval, a Chinese trade expert told state media, a requirement that would complicate the … ( read original story…
