Floods in southern China have caused water from the Yangtze River to reach the toes of a famous gigantic statue of the Buddha — reportedly for the first time in decades. ( read original story…
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China’s rare earth export plunge caused by coronavirus, not Beijing agenda, industry group says
A plunge in China’s rare earth exports last month has fanned speculation over whether Beijing has been curbing overseas shipments of the raw materials to inflict pain on its trade partners, but an … (…
MVRDV to convert disused Shenzhen factory into creative office space
MVRDV has announced its plans to renovate a deteriorating concrete building in Shenzhen, China, to create the If Factory offices and maze-like roof garden. ( read original story …)
A retrospective analysis of the dynamic transmission routes of the COVID-19 in mainland China
The fourth outbreak of the Coronaviruses, known as the COVID-19, has occurred in Wuhan city of Hubei province in China in December 2019. We propose a time-varying sparse vector autoregressive (VAR) … ( read original…
Shenzhen Becomes 1st Chinese City with Full 5G Coverage
As a result, shares of Chinese companies involved in providing 5G services and products like Xiaomi and ZTE rose on Monday. To encourage the application of 5G, 10 fields and industries were chosen to ……
China’s National-Security Law Reaches Into Harvard, Princeton Classrooms
China’s new national-security law means classes at some elite U.S. universities will carry a warning label this fall: Material may be considered politically sensitive by Beijing. And schools are … ( read original story …)
Trump Is Losing the Tech War Against China
The Trump administration has responded like a petulant child to China’s booming tech presence, from slapping tariffs on Chinese products to banning TikTok. ( read original story …)
Walmart says its second-quarter e-commerce sales surged 104% in China
Walmart’s online shopping strategy is paying off in China, arguably one of the most developed e-commerce markets in the world. ( read original story …)
China stocks lead losses in Asia Pacific; Japan’s exports in July slide on-year
Japan’s exports in July declined 19.2% as compared to a year ago, according to provisional trade statistics from the country’s Ministry of Finance released Wednesday. The fall compared against a … ( read original story…
China’s Rat, Cobra Farmers Feel Coronavirus Pain
Bamboo rat farmer Liu Yanqun was just starting to make plump returns from the rodents in his farm in central China when the coronavirus broke out at the end of last year. The killer virus…
China seen keeping benchmark LPR unchanged for fourth straight month: Reuters survey
China is widely expected to keep its benchmark lending rate steady for the fourth month in a row at its August fixing on Thursday as the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus crisis, a…
China’s Sinopharm says COVID-19 vaccine will be available by December
“It will not be set at a very expensive price,” he said. China is one of several countries in a cutthroat race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. In July, the United States agreed to an…
She Was a Communist Party Insider in China. Then She Denounced Xi.
At last I’ve regained my freedom,” Cai Xia, a fierce government critic, said after her expulsion from the party whose officials she once taught. ( read original story …)
