A third-straight day of losses across Asia stock markets amid Chinese regulatory crackdown. Plus: The most senior Roman Catholic official at the Vatican has gone on trial charged with financial crimes …
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Belgium’s arrest of Chinese alleged chip-tech thief fuels European fear of Beijing
Beijing expands funding tools to support food security, rural modernization
Speech in China is in the deep freeze
China says it will pump $54 billion into banks and insurers — but their stocks still fell
Asia-Pacific Media Forum opens in Shenzhen, building a bridge of understanding and coexistence through media
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China’s regulatory crackdown continues to send shivers through financial markets
Antony Blinken meets WHO chief, supports new coronavirus origins probe in China
The session with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Kuwait had not been on the top US diplomat’s published schedule.
Markets are finally waking up to the threat posed by Beijing
One of the surprises of the past two years has been the extraordinary indifference of financial markets towards the fate of Hong Kong. When Beijing broke a solemn treaty obligation to maintain “one …
Beijing’s hostile welcome for British fleet
China’s navy is hoping to “practise” its military skills on the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth as it sails through the tense and contested waters of the South China Sea, the country’s state …
China’s Red Cross provides 150,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Syria
A total of 150000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided by the Red Cross Society of China RCSC to Syria left Beijing on Wednesday …
Senators press President Biden to take new steps to uncover origins of COVID-19
A bipartisan group of senators is urging President Joe Biden to take new steps to uncover the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic amid resistance from China for additional access and data. “Identifying …
U.S. top diplomat meets with WHO chief, backs study into COVID-19 origins
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday and affirmed U.S. support for the global health body’s plans to conduct additional studies into …
U.S. lawmakers blast Coca-Cola, Visa and other sponsors of Beijing Olympics
A bipartisan panel in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday blasted U.S.-based corporate sponsors of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, including Coca-Cola, Visa Inc and Airbnb, accusing them of putting profits …
China’s New Ambassador to U.S. Is ‘Willing to Ruffle Feathers’
Qin Gang rose from working for a foreign news agency to becoming a trusted aide to Xi Jinping, China’s top leader.
Biden nominates Huawei prosecutor for key China export post
U.S. prosecutor Thea Kendler, an attorney on the criminal case against China’s Huawei and its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, will be nominated for a Commerce Department post vital to …
Crypto exchange Huobi’s China-based entity set for dissolution
The company creditors have since been requested to forward their claims to the liquidation team as the exchange prepares to deregister …
Myanmar seeks int’l help as corona bites
YANGON: Junta authorities in Myanmar are seeking help from the international community to tackle the coronavirus, state media said on Wednesday, as the impoverished country looks beyond ally China in …
Glavin: Beijing poised to seize the climate change agenda — and everyone will pay the price
After having ransacked the economies of the world’s liberal democracies and wrecked what is still quaintly called the “rules-based international order,” Xi Jinping’s police state in Beijing has now …
