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Hong Kong fourth wave: Beijing ‘highly concerned’ by city’s Covid-19 situation, as daily tally expected to dip to about 50 cases
While a medical source expected the city to log its lowest daily figure in about a month, National Health Commission calls for ‘precise infection-control plans’. ( read original story …)
European tech accuses US of using sanctions to shut it out of China
European tech executives and diplomats are accusing the US of using its sanctions regime to shut them out of the Chinese market while offering exemptions for American companies. Over the past two … ( read…
U.S., China charge toward ‘full-blown cold war’ as Beijing becomes more aggressive
Beijing has doled out well over $100 billion in loans to more than 100 countries to finance roads, bridges, ports and rail lines. U.S. officials accuse China of engaging in predatory lending by … (…
China Shouldn’t Withdraw Stimulus Rapidly, World Bank Warns
China should maintain accommodative monetary policy and avoid any “significant contraction” in fiscal policy next year to keep its economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic on track, according to … ( read original story …)
Elderly 2.0: China Looks To Tap Digital ‘Silver Dollar’
Undeterred, he’s enrolled in a training session — sort of a “mobile phones 101” — that is part of China’s plans to help its legions of pensioners keep up in a fast-developing digital economy. “I…
Why brands in China are looking beyond their own category
Why does it matter? Social media has an outsized importance as a medium of influence in China, explains Alice Yu Yuebo, Digital Engagement Lead at Prudential Assurance Singapore. It’s no longer enough … ( read…
Asian Business Confidence Gains Steam, Pandemic Still Top Risk :Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Survey
Asian firms turned most optimistic in the fourth quarter this year, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed, as business activity picked up in the region and COVID-19 vaccines started rolling out in … ( read original…
ZHA unveils a low-carbon Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum
Zaha Hadid Architects releases renderings of an energy-efficient museum slated for Guangming Science City in northwestern Shenzhen. Check out the new museum. ( read original story …)
China sobers up amid IPO bonanza, tightens rules to expel dud companies from stock exchange
“The enforcement of the new rule will raise the quality of China’s capital market by weeding out poorly run companies,” said Yi Bin, an analyst at Huaxi Securities. “Market resources will be skewed … (…
China food security: Beijing calls for biotech breakthrough to improve seed industry
Some 3,000 years after Chinese farmers domesticated soybeans, the government is calling for another biotechnology breakthrough in the seed industry to improve food security. Concerns about food supply … ( read original story …)
Beijing’s strong sense of crisis in Ant IPO postponement
China suspended a blockbuster initial public offering of financial technology giant Ant Group Co. two days before its planned debut on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges. Ant was on track to … (…
China’s state-owned pipeline giant agrees to buy Kunlun Energy assets for US$6.3 billion as consolidation gathers steam
Kunlun Energy, a PetroChina subsidiary, will sell a 60 per cent stake in a Beijing gas pipeline and a 75 per cent stake in its Dalian LNG company to PipeChina. ( read original story …)
