More than four years after it was first announced, Genworth Financial Inc.’s plan to sell itself to a China-based investment company is officially dead. The Henrico County-based insurance giant …
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Genworth Financial terminates merger deal with China-based company after four years of delays
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US considers boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
The Biden administration has floated the idea with allies of a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to protest the persecution of Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang province. Ned Price, the US state …
China one-child policy: can dropping limits increase birth rates?
China’s one-child policy started in the 1980s to slow population growth, with some exemptions eventually coming about. In recent years it’s been relaxed to allow families’ to have two children. But, …
Jia Yueting’s Electric Car Startup Faraday Future Files for Nasdaq IPO
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China says Covid-19 jabs are safe for people with allergies amid vaccine push
Why China is finally including the elderly in its Covid-19 vaccine programme Official guidelines issued at the end of last month no longer list some contraindications for Chinese Covid-19 vaccines …
U.S. says looking to coordinate participation in Beijing Olympics with allies
The United States on Tuesday said that it is looking to discuss with partners and allies how to proceed with participation in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in a coordinated way, amid growing calls …
China leaps into a central digital bank currency, but similar progress eludes the U.S.
China has leapfrogged much of the developed world in its establishment of digital yuan. Central bank digital currencies are a growing source of interest around the world as cryptocurrencies flourish.
Will China’s new digital yuan threaten King Dollar’s reign?
“Most cross-border payments either for trade or finance are already digital, so it’s hard to imagine a digital yuan having a huge impact on international payments,” he said. A more important …
China turns to US coal to fill void created by Australia import ban, offers trade deal boost
China blocked Australian coal imports in October amid a year-long political conflict, leaving many vessels stranded off its coast, before increasing imports from the US, South Africa and Colombia …
US weighs Beijing Olympics boycott with partners, allies
“Part of our review of those Olympics and our thinking will involve close consultations with partners and allies around the world,” he told reporters. “We have consistently said when it comes to our …
