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City Reflection and Palm Trees in Shenzhen
How the US overtook China as Africa’s biggest foreign investor
Pacific island nation embarrasses Xi, angers China
Fearing vulnerability to China, Europe has a new worry: Electric buses
China Suspends Export Controls on More Critical Minerals
Thousands of Chinese lured abroad and forced to be scammers – now Beijing is cracking down
In China, the Dream of Outrunning Time
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Chinese city of Qingdao punishes two officials over coronavirus cluster
The Chinese city of Qingdao said on Thursday it had suspended its health commission head and sacked a hospital director following an outbreak of coronavirus infections that ended China’s run of about … ( read…
White House moves to secure national security ‘critical’ technologies from China
The White House announced guidelines for protecting technologies viewed as critical to U.S. national security, including artificial intelligence, quantum information science, and semiconductors. ( read original story …)
UPDATE 1-IMF’s Georgieva says U.S., China need to keep up coronavirus stimulus
The United States and China needed to keep up strong stimulus to help speed the global economy’s recovery from the novel coronavirus pandemic, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina … ( read original story …)
Trump Suggests China Will Foot the Bill for Coronavirus Stimulus, Doesn’t Say How: They’ll ‘Pay Us Back In One Form or Another’
President Trump suggested that China will inevitably pay for America’s coronavirus relief package if fiscal negotiations with Congress ever see a breakthrough. ( read original story …)
China Denies ‘Coercive’ Diplomacy With Canada, Urges Release of Huawei Executive
China on Thursday denied it had taken two Canadian men hostage, and repeated a call for the release of a Huawei Technologies Co Ltd executive held in Canada who faces extradition to the United States…
China’s Digital Yuan Blurs the Lines Between CBDCs and Crypto
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Beijing 1986: portraits of a forgotten China
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Ping An Ranks 7th and Lufax 19th in 2020 BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (“Ping An” or “The Group”, HKEx: 2318; SSE: 601318) has maintained its top position among Chinese insurers and ranked second among financial brands the … ( read…
China Market Update: The Nattering Nabobs Of Negativity Weigh On Markets
Key News Asian equities were weaker today as US stimulus hopes fade, Europe tightens social distancing measures on coronavirus flare ups, and Reuters reports that Ant Group could be added to the US’ … (…
A new coronavirus that could be even more dangerous was just discovered in China
A coronavirus strain found in pigs in China is thought to have originated in bats, which is the same route of transmission that the SARS-CoV-2 virus took. The virus attacks the gastrointestinal … ( read…
Coronavirus: China punishes two health officials over hospital cluster
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