A recent draft decision is recommending that a court specializing in hearing finance-related lawsuits be set up in Beijing. The draft decision on building the Beijing Financial Court was submitted to … ( read original…
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China drafts rules for non-bank payment industry to rein in monopolistic behaviour
China’s central bank released drafted rules on non-bank payment institutions on Wednesday, stepping up anti-trust measures to rein in monopolistic behaviors of payment firms. BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) … ( read original story …)
China’s Wide Income Gap Undercut Spending as Growth Recovers
China’s successful control of Covid-19 made it the only major economy to have grown last year, but wide income inequality and still weak consumer spending reflects an unbalanced recovery. ( read original story …)
Shenzhen to issue 20 million digital yuan in Spring Festival red envelopes
China’s southern boomtown of Shenzhen will issue digital currency worth 20 million yuan (about 3.1 million U.S. dollars) as part of a pilot program to promote the application of the new form of … (…
Jack Ma appears in public for the first time since challenging Beijing.
Mr. Ma, the co-founder of the retailing giant Alibaba, had disappeared after criticizing Chinese regulators late last year. ( read original story …)
Lockdown is imposed on five Beijing neighbourhoods
China has been reporting over 100 cases each day for more than a week, the highest number since the initial outbreak in Wuhan in March, putting the country on high-alert ahead of Chinese New Year.…
China labels Pompeo ‘doomsday clown’ over genocide claims
China’s Foreign Ministry is describing outgoing U_S_ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a “doomsday clown” and says his designation of China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity is … ( read…
China turbocharges bid to discredit Western vaccines, spread virus conspiracy theories
With a WHO team in the country probing the pandemic’s origins, officials have gone into overdrive to propagate the fringe view that the virus came from elsewhere. ( read original story …)
Irresistible? Pension funds plot move on China’s $16 trillion bond market
China’s $16 trillion bond market is the proverbial elephant in the investment room. But it’s becoming too big to ignore, even for the most risk-averse Western investors. ( read original story …)
EXPLAINER: Why US accused China of genocide and what’s next
The U.S. secretary of state’s accusation of genocide against China touches on a hot-button human rights issue between China and the West … ( read original story …)
Coronavirus live news: WHO says UK variant detected in 60 countries as Beijing steps up Covid measures
North Korean defector numbers plunge amid pandemic; UK coronavirus strain detected in at least 60 countries: WHO; Beijing introduces new Covid measures … ( read original story …)
Partial Lockdown In Beijing Over Covid-19 Outbreak
A partial lockdown was imposed on the Chinese capital Wednesday, with 1.6 million residents banned from leaving Beijing, after a handful of cases were detected. Seven cases were reported in the city … ( read…
Beijing steps up COVID-19 response amid most severe outbreak since March
The measures come amid what has become the country’s most severe COVID-19 outbreak since March 2020. It is also ahead of the key Chinese Lunar New Year holiday season in February, when hundreds of ……