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Volvo Cars recorded its best ever half-year results at the end of 2020, shrugging off the coronavirus pandemic to book record profits after strong growth in China and the US. Although full-year sales … (…
Coronavirus live: international travel ‘biggest factor in death rate’; WHO has ‘frank’ China talks over virus source
Study finds a million international arrivals associated with 3.4% increase in Covid deaths; WHO team talk to Wuhan scientists over start of outbreak … ( read original story …)
Spectacular’ Beijing 2022 Games will transform winter sport – Bach
Olympics next year will be spectacular and will transform winter sports “for ever” by introducing some 300 million Chinese people to them, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on … ( read original story…
‘Boycotts don’t work’: Canada’s Olympic, Paralympic leaders dismiss idea of skipping Beijing 2022
Despite human rights concerns that plague China, the heads of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee have dismissed the idea of a Canadian boycott of the 2022 Beijing Games. ( read original story…
‘Beijing Biden Is Not My President:’ Troops’ Social Media Posts in Spotlight After Capitol Riots
Airman 1st Class Sean Brinson wanted his peers to know that he didn’t consider President Joe Biden a legitimate commander in chief. In a post on the popular Facebook group Amn/NCO/SNCO Jan. 12, … (…
China fury: Biden threatens ‘fresh arms race’ amid Beijing’s ‘new source of US tensions’
CHINA’s “new source of tension” with the US has been identified by a group of political risk analysts, in what the experts warned could “quickly become a new arms race”. ( read original story …)
China debt: Guizhou among indebted western areas facing ‘greatest’ repayment pressure amid default fears
Confidence in the ability of local governments in China to repay debts was been hit by a series of unexpected defaults by state firms controlled or owned by major provinces late last year. ( read…
Ant and China Banks Are Reining In Joint Loans to Consumers
Ant Group Co. and at least a dozen banks are paring back their years-long cooperation on consumer lending platforms that fuel the spending of at least 500 million people across China. ( read original story…
Investment Opportunities in Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area
We discuss the incentives for foreign businesses to invest in Shenzhen, including key subsidy schemes and the region’s industrial growth priorities. ( read original story …)
China’s iSpace fails to reach orbit in 2nd launch attempt
The Chinese startup iSpace launched its Hyperbola-1 rocket for the first time in 2019. The second launch attempt on Feb.1, 2021 failed to reach orbit. The first private Chinese company to reach orbit … (…
Before Beijing 2022 top Olympians focused on medals not pandemic, politics
Two of the world’s top winter athletes, Italian skier Sofia Goggia and Australian snowboarder Scotty James, said they were focusing on winning medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, not the new … ( read original…
China’s state broadcaster stripped of licence to broadcast in the UK
China’s state broadcaster has been stripped of its licence to air in the UK after an investigation by the media regulator found that the network is editorially controlled by the Chinese Communist … ( read…
