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Wall Street futures retreat as China data disappoints
China’s economic recovery underwhelms as consumer comeback stays elusive
China’s retail sales slipped in July, dashing expectations for a modest rise, as consumers in the world’s second-largest economy failed to shake off wariness about the coronavirus, while the factory … ( read original story…
China reports finding coronavirus on imported chicken. But here’s why experts say you shouldn’t panic
China says the virus was detected on a surface sample from a batch of chicken wings imported from Brazil. It’s a shocking headline, we know. China reported they found coronavirus on chicken imported … (…
China’s national security law triggering radical transformation of Hong Kong’s human rights
Despite pledges from top Hong Kong officials that the draconian national security law, which contains 66 articles and criminalizes succession and subversion, to terrorism and collusion, would only … ( read original story …)
China to Launch Major Expansion of Digital Currency Trials
China is planning a major expansion of testing for the central bank-led digital yuan, according to a Wall Street Journal Report on Friday. The country’s Ministry of Commerce … ( read original story …)
China air pollution falls 10.8% because of coronavirus slowdown
China saw average concentrations of lung-damaging airborne particles known as PM2.5 fall by 10.8% from January to July as industry slowed because of the coronavirus, data showed on Friday, though … ( read original story…
‘End of the Rainbow’: Shanghai Pride shuts down amid shrinking space for China’s LGBTQ community
Shanghai Pride, China’s longest-running and only major annual celebration of sexual minorities, abruptly announced its effective shutdown on Thursday, in the latest sign of the authorities’ increasing … ( read original story …)
Breakingviews – U.S.-China tech spat is less costly than tariffs
China tech spat is a less costly fight than the trade war. The two nations will review their deal that reduced tariffs as the White House refocuses on purging Chinese technology. The latter is nothing…
Dollar finds support as coronavirus, China data sap confidence
The dollar index remains 0.2% lower for the week, but it has appeared to arrest a slide that has it about 9.5% below its March peak. ( read original story …)
For China’s landlords, rent-to-riches dreams fade in red flag for fragile economy
Not yet 30, Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up China’s private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out. Then came the new coronavirus, jobless tenants … (…
China’s central bank may have ‘modest easing bias’ given uncertain recovery: Economist
The People’s Bank of China has become “more neutral” in its outlook and wants to ensure that China will maintain its economic recovery at a steady pace, says Mansoor Mohi-uddin from the Bank of ……
Chicken wing from Brazil positive to coronavirus in Shenzhen not sold
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said that in view of a notice issued by the Shenzhen Headquarters for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia … ( read…
U.S. crackdown on Confucius Institutes demonises the program, says China
A U.S. crackdown on Confucius Institutes demonises and stigmatises the normal functioning of the program, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday. ( read original story …)
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