China’s prospects for 2024 look uncertain, as a year that opened free of COVID-19 lockdowns winds down without the dreamed of robust recovery for the world’s No. 2 economy.
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American public pensions have invested more than $68 billion in China – the US’ No. 1 adversary – and finance experts are ringing the alarm on how that jeopardizes national …
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China focuses on Crypto development, brings 50,000 developers to its state-run blockchain
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Florida Governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis criticized former President Donald Trump’s handling of China, noting that Trump’s rhetoric on China during the 2016 campaign …
China’s premier among top officials to pay tribute to late AI visionary Tang Xiao’ou
Li Qiang, Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang among Chinese leaders paying respects to the leading facial recognition expert and SenseTime co-founder, who died Friday.
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China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that the country plans to support the development of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized applications (dApps) amid the …
BRICS Unites: China and Saudi Arabia Spearhead Global Move Away From the US Dollar – Is Bitcoin Next?
BRICS Nations, China and Saudi Arabia have signed a currency swap agreement to break US Dollar hegemony. Bitcoin is gaining traction as a viable alternative in the race to displace the Dollar.
Chair of powerful House committee pushes Shein about data protections, its relationship with China
The House Energy and Commerce Committee wants Shein to share more information on its relationship with China and its data protections ahead of its U.S. IPO.
