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Japan is likely to shelve plans to send officials to the Winter Games in Beijing next year and will make an announcement as early as Friday, public broadcaster NHK said.
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CanSino Biologics Inc’s vaccine was 57.5% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 and 91.7% against severe disease four weeks or longer after one dose, while its protection appeared lower in older …
Intel apologizes in China after telling suppliers not to source from Xinjiang over human rights abuses
US semiconductor giant Intel has issued an apology in China after it told suppliers not to source from a region linked to vast human rights abuses. Intel told its suppliers to avoid products or labor…
China locks down city of 13 million in bid to curb COVID outbreaks before Beijing Winter Olympics
The restrictions in Xi’an come just weeks before the Winter Olympics and are some of the harshest China has imposed since it locked down Wuhan after the coronavirus was first detected there in 2019.
Saudi Arabia manufacturing ballistic missiles with China’s help: report
While it was known that the kingdom had purchased missiles from China, satellite images purportedly show that Saudi Arabia is manufacturing the weapons as well.
The China Initiative’s first academic guilty verdict raises more questions than it answers
Observers hoped that the trial of the prominent Harvard professor Charles Lieber would provide some clues into the future of the Department of Justice’s campaign against Chinese economic espionage.
China’s manufacturing outlook up in the air as supply-chain issues threaten to take shine off roaring exports in 2022
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New e-cigarette brand Maxray enters the market
There are already quite some established market names in the e-cigarette maker category, but soon we should add Maxray to the list.
CGCC-USA and AmCham China Host Business Dialogue on US-China Climate Change Cooperation
Encouraged by the positive momentum for this significant partnership, on Thursday, December 16, 2021, China General Chamber of Commerce – USA (CGCC- USA) and the American Chamber of Commerce in China …
Xinhua Headlines: China’s Xi’an tightens control measures amid COVID-19 resurgence
Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, imposed closed-off management for communities and villages on Thursday, in an effort to curb the spread of the latest COVID-19 resurgence. All …
Biden signs bills on forced labor in China, ALS research
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Thursday to block imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove the items were made without forced labor, the latest in a series of …
