Beijing is navigating a complex position as the crisis in Ukraine intensifies, as it attempts to balance deepening ties with Moscow with its practiced foreign policy of staunchly defending state …
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As the West condemns Russia over Ukraine, Beijing strikes a different tone
China moves closer to Russia, but wary on Ukraine
China and Russia set off alarms in the West this month with the most robust declaration of their friendship in decades but Beijing has signalled it would not back Vladimir Putin if he sent troops…
HSBC’s Profit Surges, but Bank Takes Hit From China Property
HSBC Holdings PLC reported its highest annual net profit since 2018 and said rising interest rates were likely to boost future returns, even as the banking giant took a charge against potential …
Why it took Maruti two decades to beat Hyundai in exports
India’s PLI scheme for the auto sector has been brilliantly structured and timed, removing the cost edge that Chinese manufacturers enjoyed. Along with the ₹18,000 crore PLI scheme for batteries, it i …
Alibaba shares slump 5% on Beijing’s scrutiny of Ant Group
BEIJING (AFP): Shares in Alibaba slumped more than five per … which saw a record-breaking planned IPO by Ant Group pulled at the last minute. Bloomberg described the fresh investigation as “by far …
Regional Law Firms Secure Mandates Amid a Revival of Chinese IPOs in US
The IPOs range from US$1 million to US$35 million … by Chinese companies came to a grinding halt last year when the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced that it had launched an …
An abundance of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses in hunted wild animals traded in China
New research published in the journal Cell assesses the viromes of 18 different species of game animals across China to predict potential pathogens similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome …
Hong Kong finds COVID-19 in samples from packaging of pork, beef imports
With stepped up inspections on food imports, Hong Kong is again following in the footsteps of mainland China on COVID-19 policies. Unlike other countries, China cites frozen food packaging as a …
One American life, set on new course by Nixon’s China visit
I was a suburban kid who just wanted to hang out with my friends. Suddenly I found myself in the belly of what was still, back home, being called “Red China.” Though I didn’t realize…
China plans bigger tax cuts in 2022 to prop up slowing growth
BEIJING (Reuters) -China will unveil bigger tax and fee cuts this year and step up payments to local governments to offset their hit to revenues, Finance Minister Liu Kun said on Tuesday, amid efforts …
Alibaba shares slump 5pc on Beijing’s scrutiny of Ant Group
BEIJING, Feb 22 ― Shares in Alibaba slumped more than five … which saw a record-breaking planned IPO by Ant Group pulled at the last minute. Bloomberg described the fresh investigation as “by far …
China has 757 million 5G users in January, the world’s largest
The growing users will be the key to laying the foundation for the technology to reach its scale efficiency soon in the country. The total number of China Mobile’s 5G users hit 401.27 million as…
China is interested in Ukraine’s defence-industrial complex, says report
Kharkiv has significant relevance for China, as it is home to Ukrainian enterprises dealing with defence technology including tank engines and other hardware. Notably, China supplies Ukrainian T-80UD …
