In 2020, China reported its first known death from what was then considered a mysterious outbreak of viral pneumonia. The disease would come to be identified as a novel coronavirus — COVID-19 — that …
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China vows to continue opening its economy amid trade tensions with U.S.
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Apple CEO Praises China Partners as Beijing Applies Pressure
‘It’s trade, tourism, trust’: Air China restarts direct Beijing–Delhi flight
Olympic champion swimmer Cameron McEvoy breaks the 50-meter freestyle world record
NIH hosts lecture making the case that COVID-19 came from a Chinese lab
US intel softens on China threat, says no Taiwan invasion planned by 2027 despite military buildup
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Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing
Complete CBS News coverage of the Winter Olympics as athletes from around the world prepare to compete in Beijing.
On the frontline against China, the US Coast Guard is taking on missions the US Navy can’t do
The Coast Guard is stepping up its Pacific presence, sailing to “places that move the needle a little bit,” the service’s top officer said in December.
China Property Firms Face Raft of Key Payments This Week
Investors are bracing for a fresh wave of volatility in China’s credit markets this week, as a barrage of payment deadlines loom for some of the property sector’s most distressed firms.
Telecom center for Beijing 2022 brought into operation
China Unicom’s Telecom Technology Operations Center (TTOC) was put into use on Jan. 10, providing state-of-the-art tech support and telecommunication services for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympic and …
Technology and the global struggle for sustainable democracy
China is rising and asserting itself … and they contain the world’s most highly developed regulatory institutions. If technology is a new domain of international relations and competition, the …
Covid 19 Omicron: China locks down 3rd city, raising number affected to 20 million
A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people. The lockdown of Anyang, home to 5.5…
Rubio introduces bill to sanction Beijing for obstructing investigation of COVID-19 origins
Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a bill Tuesday to sanction Beijing if Chinese officials do not permit a forensic investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
China’s Property Slump May Be Stabilizing. Why Economists Are Still Dour on GDP Outlook.
China’s strict Covid policies could continue to loom over its economy, so much so that Goldman Sachs lowered its 2022 economic growth outlook to 4.3% from 4.8%.
Record-breaking exports
The value of Egypt’s exports recorded an all-time high last year despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Doaa A. Moneim …
Crypto exchange FTX calls on regulators to ditch ‘securities’ mindset, devise a separate, single rule book for digital currencies
This would enable investors to make informed decisions, and free the industry from a barrage of compliance requirements that could stifle innovation, says CEO.
The China-Israel Technology Tussle
Despite China being a great market for Israeli technology and products and Israel-China relations having been rather cordial, Israel does realize that it cannot continue to sit on the fence. China is …
China’s tech crackdown stresses college kids
Private educator New Oriental has laid off 60,000 people , part of a massive wave of redundancies coming out of the after-school tutoring industry after President Xi Jinping converted it to non-profit …
