The spirit epitomized by the just concluded Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will go on to bolster global efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a leading Bangladeshi economist has said. “The …
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After enduring the government’s regulatory storm that began in late 2020, companies ranging from e-commerce giant Alibaba to gaming mogul Tencent to ride-hailing giant Didi have largely kept a low …
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Lee Hamilton: China commands our attention
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Arm China boss happy with Nvidia acquisition collapse
Allen Wu, chairman and CEO of Arm’s Chinese joint-venture Arm China, thinks the collapse of Nvidia’s attempt to buy Arm will be better for the worldwide technology industry – and for China. In an …
Biden moves to blunt China’s electric battery dominance
We can’t build a future that’s made in America if we ourselves are dependent on China for the materials that power the products of today and tomorrow,” President Joe Biden …
As sanctions start, Russia’s trade flow shifting towards China
The United States is poised to unleash a wider array of sanctions against Russia if Moscow escalates the conflict in Ukraine, denying key Russian financial institutions and companies access to U.S.
Trump’s China policy failed
While it is true that some industries lost jobs to Chinese competition over the past two decades, it is also true that other industries gained jobs due to trade with China and oth …
