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US says China broke free trade pledges. The United States has accused China of failing to meet its commitments to the World Trade Organization. The U.S. says it will explore new w …
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Taiwan’s government proposed on Thursday a new law to prevent China from stealing its chip technology, amid rising concern in Taipei that Beijing is stepping up its economic espionage. Tech powerhouse …
U.S. accuses China of backing away from free-trade commitments
Voicing similar complaints about China, President Donald Trump slapped taxes on about $360 billion worth of Chinese imports to the United States—tariffs the Biden administration is still imposing. To …
COVID-19: China is developing its own mRNA vaccine and it’s showing early promise
Instead, it has so far relied on vaccines developed by two Chinese companies, Sinovac and Sinopharm. However, this may be set to change. China is now developing its own mRNA vaccine.
Threatening Mutations: Researchers Identify COVID-19 Variants With Potential To Escape Cellular Immune Response
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From Ellicottville to Beijing, Tricia Mangan set to compete in 2nd Winter Olympic Games
Derby native Tricia Mangan is currently in Beijing for her second Olympic Games where she’ll be competing in the alpine combined on February 17th …
The next financial crisis is coming, and it will be stamped ‘made in China’
far more than in the financial crisis. One country stands out as having accumulated more debt in a short period of time than any other – China – and it now poses the greatest risk…
Beijing 2022 Olympics Organiser reports zero new COVID-19 cases on Feb 16
BEIJING, Feb 17 (Reuters) – The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Thursday that zero new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 16. Reuters, the …
AI helps measure the jumps in Beijing’s Olympics
Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free How it works: Omega placed six cameras around Beijing’s Capital Indoor Stadium, where the figure …
China’s powerful social media platform Weibo has dubbed these Olympic athletes and teams the darlings and demons of the Beijing Games
China’s Twitter-like social media platform Weibo can giveth but it can also taketh away. Fans have flocked to Weibo to lavish praise on their favorite athletes and excoriate competitors and teams they …
New regulations hit China in global tech, media & telecom IPO market
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Regulatory crackdown in China has shrunk the country’s share in the global tech, media and Telecom (TMT) IPO market by 9 per cent last year, a new report showed on…
