As a beginner in most snow-based winter sports, China’s potential in developing skiing and snowboarding disciplines at both the amateur and elite levels has been billed as a game-changer by the sector …
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China accuses ex-security official of poor integrity, greed
China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled a former vice minister of public security amid a raft of accusations from corruption to abandoning his post amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Sun Lijun was fired …
Coronavirus: China wants permanent quarantine centres built for inbound travellers
Guangzhou is already making the shift away from using hotels with a new facility due to open with more than 5,000 rooms.
Africa internet riches plundered, contested by China broker
Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of gold, diamonds, and even people. Digital resources have proven no different. Millions of internet addresses assigned to Africa have been waylaid, …
The Evergrande crisis: 4 questions that explain why China’s property market, which is twice as big as America’s and where 20% of homes are empty, matters
“Over past decades, the price of Chinese real estate has gone up. This has generated a popular belief that real estate is always safe to invest in.” …
China accuses ex-police official of poor integrity, greed
China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled a former vice minister of public security amid a raft of accusations from corruption to abandoning his post amid the COVID-19 outbreak …
Evoking Mao, China likens Taiwan foreign minister to a ‘shrilling’ fly
China has launched a vituperative attack on Taiwan’s foreign minister, evoking the words of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong to denounce him as a “shrilling” fly for his efforts to promote Taiwan …
Taiwan Questions China’s Suitability for Pacific Trade Pact, Fears ‘Obstruction’
China’s restrictive practices present fundamental problems for its application to join a major pan-Pacific free trade pact, and if it joins before Taiwan there is a risk it could block their …
China gorges on American grain-fed beef amid shrinking supplies from Down Under
As Australian beef exports to China wither amid diplomatic tensions, demand there for U.S. grain-fed beef has soared, fuelled by the appetites of a growing Chinese middle class. Hotpot restaurants, …
