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Nike is ‘a brand of China and for China,’ CEO says during earnings call
Nike CEO John Donahoe called the sportswear apparel giant a “brand of China” this week, following a fiasco it was involved in earlier this year over concerns about human rights abuses committed by the …
Coronavirus Today: China rewrites the history of COVID-19
China is detaining and prosecuting those who seek to document what really happened in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It doesn’t bode well for the effort to get to the bottom of the…
France and U.S. Agree on the Perils of a Rising China, Blinken Says
After meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France, who says Europe should be less dependent on U.S. leadership, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Times they see eye to eye on key issues.
China hits out at ‘bandit-like’ US over trade restrictions on Xinjiang firms
The White House said that the use of forced labour was part of China’s systematic effort to repress millions of ethnic Uygurs and other minorities in the far-west region.
China’s central bank leads Fed in weaning economy off stimulus
China’s central bank is a step ahead of its US counterpart in reining in its Covid-19 emergency stimulus, relieving potential market pressure from the Federal Reserve’s looming shift in policy.
Analysis: Bitcoin Mining Revenue Plunges As China Crackdown Continues
It’s not been a great week for Bitcoin miners in China, particularly in Sichuan province. As Bitcoin mining and trading crackdowns spread throughout the country that accounts for about half of all the …
China Threatens to Block COVID Shots for Ukraine Over Its Support of Xinjiang Investigation
China threatened to block COVID-19 vaccines destined for Ukraine unless it pulled its support of an investigation of Xinjiang using ethnic minorities for labor.
China is now second largest export partner of India
The US remained the countrys top export partner, according to government data, but shipments declined 2.78% to $51.63 billion in a year when Indias merchandise trade — both exports and imports — fell …
Didi’s IPO marred by China crackdown and cash burn fears
Didi Global is on the cusp of pulling off one of the biggest US initial public offerings of the past decade, the culmination of five years of battling first Chinese regulators and then Covid 19.…
Coronavirus: China hits goal of vaccinating 40 per cent of population before end of June
China announced that it has achieved a key milestone, with 630 million people inoculated against Covid-19 by Thursday, as the country reached its target of vaccinating 40 per cent of the population by …
Discovery of ‘Dragon Man’ skull in China prompts rethink of human evolution
A new species of ancient human dubbed Homo longi, or “Dragon Man,” could potentially change the way we understand human evolution, scientists said Friday. Researchers said in their findings, published …
Senators call on Biden to sanction Beijing over closure of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily
A bipartisan group of senators is calling on President Biden to impose sanctions on the Chinese Communist Party for shutting down the Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, a move that has added to ongoing …