China’s capital Beijing has been enveloped in the worst sandstorm in a decade, along with a wide swath of the country’s north … ( read original story …)
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Concerns about China’s growing influence in the region is expected to be a main focus when two ministers of President Joe Biden’s administration visit Japan for their first in-person talks with their … ( read…
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Gold prices erased early gains on Monday as hopes of a faster economic recovery got a boost from better-than-expected Chinese industrial output data, while a surge in U.S. Treasury yields kept bullion … ( read…
China keeps interest rate unchanged for 11th straight month, rolls over 100 billion yuan of medium-term loans
The rate on 100 billion yuan (US$15.37 billion) worth of one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans to China’s financial institutions is being kept steady at 2.95 per cent. ( read original story …)
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Asian shares mixed as China reports so-so economic data
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1st US ministers’ Japan visit under Biden to focus on China
business leaders and others while in Tokyo before heading to South Korea, another key ally in the region, Wednesday. China is not on Blinken’s itinerary, but he is set to meet senior Chinese officials ……
Chinese economy continues its pandemic bounce back
The strong numbers are distorted because they are compared to 2020, when most of China’s factories were in pandemic lockdown. But Monday’s slew of economic data still beat analysts’ expectations. ( read original story …)
Beijing skies turn orange as sandstorm and pollution send readings off the scale
Capital of China suffers ‘hazardous’ levels of air pollution with authorities issuing second-highest safety alert A massive sandstorm has combined with already high air pollution to turn the skies in … ( read original story…
Beijing Sees Orange as Epic Sandstorm Coats North China in Dust
(Bloomberg) — A sandstorm sweeping across much of northern China left the city in an orange fog and helped push air quality levels in the capital to the worst since 2017. Beijing’s government issued ……
