The struggle between China and the West, especially with the US and the UK, on Hong Kong will continue and likely become “a long fight” due to the latest electoral reform plan for the city…
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Hong Kong elections reform: Beijing shake-up designed to stop separatist and foreign forces infiltrating city’s administration, top official says
Beijing’s drastic planned shake-up of the Hong Kong elections system is designed to prevent separatists or foreign agents from infiltrating the administration of the city, while restoring stability … ( read original story …)
China’s critical 2021 “two sessions” highlight major economic challenges ahead
By John Richardson IT CONTINUES to surprise and disappoint me how every minutiae of the recent US petrochemicals outages have been pored over by analysts and yet relatively little attention is being … ( read…
Quad shows we’re not alone in China pushback
Beijing’s targeting of Australia for geo-politicised trade punishment is counterproductively encouraging collective pushback from the region. ( read original story …)
China Eases Visa Rules for Foreigners Who Get Chinese Vaccines
China said it will ease visa application requirements for foreigners seeking to enter the mainland from Hong Kong if they have been inoculated with Covid-19 vaccines made in China. The new rule will … (…
China’s Youthful, Debt-Fueled Spending Spree Sparks a Reckoning
thanks to Ant and other Chinese financial-technology companies that provided unsecured loans to millions of people who didn’t have bank-issued credit cards. In 2019, online loans accounted for as much … ( read original story…
China, Japan risk miscalculation over Diaoyu islands, analysts say
‘Uncomfortable signal to China’: Japan raises Hong Kong in call to India In … At the same time, Japan’s defence budget for financial year 2021, which begins in April, is expected to grow for the…
China asks visa applicants to get inoculated with Chinese-made vaccines.
A new rule for foreigners applying in Hong Kong for visas gives preference to those who choose shots produced in China. ( read original story …)
US and China semiconductor working group unlikely to ease trade tensions in short term but seen as a good start, say analysts
Semiconductor working group established between the CSIA and SIA won’t ease trade tensions in the short term, but is seen as a good first step to foster more business co-operation, say analysts. ( read original…
Exclusive: China’s JD.com in talks to buy stake worth $1.5 billion in brokerage – sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) – JD.com Inc is in talks to buy part or all of a stake in brokerage Sinolink Securities worth at least $1.5 billion, three people said, as the e-commerce major aims to…
China’s Gen Z investors are turning fund managers into social media stars
As China’s young adults come of age as investors, they’re bringing social media culture to the staid world of investing. ( read original story …)
China is scooping up DNA data to target foreign spies – and you, the US government says
China has been stealing data, including DNA files, to advance its economic, security, and foreign-policy goals, the US government says. ( read original story …)
IOC president believes boycotting Beijing Winter Olympics would achieve nothing
An athlete boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over China’s human rights abuses would not achieve anything, the president of the International Olympic Committee has said. China has been criticised … ( read original story…
