China’s leverage over global supply chains and maritime logistics threatens America’s economic and national security. This is especially true, considering that roughly 90% of America’s military cargo …
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What a leaked transcript reveals about China’s muscular statecraft
Jason Tower, an expert on China and Myanmar, thinks it likely that the Wa produced the transcript and shared it with rebel allies, who leaked it more widely. Verbatim accounts of Chinese diplomatic …
A secret garden in Beijing has opened to visitors for the first time in a century
When Ho Puay-peng first visited Beijing’s Forbidden City in the late 1980s, the Singaporean architect saw many of the historic courtyards used for storage, filled with garbage, and occupied by danwei …
China begins limited purchases of U.S. farm goods after Trump-Xi meet
China has begun modest purchases of U.S. farm products after the leaders of both countries met last week, but traders still await significant soybean buys after the White House said Beijing pledged to …
Capital Markets Authority Urges Kenya to Follow China in Setting Up Blockchain-Based MMF Scheme
Kenya currently uses the traditional method in its MMFs, such as T-Bills, fixed deposits, commercial papers, and repurchase agreements.
Trump admits China is challenging U.S. dominance in Bitcoin
President Donald Trump declared the US has ended its “war on crypto,” vowing to make America the global Bitcoin superpower.
China considers mixing COVID-19 vaccines to boost protection rate
China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines as a way of further boosting vaccine efficacy.
‘Self-sufficient’ Chinese city to reflect coronavirus lessons
A new city near Beijing featuring wooden apartment blocks, rooftop farms and renewable energy is being designed with drone-friendly terraces and ample space from which to work at home in case of …
Why China chose tech-hub Shenzhen to host the 2026 Apec summit
China’s decision to host next year’s Apec summit in the innovation hub of Shenzhen reflects Beijing’s “resolve to uphold openness”, according to analysts. Highlighting the southern city’s spectacular …
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The coming-together of China’s enormous manufacturing capacity and its ravenous appetite for copious, cheap, domestically produced electricity deserves to be seen in a similar world-changing light.
Detecting slave-made goods from China is growing harder, U.S. says
Major brands face a growing challenge to root out forced labor in Chinese supply chains, the top U.S. anti-human trafficking official said Friday, as the United States stepped up the blocking of …
GLOBAL ECONOMY-Asia’s factories shaking off COVID gloom, China shines
Asian factories continued to shake off the coronavirus gloom in August as more bright signs in China raised hopes of a firmer recovery in global demand, reducing pressure on policymakers to take …
Trump pressed China’s Xi to release jailed Hong Kong media tycoon, sources say
By Greg Torode, James Pomfret, Michael Martina and Trevor Hunnicutt HONG KONG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump appealed directly to China’s Xi Jinping to free jailed Hong Kong media …
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