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China’s growing power crunch threatens more global supply chain chaos
By Jill Disis, CNN Business A growing power supply crunch in China is triggering blackouts for households and forcing factories to cut production, threatening to slow the country’s vast economy and …
Guangdong, Shenzhen to Issue Offshore Yuan Bonds in HK, Macau
The local governments of Guangdong province and the city of Shenzhen will become the first ones in the Chinese mainland to issue offshore yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong and Macau next month.
China Tells NATO to Stay Out of Asia
At a meeting on Monday between NATO head Jens Stoltenberg and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, both officials stressed that neither was considered a rival.
Under Olaf Scholz, Germany May Have to Choose Between the U.S. and China
A Germany under Olaf Scholz, the man most likely to succeed Angela Merkel as the country’s chancellor, might have to choose between supporting China or the United States as tension rise between the …
China’s power shortages threaten more supply chain chaos and may hit GDP
A growing power supply crunch in China is triggering blackouts for households and forcing factories to cut production, threatening to slow the country’s vast economy and place even more strain on …
Is China exporting its surveillance state to Venezuela?
One of the largest Chinese defense companies has been pointed out for providing the Venezuelan government software to block access to the Internet and to spy on its detractors.
China’s crypto ban could free up more energy than Finland uses in a year
China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies came to a head on Friday with an announcement that all crypto-related activities would now be illegal. The reasons for China’s increasingly severe bans on crypto …
Investors used the crypto crash after China’s ban to buy the most bitcoin in four months last week: CoinShares
Investment in bitcoin hit its highest in four months in the week to September 24, when China announced it would ban most crypto activities.
5 things to know for September 28: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Congress, China, R. Kelly
There’s still two more months of the Atlantic hurricane season, and we’re already running out of names for storms. What happens after that? A whole new set of names, starting with Adria, Braylen, …
Inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines must be addressed immediately, says Bill Gates
It is a moral outrage and a public health tragedy that COVID-19 vaccines are still not distributed equitably, said US philanthropist Bill Gates, urging for immediate efforts to address the problem. In …
China Evergrande Tells A Story That Beijing Prefers To Hide
The relative calm in markets after China Evergrande Group missed payments on investment funds suggests Beijing has, so far, avoided a “Lehman moment.” That could always change, of course.
Beijing went ballistic at Australia. When will the soul-searching start?
READ FULL ARTICLE “Aukus is putting Australia in danger,” the expert was quoted as saying, because “Beijing and Moscow won’t treat Canberra as ‘an innocent non-nuclear power’, but ‘a US ally that …
