Profit growth at China’s industrial firms slowed again in May as surging raw material prices squeezed margins and weighed on factory activity.
Tagged By beijing
Blockchain Service Network: how little-known start-up Red Date is helping China lead the world in the cutting-edge technology
Twenty-two years later, the CEO of start-up Red Date Technology had the same feeling with blockchain. At the time, his company was building some of the technical infrastructure for China’s wide-scale …
U.S.-China trade dispute hurts Americans: Craig Allen
President of the U.S.-China Business Council Craig Allen said Thursday that if the United States continues the movement on tariffs toward China, it will pay with its employment and competitiveness.
COVID-19 cases spread in China earlier than recorded, says new study
Amid the renewed quest to find the origin of COVID-19, a new study shows that the first cases of coronavirus infections could have appeared in China between October and mid-November 2019 — earlier …
China’s changes through one man’s lens
The BBC’s China Correspondent Stephen McDonell spoke to one of the most acclaimed about the massive, sweeping changes he’s seen. China’s changes through one man’s lens. Video, 00:03:31China’s changes …
Tesla recalls nearly 300,000 cars in China over cruise control safety issue
Tesla began recalling more than 285,000 vehicles in China on Saturday over a safety risk concerning the vehicle’s cruise control feature.
Hong Kong’s weekend home sales post mixed results as buyers are spoilt for choice amid 14 per cent increase in property supply
The stark contrast between the two sales underscores how Hong Kong’s buyers are becoming more selective, as this year’s housing supply may increase 14.3 per cent from 2020.
Massive “Dragon Man” skull found in China might be a new human evolutionary branch
A gigantic fossilized skull that was hidden in a well in China for 90 years has just been discovered by scientists — and it’s making them rethink human evolution. The skull was originally found in…
Zimbabwe Receives COVID-19 Shots From China
Zimbabwe on Saturday received a half-million Sinopharm shots against COVID-19 it bought from China, a development officials said would put its vaccination program back on track. After the plane with …
Beijing-born Tom Lin on the gunslinging Chinese anti-hero of his Western debut novel The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
Beijing-born writer says he wrote The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu because he wanted a Western with ‘someone at the centre of it I could relate to’.
Beijing seems unlikely to rein in its aggressive Wolf Warrior diplomats
The defiant style of diplomacy mirrors Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s personality and policy priorities, analysts and former emissaries say.
US-China tech war: AI, semiconductors get quasi-military commanders as ‘supply chain chiefs’ to boost self-sufficiency
Local governments in China have taken to appointing ‘supply chain chiefs’ to oversee hi-tech industries, a policy seen as an effort to appease Beijing, although not endorsed by the central government.
IN FIGURES: China’s battery raw materials exports in May 2021IN FIGURES: China’s battery raw materials exports in May 2021
A summary of China’s battery raw materials exports for May 2021. In brief Exports of cobalt tetroxide fell in May amid falling downstream demand for batteries used in consumer electronics outside of …
