China is smashing wind power building records and continues to show strong solar growth, making it a top destination for foreign clean-energy investment, but it needs to halt coal-fired plants to meet … ( read…
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Biden admin blasts China for ‘cynical’ Inauguration Day sanctions on Trump officials
Speaking after the rebuke from Washington, China’s foreign ministry said Thursday that “if both countries work together, better angels in the U.S.-China relations could defeat evil forces.” … ( read original story …)
Twitter’s Labels Cut Likes and Retweets for China State Media Accounts: Report
Prominent Communist Party-owned outlets like China’s nationalist tabloid “Global Times” saw 31 percent fewer likes following the roll-out of Twitter’s labeling policy, the China Media Project found. ( read original story …)
China reports more COVID-19 cases in Beijing, Shanghai
Chinese authorities are reporting new COVID-19 cases in the country’s two largest cities after imposing a lockdown of 1.7 million people in Beijing. ( read original story …)
COVID-19 Has Now Been Found In Ice Cream… In China
From respiratory droplets transmitted through direct contact, COVID-19 has now appeared in frozen food in China. ( read original story …)
The right condemns China over its Uighur abuses. The left must do so too
In the dying days of the Trump administration, outgoing secretary of state Mike Pompeo declared that China was committing genocide against the Uighur Muslims. Yet there is no reason to believe he was … (…
Tencent-backed video sharing app Kuaishou kicks off Hong Kong IPO targeting US$5 billion
Kuaishou will raise the curtain for other China’s short video-sharing platforms to raise funds via IPO in Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
Rebuked China echoes Biden’s call for ‘better angels’ to heal relations with America
Within hours of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, his foreign policy team began wrangling with one of the administration’s biggest challenges: China. The U.S. labeled as “unproductive and cynical” a … ( read original story …)
China is back in emergency mode, racing to contain COVID surge before holiday
With a major national holiday looming, which typically sees tens of millions travel across the country, authorities are taking drastic measures. ( read original story …)
China’s RLX draws in $1.4bn from bigger US IPO
Chinese vape company RLX Technology raised $1.4bn from its US listing this week, pricing the deal above the marketed range after a huge turnout from investors. ( read original story …)
China’s vaccine diplomacy has an aggressive anti-vax element
Mask diplomacy has now given way to vaccine diplomacy —but not only of the positive kind. Though much of China’s efforts have revolved around championing the Covid-19 vaccines of three domestic … ( read original…
Joe Biden’s China Ties Get Off to Rocky Start With String of Warnings From Beijing Media
Analysts quoted in Chinese media outlets have predicted what the public has heard about China from President Biden’s cabinet picks will not translate into actual policies. ( read original story …)
China says it is a ‘victim’ after Twitter locks embassy account
China says that it is a “victim” of misinformation after Twitter restricted the account of the Chinese embassy in the United States. ( read original story …)
