The EU-China deal could lead to “incremental improvement” at best, in areas that are not completely incompatible with the nature of China’s political system. ( read original story …)
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Adapted testing program in place for Beijing 2022
A tailored testing program for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is set to kick off in February to capitalize on the final winter sports season prior to the Games by rooting out problems…
Historic textile business wins valuable orders in China
Sales worth more than £120,000 have been won in China during the last four months by a North Yorkshire textile industry supplier. Skipton-based family business, Brooksbank Industries Ltd, which … ( read original story …)
Coronavirus: in China, a year after the Covid-19 pandemic began, Wuhan has become a city of forgetting
If it weren’t for the face masks, one would never guess that a pandemic had started here. One year ago, these streets were a barren landscape of fear. Wuhan’s residents shrank indoors, forbidden from ……
China and India’s oil refinery activities suggest demand recovery: Expert
Alejandro Barbajosa of Argus Media says China and India’s oil imports and refinery operations are now at pre-pandemic levels, supporting the idea that Asia will drive global demand higher. ( read original story …)
China played leading role in spreading Covid-19 conspiracies, investigation finds
Beijing was one of the biggest spreaders of misinformation, including claims about bioweapons, an analysis of social media posts finds. ( read original story …)
Maybe boycotts don’t work, but that doesn’t quite end the debate about the 2022 Olympics in China
The debate about whether Canadian athletes should boycott the winter Olympics, scheduled to take place in China in 2022, ultimately rests on a series of questions about the efficacy of such action, … ( read original…
Beijing brings holiday cheer to people staying put
Sanlitun, a popular shopping and recreational area in Beijing, receives more visitors during this year’s Spring Festival holiday as many people opted to stay put to prevent the spread of the novel … ( read…
China’s rising household costs, widening inequality
Despite China booming economy youngsters have taken to social media platforms like Bilibili to voice despair over skyrocketing house prices widening inequal … ( read original story …)
Dusit International signs to manage its 11th resort in China, plans to open three more before the end of the year
Dusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, represented in China by Dusit Fudu Hotels and Resorts, has signed a management agreement with Fengshun Jindebao … ( read original story …)
Takeaways: AP investigation of China COVID-19 disinformation
As the coronavirus spread last year, former President Donald Trump and leading U.S. conservatives floated the idea that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese lab or was created by China as a ……
Beijing sees strong recovery in Spring Festival tourist visits
Tourists are swarming back to Beijing’s major attractions, with the visitor numbers during the first three days of the Spring Festival holiday bouncing back to 91 percent of the 2019 level despite … ( read…
Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading role
The rumors began almost as soon as the disease itself. Claims that a foreign adversary had unleashed a bioweapon emerged at the fringes of Chinese social media the same day … ( read original story…
