R LX Technology, a leading e-cigarette brand in China, filed on Thursday with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering. Operating under the RELX brand, the company boasts a…
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China Reports 19 New COVID-19 Cases Vs 25 a Day Earlier
A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab from a man for nucleic acid testing at a hospital following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Shenyang, Liaoni … ( read original story…
In New Year’s speech, Taiwan president again reaches out to China
Taiwan is ready to have “meaningful” talks with China as equals as long as they are willing to put aside confrontation, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday, offering another olive branch to Beijing … (…
China detects first case of UK coronavirus variant
The new strain was found in a 23-year-old female student returning to China from Britain; The case ‘poses a great potential threat to the prevention and control of Covid-19 in t … ( read original…
China Marks New Year with Victory Speech and Warning for US
“To the person with the hammer in his hand, everything looks like a nail,” Chinese Senior Colonel Tan Kefei said, urging the U.S. to abandon its practice of moving through China-claimed waters of the ……
Crowds fill streets in China’s pandemic-hit Wuhan, celebrate New Year
Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and…
US investigates unconfirmed intel China offered bounties on American troops: Official
The Trump administration is declassifying intelligence, so far unconfirmed, that indicates China offered bounties to non-state actors to attack American soldiers in Afghanistan, according to a senior … ( read original story …)
New Covid-19 Strain Found in China
The highly contagious new strain of Covid-19 discovered recently in the U.K. was detected in a woman who had flown to Shanghai from the U.K., Chinese researchers said. ( read original story …)
2020: The Year China Crushed Hollywood At The Box Office
The two most unknowable elements as we advance are A) whether American theaters will stage a comeback and B) whether China even cares about Hollywood movies. China staged an almost complete recovery … ( read…
A year after coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China’s Xi declares 2020 a triumph
In many parts of the world, beleaguered national leaders would be loath to reexamine the year 2020. In China, Xi Jinping was exultant. Xi delivered a confident New Year’s address on Thursday night … (…
Trump administration declassifying unconfirmed intel that indicates China offered bounties to attack Americans in Afghanistan, official says
The Trump administration is declassifying intelligence, so far unconfirmed, that indicates China offered bounties to non-state actors to attack American soldiers in Afghanistan, according to a senior … ( read original story …)
Crypto Dollars and CBDCs: The Battle to Come
The future of money will be a tussle between algorythmic and fiat-pegged stablecoins and central bank digital currency experiments. ( read original story …)
After Covid, Plane Makers Are Even More Dependent on China
China has recovered from the pandemic to become the world’s largest domestic aviation market. ( read original story …)