Beijing is accelerating plans to bring Jack Ma’s Ant Group more closely under its control as part of a “rectification” drive that would make it difficult for one of China’s richest men to fully ……
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Ten Hong Kong fugitives captured at sea jailed up to three years by Shenzhen court as underage suspects turned over to city’s police
Tang Kai-yin and Quinn Moon, convicted of organising the illegal border crossing, sentenced to three and two years, respectively. ( read original story …)
Shenzhen authorities return 2 minor fugitives to HK, no prosecution
Shenzhen authorities announced Wednesday they had decided not to prosecute two minors among 12 Hong Kong fugitives detained by the Chinese mainland coastguard in August for illegal border crossing. ( read original story …)
Taiwan escape attempt: 10 HK fugitives jailed in Shenzhen
Ten Hong Kong fugitives who were caught at sea when fleeing Hong Kong were sentenced to seven months to three years in jail for illegal border crossing or organizing the illegal crossing, Yantian … (…
China Has All It Needs to Vaccinate Millions, Except Any Approved Vaccines
Across the country, local governments plan to inoculate 50 million people against the coronavirus by early next year. But the vaccines have not officially been approved. ( read original story …)
Hong Kong protesters captured at sea are sentenced to prison in China
A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced 10 young Hong Kongers caught at sea while attempting to flee the crackdown in their city to time in prison, sending a warning shot to other pro-democracy … (…
China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins
Deep in the lush mountain valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the closest known relative of the COVID-19 virus. ( read original story …)
China’s Sinopharm Says Vaccine ‘79% Effective’ Against Covid-19
Phase 3 trials of a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine found it was 79 percent effective, the Chinese pharma giant said Wednesday, lower than rival jabs developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna but a … ( read original…
China’s IPO market is set to keep booming in 2021, says investor
Noah Holdings’ William Ma expects the demand for IPOs in China to remain high next year, following a “very exciting” 2020. ( read original story …)
ONLY ON AP China curtails hunt for virus origins
More than a year since the first known person was infected with the coronavirus – with at least 1.7 million people killed by it worldwide since – an AP investigation shows the Chinese government is…
China Covid-19: Nearly 500,000 in Wuhan may have had virus, says study
Almost 5% of the people in the Chinese city of Wuhan may have been infected with Covid-19, a study by researchers at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has shown. Wuhan’s population ……
EU and China to agree new investment treaty
The EU and China are set to announce a long-awaited investment treaty, in a move that is aimed at opening up lucrative new corporate opportunities but risks antagonising president-elect Joe Biden’s … ( read original…
Hong Kongers who tried to flee to Taiwan jailed in China for up to 3 years
Ten Hong Kongers who attempted to flee the city by speedboat to Taiwan have been jailed in China for up to three years for organizing and taking part in an illegal border crossing. ( read…
