The wealthy city-state is moving ahead with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for its coronavirus immunization program, with officials saying Sinovac needs to provide more data before they will consider … ( read original story …)
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China, Russia officials meet in show of unity against EU, US
The foreign ministers of China and Russia have displayed unity amid criticism and Western sanctions against them over human rights BEIJING — The foreign ministers of China and Russia displayed … ( read original story…
China’s Tencent faces concessions to win green light for giant videogaming merger: sources
Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd is having to offer concessions in a plan to merge the country’s top two videogame live-streaming sites in order to resolve antitrust concerns, two people … ( read original…
Ex-PBOC Adviser Sees Risk of China Outflows Along With Other EMs
China faces the threat of foreign outflows from the second half of the year as rising borrowing costs in the U.S. drives investors out of emerging markets, according to a former adviser to China’s ……
Who manages China’s social media stars? Examining the companies in charge of KOLs
A Chinese-speaking laowai KOL (he is from Britain) himself, who made around five brand endorsement videos a month at the peak of his fame in 2017, August says Outlandish has expertise in nurturing … (…
Australia and New Zealand welcome China sanctions over Uighur abuses but impose none of their own
Two foreign ministers raise ‘grave concerns’ about human rights, as UK, US, EU and Canada announce coordinated sanctions … ( read original story …)
Hitachi Elevator (China) garners the 25-Year Long-term Partnership Award from Chinese real estate developer Vanke
Co., Ltd. (“Hitachi Elevator”) was honored with the 25-Year Long-term Partnership Award by leading Chinese property developer China Vanke Co., Ltd. (“Vanke”) at the 2021 Spring reception event that … ( read original story …)
China stocks drop, Baidu flops, Smoore crashes as markets turn defensive on regulatory and sanctions risks
Heightened domestic regulatory risks and an escalation in sanctions with Western nations keep markets on defensive mood. Smoore crashes as China seeks to rein in the e-cigarette industry while Baidu … ( read original story…
What the Hong Kong Protesters’ Trial Reveals About Beijing
In cracking down on dissent, the government has jailed many of Hong Kong’s loudest progressive voices. The police report refers to it simply as “the Scheme.” It was, in law enforcement’s telling, a … (…
Airbnb asked to drop Olympic ties over China rights issues
Airbnb is being asked to drop its sponsorship connections to next year’s Beijing’s Winter Olympics by a coalition … ( read original story …)
North Korea seeks to strengthen its ties to China, even as it ignores US
Pyongyang’s new ambassador to China delivers a pledge by Kim Jong-un to develop a relationship with Beijing that will be ‘envied by the world’. ( read original story …)
China’s Baidu debuts in Hong Kong after $3.1 bn IPO
Chinese search engine Baidu debuted on Hong Kong’s stock exchange Tuesday after raising $3.1 billion in its initial public offering, the latest mainland tech giant to flock to the financial hub. ( read original story…
Breakingviews – China’s Quora haunted by own existential question
China’s answer to Quora has some hard questions to answer. Ten years into the business, Zhihu, the country’s largest online Q&A forum, is seeking a $6.4 billion valuation in New York, raising over … (…
