Chinese state television showed miners being hauled up one by one in baskets, their eyes shielded to protect them after so many days in darkness. ( read original story …)
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What does Beijing’s current silence over Britain’s citizenship offer to Hongkongers mean for the fate of BN(O)?
However China strikes back, pragmatism should prevail to allow Sino-British relations to survive the row, even if the BN(O) arrangement doesn’t. ( read original story …)
Foreign companies are giving up on the United States and betting big on China, report says
Foreign companies are turning their backs on the United States, taking advantage of China’s booming economy and superior management of the Covid-19 pandemic. ( read original story …)
China Passes U.S. As No. 1 Destination For Foreign Investment As Coronavirus Upends Global Economy
As the world struggled to contain the coronavirus crisis, foreign direct investment in the United States plummeted 49% in 2020 while investment in China rose 4%, making China the largest recipient of … ( read…
China Overtakes U.S. as World’s Leading Destination for Foreign Direct Investment
New investments by overseas businesses into the U.S., which for decades held the No. 1 spot, fell 49% in 2020, according to U.N. figures released Sunday, as the country struggled to curb the spread of…
Great Predictions about Blockchain and crypto market in 2021
When any nation’s history is written, the year 2020 will occupy a particular chapter with multiple social-economic difficulties. In that year, most of the world’s economies came to a standstill. The … ( read original…
Wuhan, China, marks a year since it entered lockdown as Ground Zero of coronavirus epidemic
China’s new mystery illness The anniversary of the lockdown Saturday comes as more contagious variants of the coronavirus spread and efforts to vaccinate people against COVID-19 have been frustrated … ( read original story …)
11 Miners Rescued In China After 2 Weeks Trapped Below Ground
The workers became trapped on Jan. 10 following an unexplained explosion at a gold mine in the eastern province of Shandong. One miner has already died and another 10 remain missing. ( read original story…
Eleven rescued from gold mine in China after 2 weeks underground
Eleven gold miners trapped underground for two weeks have been rescued in east China’s Shandong Province on Sunday. ( read original story …)
Global report: Covid variant overwhelms state in Brazil, as China fights new cluster
New Zealand reports first community case in over two months; Dutch police make curfew arrests … ( read original story …)
Tencent-Backed Kuaishou, TikTok’s Main Rival in China, Readies its IPO
China’s Kuaishou, the country’s number two short-form video platform, is set to hit the public markets in the next week or two. Although Kuaishou is China’s second-place platform behind Douyin, which … ( read original…
Americans Fine With Paying More If Trading With Democracies, Not China
Americans already pay more for specialty foods and drinks. They’ll definitely pay more for an American made pair of shoes. ( read original story …)
Nasdaq-Listed Crypto Firm Sued, Accused of Defrauding Investors With Fake Bitcoin Mining Business
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining company. The suit cites a report claiming that the business is “completely fraudulent,” with nonexistent bitcoin mining … ( read original story …)
