A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier … ( read original story …)
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China-focused Primavera Spac readies $300m IPO
Primavera Capital Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, is set to launch a $300m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange this week, extending a recent boom in Asia-focused Spacs. ( read original story…
As coronavirus, US-China tensions add to global economic uncertainties, Asia looks to be a key growth engine
Global coronavirus recovery is expected to hit a few speed bumps before the pandemic is over, and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington are seen having wide-reaching ‘implications’. ( read original story …)
Workers trapped week in China mine ask for pickles, porridge
Workers trapped for more than a week in a Chinese gold mine asked for pickles and porridge to be dropped to them while they wait to be rescued, state media reported Tuesday. The website of…
Coronavirus live news: China builds quarantine centre for 4,000 people; California passes 3m cases
China builds Covid-19 quarantine centre for Shijiazhuang; California cases have left hospitals overwhelmed … ( read original story …)
China stocks retreat on coronavirus worries
China shares fell on Tuesday as a resurgence of COVID-19 cases hit market sentiment, with consumer discretionary and materials stocks leading the retreat. ( read original story …)
Crypto Mining Giant Bitmain Is Going Public With a $40 to $50 Billion Valuation
Major bitcoin mining operation Bitmain filed an application to become a public company in 2018, with a market capitalization of $40 billion to $50 billion. This attempt to go public on the HKSE … (…
Majority of Europeans say China will overtake ‘broken’ US within decade
ECFR survey finds more Europeans than not say US cannot be trusted after four years of Trump … ( read original story …)
Panel finds world not prepared for COVID-19; China, WHO acted too slowly
The world was not prepared to battle the coronavirus, an independent World Health Organization panel said in an interim report that details failures made by the international community in its fight … ( read original…
China-Europe shipping costs, Navalny jailed, Brookfield chief says real estate is undervalued
The cost of shipping goods from China to Europe has more than tripled in the past eight weeks as the pandemic disrupts global trade, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has been sent to prison ……
China and WHO acted too slowly to contain Covid-19, says independent panel
China and the World Health Organization (WHO) could have acted quicker and more forcefully to contain the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, an independent review panel said on Monday. ( read original story …)
Chinese university to open Budapest campus as Orban tilts to Beijing
Hungary is to host the only Chinese university operating inside the EU in a sign of deepening ties between the government of Viktor Orban and Beijing. The Hungarian government will donate €2.2m to the ……
China’s latest COVID outbreak worst since March 2020
China is battling the worst outbreak of COVID-19 since March 2020, with one province posting a record daily rise in cases, as an independent panel reviewing the global pandemic said China could have … (…
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