Early this month, on the 40th anniversary of Shenzhen’s designation as a special economic zone (SEZ), Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled a blueprint for building the city into a trade, finance, … ( read original…
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Beijing slams US for arresting Chinese ‘Fox Hunt’ agents
China accused the United States Thursday of “ignoring basic facts” after five Chinese agents were arrested by Washington for allegedly going after Beijing’s opponents on American soil. ( read original story …)
China’s Strengthening Currency Is Increasingly Outside Beijing’s Control
The Chinese yuan has strengthened this year, and the country’s central bank seems to be trying to slow the rise. But having ceded a portion of the currency’s control to international markets, there’s … (…
Beijing should ask itself why BN(O) passport holders want to leave Hong Kong, rather than issuing threats
Why does Beijing want to stop BN(O) passport holders from leaving? They are likely to oppose the security law, and to have backed last year’s mass protests. So why not let these so-called unpatriotic ……
Large Covid outbreak in China linked to Xinjiang forced labour
More than 180 cases traced to garment factory where Uighurs must take up work placements … ( read original story …)
China’s Sinopec to accelerate push into hydrogen energy
Sinopec says it will push deeper into China’s fast-growing hydrogen energy sector in a move that could reverberate through the global oil industry, as the country’s biggest refiner unveiled record … ( read original story…
China smartphone vendors ramp up overseas shipments in 3Q20, says Digitimes Research
The sequential gains come as Chinese brands, with the exception of Huawei, were able to ramp up overseas shipments to meet inventory replenishment demand by channel operators outside China … ( read original story …)
He got a coronavirus vaccine in China, but had to keep it secret. Why?
What if something went wrong? Who would take responsibility? The worker knew the vaccine maker, China National Biotec Group — part of the state-owned pharmaceutical group Sinopharm — was conducting … ( read original story…
Shenzhen introduces E-class supercomputer to research center
E-class computer, one of the most advanced and sought-after computers, will be introduced to the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, pushing the center’s computing capacity to at least … ( read original story …)
China sent fugitive’s elderly father to America to coerce him into going home, US claims
The Unites States has charged eight people, including six Chinese citizens, over a three-year plot to intimidate a US resident into returning to China to face criminal charges. ( read original story …)
Breakingviews – Chinese lender IPO mess holds rules up to ridicule
Recapitalising banks hammered by the pandemic is essential, but IPO mechanisms doom them to sink, as occurred with Postal Savings Bank of China in 2019. That deters private investment. Beijing is … ( read original…
As many countries struggle to plan weeks ahead, China just set its agenda for the next 15 years
The coronavirus pandemic has left governments in disarray and made planning even weeks ahead difficult. In Beijing this week, however, China’s leaders met to set specific policy for much of the coming … ( read…
8 People in U.S. Charged With Working on China’s Behalf in Plot Involving Night Vision Goggles, Harassment, Stalking
According to the complaint, the eight individuals allegedly participated in “an international campaign to threaten, harass, surveil and intimidate” a former Chinese government employee and his family. ( read original story …)
