The NBA has appointed a new chief in China after a political blowup last year over Houston Rockets executive Daryl Morey’s tweets. ( read original story …)
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China’s Wuhan kicks off mass testing campaign for new coronavirus
Authorities in the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus emerged launched an ambitious campaign on Wednesday to test all of its 11 million residents, after a cluster of new cases raised fears of a ……
Pompeo in Israel for Meetings on Annexation, Virus, Iran and China
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to take ownership of West Bank land loomed large over the quick visit. But friction over Chinese investments in Israel was also on the agenda. ( read original story …)
China may test all of Wuhan amid fears of virus comeback
China has moved quickly to snuff out new outbreaks wherever they pop up, even as it relaxes restrictions on the movement of people and reopens public attractions to limited numbers of visitors. Jilin … (…
Infrastructure investment is a ‘weapon’ for China to grow its economy, says economist
China’s consumption or exports have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but infrastructure investment can be a “very important weapon” for the government to boost economic growth, says Yu Yongding … ( read original story…
JD.com-backed delivery platform Dada Nexus lines up for a US stock sale even as bitter aftertaste of Luckin Coffee’s scandal lingers
Dada Nexus, a Chinese crowdsourced on-demand delivery and retail platform backed by e-commerce giant JD.com, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States according to a … ( read original story…
IPOs Help Lift China To Record On Forbes Global 2000 List
China, including Hong Kong, notched a record performance on this year’s Global 2000 survey of the world’s 2,000 top publicly traded companies. ( read original story …)
Kingsoft Cloud is considering a Nasdaq IPO, in a US$450 million bet that anti-China sentiment is a tempest in a teapot
Kingsoft Cloud, the cloud storage subsidiary of one of China’s biggest computer software developers, is eyeing an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq, pitching to tap the US capital market … ( read original…
CIA Report Says China Threatened WHO Against Declaring Coronavirus A Global Pandemic
According to a CIA report, China threatened WHO that it would stop cooperating with any coronavirus investigation if the international agency declared COVID-19 to be a global health emergency. ( read original story …)
Amid Skirmishes With Delhi, Beijing Claims Its Troops Patrolling on Chinese Side of LAC
At least a couple of Chinese military helicopters were spotted flying close to the un-demarcated Sino-India border in the area after the fierce face-off on May 5 following which a fleet of Sukhoi-30 … (…
As China Taunts U.S. over Coronavirus Response, Senator Lindsey Graham Seeks Sanctions on Beijing
“I’m convinced China will never cooperate with a serious investigation unless they are made to do so,” Senator Lindsey Graham said. ( read original story …)
Debt-laden Chinese developer Tahoe under fire from ‘anxious and desperate’ customers amid doubts over completion of Beijing, Shanghai projects
Troubled Chinese luxury villa developer Tahoe Group is facing pressure from hundreds of customers who fear its projects under construction in Beijing and Shanghai might fail and never be completed. ( read original story …)
Slowly but steadily, China strives to make widespread virus testing the new normal
Beijing resident Wang Yukun was happy to comply in April when the construction firm he works for told him he’d need to take a test for the novel coronavirus before he could come back to…
