Oil futures trade sharply lower, extending last week’s tumble as China took additional steps to limit the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus …
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Zhengzhou launches 3rd COVID-19 testing round, essentials ‘secured’ Zhengzhou launches 3rd COVID-19 testing round, essentials ‘secured’
Central China’s Zhengzhou, a city just recovering from devastating floods, has launched a third round of citywide nucleic acid testing to cope with the recent COVID-19 resurgence.
China’s wandering elephants may finally be heading home
An elephant herd that grabbed the world’s attention by lumbering into urbanized parts of southwest China appears finally to be headed home.
Oil Prices Tumble on Worries Over China Delta Variant Outbreak
The price of oil and other key industrial commodities slid after measures to halt the spread of the Delta variant by the country’s government spooked investors about global energy demand.
Can Europe Force China Onto a Low-Carbon Diet?
Europe’s proposed carbon border tax has prompted a strong response from China, which is the world’s largest producer of steel and many other energy-intensive products.
China sues Tencent over WeChat Youth Mode
Beijing prosecutors have filed a civil legal action against Tencent over claims its messaging-app WeChat’s Youth Mode does not comply with laws protecting minors. Youth Mode prevents younger users …
China warned against living with Covid-19
Former health minister Gao Qiang advocates continuing with elimination goal, including against the Delta variant.
E China’s Yangzhou enforces strict COVID-19 containment curbs E China’s Yangzhou enforces strict COVID-19 containment curbs
Zhang Cansong used to work at a restaurant. But now he helps east China’s Yangzhou City fight COVID-19 as a community volunteer.
COVID-19 lab-leak theory: Gain-of-function is a hot topic, but a bad explanation
By then, Fauci had already become a pandemic bogeyman for the American right, in part for undercutting former President Donald Trump’s rosy assessments of the COVID-19 situation and also for …
China’s Summer of Stock Market Turbulence: A Timeline
China’s overhaul of tutoring companies ignited a volatile few weeks for stock markets both onshore and in Hong Kong, leaving investors on edge. After steep losses, traders are looking out for what …
Delta variant broke down Australia and China’s defenses. Does it spell the end of the zero Covid strategy?
A few months ago, some Asia Pacific countries seemed smug about containing Covid-19. The contagious delta variant has broken down their defenses — and shown coronavirus isn’t something that can be …
A rape allegation at China’s Alibaba spurs furor over sexual assault, binge drinking
The incident is the latest in a string of high-profile cases that have roiled the Chinese public and boosted a fledgling #MeToo movement.
China’s antitrust regulator to fine Meituan about $1 bln -WSJ
China’s antitrust regulator is preparing to impose a fine of about $1 billion on Meituan (3690.HK) for allegedly abusing its dominant market position, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, …