HSBC Holdings Plc is ahead of its hiring targets for its Chinese retail wealth management business and is exploring re-entering India’s private banking business, senior executives said, as part of its …
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International Trade Union Confederation issues report challenging China’s hosting of 2022 Winter Olympics
A global trade union body has joined a long list of human-rights advocates in challenging the propriety of China holding the 2022 Winter Olympics.
US urges China to free jailed citizen journalist
The US state department has urged China to release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan. expressing deep concerns over her deteriorating health.Zhang is serving a four-year jail term over her reporting of …
Beijing Olympics get ‘gold for repression’ in labor report
A global trade union body has joined a long list of human-rights advocates in challenging the propriety of China holding the 2022 Winter Olympics, and has singled out the International Olympic …
China city offers cash for clues in COVID-19 ‘people’s war’
BEIJING: A COVID-19-hit Chinese city is offering thousands of dollars for anyone giving clues in tracing the source of its latest outbreak, as part of a “people’s war” to stamp out one of the …
China’s new Covid-19 drugs showing good results, say researchers
The antibody, known as DXP-604, is so potent that it will likely treat any mutations, they say.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Polish luger says Beijing crash could have been ‘tragedy’
Polish luger Mateusz Sochowicz said his accident while training on the Olympic track near Beijing on Monday could have resulted in “tragedy” if he had not taken evasive action to try to avoid a closed…
One COVID-19 patient in Southwest China’s Sichuan infects 13 others
One confirmed COVID-19 patient in Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, was found to have transmitted the virus to 13 other people who share space with the patient. Elevators and offices have …
Shenzhen Qiangrui Precision Technology’s IPO to debut on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Shenzhen Qiangrui Precision Technology (301128) to start trading on the Shenzhen ChiNext Market Nov 10, tomorrow. The firm has issued 18.47 mln shares priced at RMB 29.82 per share raising RMB 550.83 …
Shandong Longhua New Material’s IPO to debut on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Shandong Longhua New Material (301149) to start trading on the Shenzhen ChiNext Market Nov 10, tomorrow. The firm has issued 70.00 mln shares priced at RMB 10.07 per share raising RMB 704.9 mln. Its …
China’s zero-Covid strategy will cause its economy to slow down further, economist warns
China’s economic growth has slowed as a major energy crisis hits production, dragging down industrial activity.
Chinese mainland reports 62 cases of COVID-19
At least 62 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Chinese mainland on Monday Chinese media reported on Tuesday …
As the Beijing Winter Olympics countdown begins, calls to boycott the ‘Genocide Games’ grow
Beijing is about to become the first city to host both a winter and summer Olympics. However, this comes amid growing calls to boycott Beijing 2022, with critics labelling them the “Genocide Games”.