China has placed a village under lockdown following a coronavirus outbreak likely tied to recent weddings, according to multiple reports. ( read original story …)
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China Sentences Former Bank Chief to Death in Rare Move
The judgment against Lai Xiaomin, the former chairman of Huarong Asset Management, follows a shift away from capital punishment for white collar crimes. ( read original story …)
The Delhi-Beijing battle in South Asia
China’s influence has grown, but contrary to conventional narrative, it is not necessarily ‘winning’. India has retained its focus … ( read original story …)
Beijing using ‘cognitive warfare’ to sway Taiwan public opinion by feeding it misinformation, warns report
Mainland China is using online trolls and false reports to try to undermine support for Tsai Ing-wen’s government, government-funded think tank says. ( read original story …)
China says Biden represents ‘new window of hope’ for relations with US
China believes President-elect Joe Biden represents a “new window of hope” for the country’s relationship with the United States. ( read original story …)
China sentences top banker to death for corruption and bigamy
Former head of China Huarong Asset Management given no option for reprieve … ( read original story …)
COVID-19 fight in China’s Hebei enters ‘wartime mode’
The fight to contain the coronavirus in northern China’s Hebei has entered “wartime mode”, official media reported on Tuesday, after the province surrounding capital Beijing saw its first locally … ( read original story …)
Beijing may balk at ‘vaccine diplomacy’ term but beating Covid-19 is key to China’s outreach plan
State media rejects that China’s future vaccine aid is conditional while Beijing admits it is in a propaganda battle to reshape the pandemic narrative. ( read original story …)
China’s CNBG has supplied 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to UAE
BEIJING (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) has received a total of three million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the company said on Tuesday. CNBG has moved … ( read original…
China to expand COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has moved to facilitate corporate cooperation along industrial chains to accelerate the industrialization of COVID-19 vaccines and expand … ( read original story …)
China’s digital currency trial returns to Shenzhen for Round 2, with twice the participants and double the payout
Shenzhen, China’s technological hub, will start its second trial of the nation’s digital currency this week, giving away virtual gift packets to its citizens as the nation steps up its testing efforts … ( read…
Where is Jack Ma, China’s e-commerce pioneer?
BEIJING (AP) — China’s best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, made his fortune by taking big risks. The former English teacher founded Alibaba Group in 1999, when … ( read original story …)
China Court Sentences Ex-banker To Death For $260m Bribes, bigamy
The former chairman of one of China’s largest state-controlled asset management firms was sentenced to death Tuesday for soliciting $260 million in bribes, corruption and bigamy. Lai Xiaomin, a former … ( read original story…
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