China’s factory activity expanded at the slowest pace in nine months in February as weak overseas demand and coronavirus flare-ups weighed on output, adding pressure on the country’s labour market, a … ( read original…
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Trump says Biden is in the pocket of Beijing due to ‘very close, personal relationship with China’
Donald Trump laid into his successor at CPAC on Sunday afternoon, describing Biden as compromised by China and ‘anti-jobs, anti-family, anti-borders, anti-energy, anti-women, anti-science.’ … ( read original story …)
China Fintech Curbs That Hit Ant Were No Surprise, Ping An Says
China’s curbs on fintech that thwarted a massive stock sale by Ant Group Co. have been under consideration for years and weren’t a surprise to those in the industry, according to an executive at China…
U.S. Enlists Allies to Counter China’s Technology Push
The goal is to stay ahead of China in semiconductors, artificial intelligence and other advances that are expected to define the economy and military of the future. ( read original story …)
China reinforces ban on single women freezing their eggs, leading to accusations online of discrimination and of forcing women into marriage
China’s top health authority has reinforced a ban on single women freezing their eggs but has come under fire from internet users calling the move discriminatory. ( read original story …)
47 influential democracy activists charged in Hong Kong in China’s biggest crackdown yet under controversial new law
Beijing imposed a law in 2020 that allows China to set up a formal police presence in Hong Kong, which experts say strips the city’s democracy. ( read original story …)
Open Crypto Alliance’s Jed Grant: ‘The Patent System We Have Today Hinders Innovation’
Despite the world’s trust in centralized systems, the OCA’s Jed Grant asserts that modern society’s shift to favoring decentralized systems is inevitable. ( read original story …)
China approves five ChiNext IPOs
China’s securities regulator has approved the initial public offering (IPO) registrations of five companies on the country’s NASDAQ-style ChiNext board. Shenzhen Tongye Technology Co., Ltd., … ( read original story …)
China Chips Away at Coal Addiction to Chase Climate Goals
China’s use of coal in its energy mix continued to decline in 2020, but more aggressive measures may be needed to reduce emissions in order to meet Beijing’s climate goals.Coal use accounted for 56.8% ……
We must continue to trade with China: Rajiv Bajaj
Rajiv Bajaj also said that in terms of ease of doing business, operating something in one of the ASEAN countries is certainly easier than “what we encounter here in India.” … ( read original story…
The US government launched a ‘tip line’ for VCs and startups to snitch on China. It’s not going well.
CFIUS created a telephone “tip line” in the summer of 2020 amid the escalating US-China tech war. But VCs and startup founders aren’t calling. ( read original story …)
Why Beijing was right to rein in Jack Ma’s rogue Ant Group IPO
When Alibaba’s Jack Ma asserted in his now-famous Oct. 24 tantrum that “the risk in China is not systemic financial risk, but the risk of a nonexistent financial system,” the system responded by … (…
NYSE to delist oil giant CNOOC as Biden reviews Trump’s policies on China
and China Unicom (Hong Kong) – that had been present on the US market for nearly two decades. After the initial delisting announcement, the NYSE actually changed its mind at one point, but finally ……
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