A gold medal-winning Canadian swimmer has made waves in China for her Chinese heritage, sparking heated discussions over the country’s decades-long one-child policy and gender discrimination.
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No entry: the trouble ahead in China for the WHO’s Covid-19 origins hunt
The UN body wants to investigate the possibility that the coronavirus could have leaked from a laboratory in China.
US companies deflect tough questions over Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Cola, Airbnb, Intel, Procter & Gamble and Visa declined to commit to US lawmaker calls to condemn Beijing’s actions.
China appears to be expanding its nuclear capabilities, US researchers say in new report
China is building a second field of missile silos in its western deserts, according to a new study, which researchers say signals a potential expansion of its nuclear arsenal and calls into question …
Analysis: No gain without pain: Why China’s reform push must hurt investors
Carnage in China’s financial markets signals the beginning of a new era, investors say, as the government puts socialism before shareholders and regulatory changes rip apart the old playbook.
China dresses down the US; and climate’s ‘hammer’ blow
Amid an Olympic gold rush and a worsening pandemic, something else is happening that may ultimately do far more to shape the world: Already bitter relations between the United States and China are …
China’s Nanjing reports 47 new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases
Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, reported 47 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one asymptomatic infection on Tuesday, local authorities said Wednesday. All the cases were categorized …
How China Missed Its COVID-19 Opportunity
After initial missteps, Beijing had the chance to be the envy of the world for its pandemic management. What went wrong?
Smearing China over COVID-19 is geopolitical game: senior Bangladeshi journalist
M Abdullah, president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, the country’s apex union for professional journalists, made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua, in response to …
China tech sell-off pauses as investors wait on Beijing’s next move
Chinese stocks steadied on Wednesday as investors caught their breath after Beijing’s crackdown on education and technology companies prompted an epic sell-off this week. Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang …
Chinese stocks are now among Asia’s worst-performing as Beijing crackdown spooks investors
Days of heavy selling in Chinese stocks have left two major indexes in the country as the worst-performing markets of Asia-Pacific.
Top Olympic Sponsors Grilled on China Human Rights Abuses Ahead of Beijing Games
Top U.S. corporate sponsors of the Beijing 2022 Olympics dodged two hours of questions from a bipartisan U.S. government commission Tuesday to avoid directly condemning China’s human rights abuses …
China’s Q2 Smartphone Shipments Down 11% – IDC Data
Smartphone shipments in China were down 11% in the second quarter, mainly due to a decline in Huawei’s business in the aftermath of U.S. sanctions on the Chinese company, data from research firm …