Tokyo: A few days after the start of the Olympics in the capital of Japan, Tokyo has reported the highest number of 2,848 new cases of corona. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has urged people…
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‘Pathetic and disgraceful’: U.S. lawmakers blast Coca-Cola, Visa and others over Beijing Olympics
A bipartisan Congressional panel blasted U.S.-based corporate sponsors of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, including Coca-Cola, Visa Inc. and Airbnb, accusing them of putting profits ahead …
Morocco arrests exiled Uyghur activist at China’s request
Yidiresi Aishan, a Uyghur activist in exile, has been arrested in Morocco based on a Chinese terrorism warrant, and allies fear he’ll be extradited.
FirstFT: China regulation fears hit Tencent shares
Chinese tech stocks plunged for a third day as investor fears mounted over a broadening regulatory crackdown, with shares of Tencent falling the most in a decade after the internet group halted …
Apple’s China Revenue Rises 58%
Apple’s sales in China rose 58% to $14.76 billion compared with the April-to-June period a year earlier, when the pandemic depressed sales. The latest June quarter was down slightly from the …
Starbucks earnings beat, fueled by strong U.S. cold beverage sales, but its shares drop on weak China outlook
Starbucks topped Wall Street’s estimates for its fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue. The company also raised its forecast for fiscal 2021 earnings per share, despite also predicting slowing …
Foreign journalists harassed covering China floods, correspondents’ club says
Journalists from several media outlets covering recent floods in China were harassed online and by local residents, with staff from the BBC and Los Angeles Times receiving death threats, according to …
Beijing Crackdown Breathes New Life Into ‘America First’ Trade
There’s been a growing sense in some Wall Street circles that the “America First” trade was just about played out in the stock market. After all, U.S. equities had become markedly more expensive than …
International investor concerns mount over China’s tech rout
International investors were feeling bruised and uncertain on Tuesday as a third day of heavy selling hammered China’s top tech stocks and began to seep into currency and debt markets.
China to Revise Population Law to Reverse Birthrate Decline
Lawmakers plan to clear remaining legal barriers to encourage couples to have more children, as the country faces another year of fewer births.
China and Afghanistan top agenda as United States’ Antony Blinken begins India visit
Both sides will discuss the security situation in Afghanistan, where the Islamist Taliban is expanding the territory it controls in the wake of a US troop withdrawal.
Hong Kong tourism sector pleads with government to reopen border with mainland China
Trade union says government should at least keep open Hong Kong’s community Covid-19 vaccination centres, where jobless travel staff are working part-time.
Lawmakers Press Companies to Drop Support for Beijing Olympics
Members of a congressional panel urged U.S. corporations including Coca-Cola Co. and Visa Inc. to pull their sponsorship of the 2022 Winter Olympics unless the games are moved out of Beijing, adding …
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