Investors were relatively unfazed by the year’s two big economic surprises. But the effects of rising prices and Beijing’s corporate clampdown could play out in unexpected ways next year.
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China’s Xi’an reports 1,117 COVID-19 cases in latest resurgence
Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, reported 155 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of local cases to 1,117 in the latest resurgence …
A coalition will blunt Beijing’s ambition
Now Australia faces a behemoth, a Jupiter of the international solar system. And Beijing is clearly willing to use that power. It is already employing its economic leverage to try to coerce Australia …
Old Summer Palace to host ice and snow festival for Beijing 2022
The Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, announced on Thursday that it will hold a ice and snow festival which opens around New Year’s day in 2022 and lasts until February to welcome the Beijing 2022…
China to stabilise markets, adopt registration-based IPO system – official
The chairman of China’s securities regulator, Yi Huiman, said China will stabilize and reform its capital markets next year, state-backed Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.
China Predicts ‘More Intense’ Struggle With Taiwan and U.S. in 2022
In its year-end press conference on Wednesday, the Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing said China was confident it has the upper hand in cross-strait relations.
China bans footballers from getting tattoos
China has banned footballers from getting tattoos and ordered those with existing ones to remove or cover them up to set a “good example for society,” according to a directive issued by the General …
What China’s tech crackdown could mean for investors
James McGregor of APCO Worldwide joins “Squawk Box” to discuss China’s crackdown on tech companies and how it could change investment strategy.
Why is the world still accepting China’s dishonest COVID-19 numbers?
If there are new variants of Covid, the Olympics inexplicably to be held in China will be the perfect way to spread them worldwide. Op-ed.
Trending in China: Beijing Subway Stops Lose English in the Name of Regulation
Beijing residents have noticed that the capital’s subway has been replacing the English word “station” with the Chinese Romanization (pinyin) “zhan.” The change, implemented at several stops already, …
Beijing Olympics Sponsors Find No Easy Choices as Games Approach
JohnWallStreet will return from vacation on Jan. 4. Today’s guest columnist is Rick Burton of Syracuse University. During this past month, when Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai was a fast-moving news …
Western forces resort to opinion coercion to divide world over Beijing Olympics
Is Germany boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympic Games? Some Western forces are hoping so. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday that she would not attend the Beijing Olympics.
China, holding to its ‘zero Covid’ strategy, keeps a city of 13 million locked down.
The severe measures in Xi’an have prompted concern, as residents complain on social media of having trouble ordering food online.
