Over half of mainland China’s 31 provincial-level jurisdictions are rationing electricity as they race to meet Beijing’s annual emissions reduction targets, but analysts are also pointing to the …
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China’s use of force and coercion to drive up its COVID-19 vaccination rate is not the answer
China’s push to fully vaccinate 80 per cent of population by October is being accompanied by local efforts to use physical force and other coercive tactics. This only serves to undermine human rights …
China’s industrial profit growth slows due to high commodity prices, coronavirus, component shortages
Profits at China’s industrial firms rose 10.1 per cent year on year to 680.3 billion yuan (US$105 billion) in August compared with a 16.4 per cent gain in July.
Guangdong, Shenzhen to Issue Offshore Yuan Bonds in HK, Macau
The local governments of Guangdong province and the city of Shenzhen will become the first ones in the Chinese mainland to issue offshore yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong and Macau next month.
China Tells NATO to Stay Out of Asia
At a meeting on Monday between NATO head Jens Stoltenberg and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, both officials stressed that neither was considered a rival.
Under Olaf Scholz, Germany May Have to Choose Between the U.S. and China
A Germany under Olaf Scholz, the man most likely to succeed Angela Merkel as the country’s chancellor, might have to choose between supporting China or the United States as tension rise between the …
China’s power shortages threaten more supply chain chaos and may hit GDP
A growing power supply crunch in China is triggering blackouts for households and forcing factories to cut production, threatening to slow the country’s vast economy and place even more strain on …
5 things to know for September 28: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Congress, China, R. Kelly
There’s still two more months of the Atlantic hurricane season, and we’re already running out of names for storms. What happens after that? A whole new set of names, starting with Adria, Braylen, …
Inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines must be addressed immediately, says Bill Gates
It is a moral outrage and a public health tragedy that COVID-19 vaccines are still not distributed equitably, said US philanthropist Bill Gates, urging for immediate efforts to address the problem. In …
China Evergrande Tells A Story That Beijing Prefers To Hide
The relative calm in markets after China Evergrande Group missed payments on investment funds suggests Beijing has, so far, avoided a “Lehman moment.” That could always change, of course.
Beijing went ballistic at Australia. When will the soul-searching start?
READ FULL ARTICLE “Aukus is putting Australia in danger,” the expert was quoted as saying, because “Beijing and Moscow won’t treat Canberra as ‘an innocent non-nuclear power’, but ‘a US ally that …
American siblings banned from leaving China return to U.S. after release of Huawei executive
American siblings Cynthia and Victor Liu, who were barred from leaving China for three years, returned to the United States on Sunday after Canada’s release of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, according …
American siblings back home after 3 years trapped in China
Cynthia and Victor Liu were blocked from leaving the country by an unexplained “exit ban,” until a Chinese tech executive wanted by the U.S. was released.
