The price of oil and other key industrial commodities slid after measures to halt the spread of the Delta variant by the country’s government spooked investors about global energy demand.
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Can Europe Force China Onto a Low-Carbon Diet?
Europe’s proposed carbon border tax has prompted a strong response from China, which is the world’s largest producer of steel and many other energy-intensive products.
China sues Tencent over WeChat Youth Mode
Beijing prosecutors have filed a civil legal action against Tencent over claims its messaging-app WeChat’s Youth Mode does not comply with laws protecting minors. Youth Mode prevents younger users …
China warned against living with Covid-19
Former health minister Gao Qiang advocates continuing with elimination goal, including against the Delta variant.
E China’s Yangzhou enforces strict COVID-19 containment curbs E China’s Yangzhou enforces strict COVID-19 containment curbs
Zhang Cansong used to work at a restaurant. But now he helps east China’s Yangzhou City fight COVID-19 as a community volunteer.
COVID-19 lab-leak theory: Gain-of-function is a hot topic, but a bad explanation
By then, Fauci had already become a pandemic bogeyman for the American right, in part for undercutting former President Donald Trump’s rosy assessments of the COVID-19 situation and also for …
China’s Summer of Stock Market Turbulence: A Timeline
China’s overhaul of tutoring companies ignited a volatile few weeks for stock markets both onshore and in Hong Kong, leaving investors on edge. After steep losses, traders are looking out for what …
Delta variant broke down Australia and China’s defenses. Does it spell the end of the zero Covid strategy?
A few months ago, some Asia Pacific countries seemed smug about containing Covid-19. The contagious delta variant has broken down their defenses — and shown coronavirus isn’t something that can be …
A rape allegation at China’s Alibaba spurs furor over sexual assault, binge drinking
The incident is the latest in a string of high-profile cases that have roiled the Chinese public and boosted a fledgling #MeToo movement.
China’s antitrust regulator to fine Meituan about $1 bln -WSJ
China’s antitrust regulator is preparing to impose a fine of about $1 billion on Meituan (3690.HK) for allegedly abusing its dominant market position, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, …
China Reports More Covid-19 Cases Due to Delta Variant, Some Cities Kick off New Tests
China reported on Monday more COVID-19 infections in its latest outbreak of the disease, while some cities added rounds of mass testing in the bid to stamp out locally-transmitted infections.
Oil drops 3per cent on China COVID-19 curbs and stronger dollar
Oil prices fell more than 3per cent on Monday, extending last week’s steep losses on the back of a rising U.S. dollar and concerns that new coronavirus-related restrictions in Asia, especially China, …
China punishes officials as alarm bells ring over rise of Delta variant: ‘Wake up call’
CHINA has punished dozens of mayors, health directors and other officials throughout the country for failing to get to grips with a Delta variant-fuelled COVID-19 outbreak amidst rising levels of …
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