China on Friday rejected U.S. accusations it is failing to stop human trafficking and said Washington has no right to criticize due to its history of racial discrimination. Beijing was among 17 …
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China Bolsters Its Nuclear Options With New Missile Silos in a Desert
Satellite images of construction could fuel the debate over American nuclear modernization and the future of arms control negotiations.
Global shares rise, China falls after tough talk from Xi
Global shares were mostly higher Friday, though markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong declined a day after the Chinese Communist Party marked its centenary with tough talk by President Xi Jinping.
China is building a sprawling network of missile silos, satellite imagery appears to show
China is building a sprawling network of what appear to be intercontinental ballistic missile silos in its western desert that analysts say could change the equation for US military planners in Asia.
China’s tech giant Kuaishou ends compulsory Sunday overtime
China’s short-video giant Kuaishou has formally cancelled its weekend overtime policy, while its competitor, TikTok’s parent ByteDance, is debating internally whether to do the same. The move by …
China proposes rules to punish illegal e-commerce pricing
China’s market regulator issued draft rules on Friday to punish illegal pricing activities, including heavy subsidies and the practice by online platforms of charging different prices based on a …
Fed, ECB minutes and all eyes on China inflation
Minutes of the June meetings of the U.S. Fed and the ECB, plus the latest inflation data from China – here’s a rapid tour of next week’s top economic events and themes to be covered…
China’s exports of coronavirus-critical medical products nearly tripled in 2020, with US$105 billion in goods shipped
The value of Chinese exports critical to combating Covid-19 surged from US$38 billion in 2019 to US$105 billion in 2020, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Corona Virus Outbreak Had Spread in East Asia 20,000 Years Ago
An international team of scientists say they have found traces of an ancient plague in the ancestral genetic makeup of East Asians. An international study found that plague corona virus ever spread in …
Asian shares higher, but China down after tough talk from Xi
Shares are mostly higher in Asia, though markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong declined a day after the Chinese Communist Party marked its centenary with tough talk by Chinese President Xi Jinping …
China pledges funds to boost infectious disease prevention
China will provide funding to build new institutions and infrastructure to fight infectious diseases and improve healthcare, the state planning body said in a “five-year plan” for the sector.
Shenzhen skyscraper shakes up Chinese thinking on growth
In May, a skyscraper in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen suddenly started to shake, sending people rushing to evacuate. Two decades ago, an essay analyzing the construction project for the …
Rishi Sunak calls for City of London to forge closer ties with Beijing
The financial services industry should forge closer ties with China as it loses access to European Union markets, the chancellor said yesterday as he pledged to strengthen regulations while making the …
