Beijing has been secretly plotting with a China-chaired United Nations committee to have the environmental health status of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef downgraded.
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India in ‘close touch’ with Sri Lanka amid concerns over new Colombo-Beijing bonhomie
Foreign Minister Jaishankar speaks to Sri Lankan counterpart Gunawardena Monday. Interaction comes days after MEA asked Sri Lanka to be ‘mindful’ of bilateral ties between Delhi and Colombo.
China Tower deploys over 100 5G base stations for Beijing 2022
China Tower is working in coordination with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom to deploy 5G infrastructure at the venues …
China’s crackdown leaves Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, hanging by a thread
Apple Daily has long been a stalwart voice of democratic dissent in Hong Kong, but China is using a new “national security” law to silence any challenge to Beijing’s rule.
China’s latest major military flight around Taiwan suggests Beijing is expanding its combat training
Chinese jets recently conducted their first flight around eastern Taiwan, home to major airbases that could play a key role during an invasion.
China orders banks to intensify anti-crypto campaign
China’s central bank warned several of its largest state-owned banks and Jack Ma’s Alipay to “investigate and identify” bank accounts facilitating cryptocurrency trading and block all corresponding …
Coronavirus: China says up to 85 per cent of population needs to be vaccinated for herd immunity
China has revised up its estimate for achieving herd immunity. A top epidemiologist says 80 to 85 per cent of the population needs to be fully vaccinated – or more than 2.2 billion doses. It…
How China broke the Asian model
What do you think is unique about the China model?” That was the question posed to me by a television reporter, last time I was in Beijing. My answer was that I don’t think there…
China reforms bank deposit rate system to unleash liquidity for small businesses
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has changed the way banks calculate deposit rates, lowering fundraising costs for financial institutions to ensure liquidity for small businesses.
Coronavirus: mass testing in Dongguan as China tries to keep lid on Covid-19
Covid-19 has dominated infections in the provincial upsurge, the first time it has hit China. Seen by experts as highly transmissible, the variant was first identified in India. Dongguan launched a …
Hi-tech hub Shenzhen allows firms to impose no-pay leave on workers who refuse Covid-19 testing
The measure forms part of the Shenzhen government’s zero-tolerance approach to sporadic coronavirus infections in the hi-tech hub.
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Design Elevated Metallic Commercial Tower in Shenzhen
RSHP have won the design competition of the Qianhai Financial Holdings Headquarter Tower, a mixed-use commercial building in the center of the Qianhai district …
China is logically cracking down on its private tutoring sector, but why is Beijing taming it now?
An infamous slogan from a private education institution in China targeting toddlers states, “you can train your kid with us here, or we train his competitors”. It is lines like this that convince …
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