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Hong Kong, Shenzhen start cross-listing of ETFs, setting a milestone in the financial integration of the Greater Bay Area
Two feeder funds began trading on the Hong Kong and Shenzhen exchanges on Friday , adding to the portfolio of cross-border financial instruments now available to residents of the Greater Bay Area and … (…
Don’t be blind to China’s rise in a changing world
The world order is changing, yet many are missing this because of a persistent anti-China bias. China’s extraordinary performance isn’t new. In fact, apart from the 1839-1949 “Century of humiliation”, … ( read original story…
North Korea claims ‘yellow dust coming from China’ could bring coronavirus
The streets of North Korea’s capital Pyongyang remained empty throughout Thursday after warnings issued by a state broadcaster of the threat from “yellow dust” floating over from China. Korean Central … ( read original story…
Xi Says China Is Ready for War After Trump, Biden Take Hard Line on Beijing
In a barely-veiled swipe at the U.S., Xi said China would not be bullied by “any country and any army, no matter how powerful they used to be.” … ( read original story …)
Beijing’s Covid Recovery Isn’t So Enviable
China touts GDP growth but faces a hard call: rest on a fragile economy or try for a difficult transition? ( read original story …)
U.S. urges Sri Lanka to make ‘difficult’ choices over China ties
The United States is urging Sri Lanka to make “difficult but necessary choices” to secure its economic independence instead of choosing opaque practices, a senior State Department official said on … ( read original story…
North told citizens to stay inside, claiming (with no scientific basis) that a storm of yellow dust coming from China was carrying COVID-19
North Korea’s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper warned people of the “danger of invading malicious viruses” inside an approaching storm. ( read original story …)
China’s Xi vows to speed up army modernization as tensions with U.S. mount
“Let the world know that ‘the people of China are now organized, and are not to be trifled with,'” Xi said , quoting Mao Zedong. ( read original story …)
In Asia, U.S.’s Pompeo expected to bolster allies against China
U.S. Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo is flying to India next week to strengthen strategic ties with a nation that is locked in a military standoff with China, in Washington’s latest effort to ……
Exclusive: China likely to issue more corn import quotas, buy millions of tonnes of crops – sources
China’s government is expected to issue more import quotas and buy millions of tonnes of additional corn in the new crop marketing year, three industry sources said, amid a surge in animal feed demand ……
China warns UK not to offer citizenship to Hong Kong residents
The British offer is not for all residents of Hong Kong, but only those holding a (BNO) passport. Only those born before the 1997 handover of the territo … ( read original story …)
China’s Xi Jinping delivers thinly-veiled swipe at US during Korean War anniversary speech
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that “blackmailing, blocking and extreme pressure” will lead to “nowhere but a dead end” in a thinly-veiled attack on the United States, during a speech … ( read original…