China believes President-elect Joe Biden represents a “new window of hope” for the country’s relationship with the United States. ( read original story …)
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China sentences top banker to death for corruption and bigamy
Former head of China Huarong Asset Management given no option for reprieve … ( read original story …)
COVID-19 fight in China’s Hebei enters ‘wartime mode’
The fight to contain the coronavirus in northern China’s Hebei has entered “wartime mode”, official media reported on Tuesday, after the province surrounding capital Beijing saw its first locally … ( read original story …)
Beijing may balk at ‘vaccine diplomacy’ term but beating Covid-19 is key to China’s outreach plan
State media rejects that China’s future vaccine aid is conditional while Beijing admits it is in a propaganda battle to reshape the pandemic narrative. ( read original story …)
China’s CNBG has supplied 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to UAE
BEIJING (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) has received a total of three million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the company said on Tuesday. CNBG has moved … ( read original…
China to expand COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has moved to facilitate corporate cooperation along industrial chains to accelerate the industrialization of COVID-19 vaccines and expand … ( read original story …)
China’s digital currency trial returns to Shenzhen for Round 2, with twice the participants and double the payout
Shenzhen, China’s technological hub, will start its second trial of the nation’s digital currency this week, giving away virtual gift packets to its citizens as the nation steps up its testing efforts … ( read…
Where is Jack Ma, China’s e-commerce pioneer?
BEIJING (AP) — China’s best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, made his fortune by taking big risks. The former English teacher founded Alibaba Group in 1999, when … ( read original story …)
China Court Sentences Ex-banker To Death For $260m Bribes, bigamy
The former chairman of one of China’s largest state-controlled asset management firms was sentenced to death Tuesday for soliciting $260 million in bribes, corruption and bigamy. Lai Xiaomin, a former … ( read original story…
China doubles down on COVID narrative as WHO investigation looms
As a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares to visit China to investigate the origins of COVID-19, Beijing has stepped up efforts not only to prevent new outbreaks, but also shape the ……
China’s latest potential culprit in its search for foreign coronavirus sources? Auto parts packaging
More than a year since the coronavirus pandemic began, while a surprising — and frustrating — number of points remain unclear, one thing is certain: the first major outbreak was in the central … (…
Second Shenzhen digital yuan lottery, rig makers’ new ventures: Blockheads
Shenzhen launched its second digital yuan public trial just as Suzhou finished its own. Rig makers Ebang and Canaan look to new markets in the new year. ( read original story …)
‘We need a real policy for China’: Germany ponders post-Merkel shift
The country will be key to whether Europe works more with the US to defend democracy or seeks to engage Beijing … ( read original story …)
