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Hong Kong-listed Sinopharm reports jump in 2020 profit, says ready to deliver Covid-19 jabs as China targets 500 million shots by June
Sinopharm Holding was ready to deliver the Covid-19 vaccines needed to meet Beijing’s target of more than 500 million vaccinations by June this year, its president said. ( read original story …)
China, India forecast to lead 5.4 per cent global GDP rebound in 2021, but vaccine roll-out crucial: Moody’s
In the current setting, Covid-19-related uncertainty has not diminished and may well lead to another phase of cautious decision making in the first half of this year.” China will lead the pack with … (…
China-Europe sanctions fight shatters image of amicable ties
China looked to Europe as an amicable partner as the continent’s leaders resisted being drawn into President Donald Trump’s conflicts with Beijing over trade, technology and human rights … ( read original story …)
France summons Beijing envoy in latest EU-China spat
France has summoned Lu Shaye — the Chinese Paris seen as one of Xi Jinping’s aggressive “wolf warrior” diplomats — to protest against “insults and threat … ( read original story …)
US and EU to revive joint effort to handle more assertive China
The US and EU are poised to reboot a joint effort on how to handle an increasingly assertive China, days after working with the UK and Canada to impose sanctions on officials over human rights…
Wall Street’s march into China increasingly at odds with Biden’s tough stance
Goldman Sachs’s determined march into China shows how the interests of Corporate America and the White House are continuing to diverge despite the election of a more conventional president. ( read original story …)
Asiaray Secures Exclusive Concession Rights for Advertising Media of 5 Metro Lines in Shenzhen
Asiaray Media Group Limited (“Asiaray” or the “Group”; stock code: 1993), an outstanding out-of-home (“OOH”) media company with a strategic focus on mega transport adverting media management, … ( read original story …)
China’s retaliatory sanctions on the EU set the stage for how Beijing will respond to other global powers
In the first coordinated action by Western nations since Joe Biden took office, the U.S., EU, U.K. and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday. ( read original story …)
Escalating EU-China tensions could jeopardize new investment deal
The European Union imposed sanctions against China for human rights abuses in Xinjiang — Beijing swiftly retaliated with a blacklist of its own. ( read original story …)
China’s vaccine diplomacy stumbles as clinical trial data remain absent
The wealthy city-state is moving ahead with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for its coronavirus immunization program, with officials saying Sinovac needs to provide more data before they will consider … ( read original story …)
China, Russia officials meet in show of unity against EU, US
The foreign ministers of China and Russia have displayed unity amid criticism and Western sanctions against them over human rights BEIJING — The foreign ministers of China and Russia displayed … ( read original story…
China’s Tencent faces concessions to win green light for giant videogaming merger: sources
Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd is having to offer concessions in a plan to merge the country’s top two videogame live-streaming sites in order to resolve antitrust concerns, two people … ( read original…