Soaring labour expenses and a real estate bubble have already made Shenzhen less attractive to manufacturers planning to build new plants. ( read original story …)
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AFL-CIO urges U.S. to block imports of solar products from China’s Xinjiang
CIO, the largest U.S. labor federation, is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to stop imports of solar products from China’s Xinjiang region over human rights concerns. ( read original story …)
Vanguard Hits Pause on Fund Ambitions in China
The decision is part of the U.S. financial giant’s push to focus on dispensing advice in China with Ant Group … ( read original story …)
China reports 13 new COVID-19 cases vs 5 a day earlier
The National Health Commission said in a statement that all of the new cases were imported infections originating from overseas. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as … ( read…
WHO Points To Wildlife Farms In Southern China As Likely Source Of Pandemic
Peter Daszak of the investigative team sent to Wuhan says the farms were probably where the coronavirus first jumped from bats to another animal before infecting humans. ( read original story …)
Business worries intensify over China’s tightening grip on Hong Kong
First there was an extradition bill that, if passed as planned in 2019, would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited to China if they are wanted on certain charges there, including offences ……
Worst Dust Storm in a Decade Sweeps Across China
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Massive sandstorm blankets China in thick, orange muck
China’s worst sandstorm in a decade caused mass disruptions on Monday as swaths of the country were engulfed in a thick orange haze of dust and sand, forcing authorities to cancel hundreds of flights, ……
Scientists discover 24 new coronavirus species in tiny plot of land in China, four closely related to one that causes COVID-19
Scientists in China have found 24 previously unknown coronavirus species – four of them closely related to the one which causes COVID-19 and three similar to the virus behind the SARS epidemic of 2003 ……
China pledges 300,000 vaccine doses for UN peacekeepers
China will give United Nations peacekeeping troops 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine, the Chinese diplomatic mission to the UN said Monday, bolstering the 200,000 doses already pledged by India to … ( read original story…
Beijing chokes in dust storm
The Chinese capital Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust on Monday as a result of heavy winds blowing in from the Gobi desert and parts of northwestern China, in what the meteorological agency has…
Photos Show Yellow Sky, Low Visibility, From Record-Setting China Sandstorm
A number of provinces in northern China were hit Monday with a record-setting sandstorm, with photos showing yellow skies and low visibility as sand and dust ripped through areas including Beijing. In … ( read…
Coronavirus vaccine: China can meet demand ‘at home and abroad’
Tian Yulong, chief engineer with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said domestic needs had taken precedence but with expanded production of four approved vaccines, he was confident … ( read original story …)
