By Daniel Y. Teng Two Chinese officials were discovered secretly attending an address by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to the Pacific Islands Forum. The officials were sitting with the media contingent before a…
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By Sophia Lam China’s fear of COVID-19 reached new heights when the city of Shanghai put members of a WeChat group into home quarantine for at least seven days amid a recent COVID-19…
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More Than Two-Thirds of Chinese Bankers Are Not Optimistic About China’s Economy: Survey
by EditorTBy Kathleen Li A new survey shows more than two-thirds of Chinese bankers are not optimistic about China’s current macroeconomic climate. On June 29, the People’s Bank of China released its…
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By Sophia Lam An official notice encouraging children to promote vaccine use among elderly relatives that was published by a district educational body of China’s Beihai City on July 6 has triggered…
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Chinese Leadership Dispute in the Spotlight as Premier Urges Provinces and Cities to Stabilize Their Economies: Analysis
by EditorTBy Jessica Mao News Analysis In a recent economics symposium, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang emphasized the need to stabilize the economy and revealed that China’s current economic situation is “very challenging.”…
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By Antonio Graceffo News Analysis U.S. retailers in China have been hit hard by COVID-19 lockdowns, a weakening economy, and increased nationalism. Amazon Kindle is exiting the China market, as are Airbnb and Yahoo. Fifty-three…
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By Reuters BEIJING—Searing heatwaves swept across China’s vast Yangtze River basin on Wednesday, hammering densely populated megacities from Shanghai on the coast to Chengdu deep in the heartlands. More than 90 red…
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By Hannah Ng China is going through a systemic debt crisis because of a lack of liquidity, according to China expert and author Gordon Chang. In comments to NTD, the sister…
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China’s leadership takes largely predictable and perhaps doubtful steps to spur China’s lagging economy By Milton Ezrati News Analysis Beijing is beginning to look desperate. Months ago, it reduced its real…
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By Hannah Ng and David Zhang A lot of people just see the Chinese app TikTok as a platform for sharing funny videos, but it poses a data security risk, according to Brendan Carr, a…