India has approved the use of a new type of rapid coronavirus test based on gene editing technology in a bid to boost its testing numbers. With the second highest number of cases in the world after ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Sindhu aims to hit the ground running in 2021
India's badminton world champion P.V. Sindhu has decided not to return to competitive action this year, but does not expect her prolonged pandemic-related absence to hamper her preparations for next ... ( read original story ...)
China Rapidly Expands Use of Experimental COVID-19 Vaccines
China is rapidly increasing the number of people receiving its experimental coronavirus vaccines, with a city offering one to the general public and a biotech company providing another free to ... ( read original story ...)
China rejects report Uighur children being separated from parents
Foreign ministry spokesman rejects news report that characterises China’s Uighur policies as a crime against humanity. ( read original story ...)
China defends Confucius Institutes now under fire from US
Following scathing political attacks from the Trump administration, China on Friday defended its Confucius Institutes as apolitical facilitators of cultural and language exchange. ( read original story ...)
China Says U.S. Undermines Taiwan Strait’s Stability
China said on Thursday the United States was seriously undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed through the waters amid escalating tensions between ... ( read original story ...)
China supports G20 proposal to extend debt relief to poor countries: PBOC head
China supports a G20 proposal to further extend debt relief to poor countries, the head of its central bank, Yi Gang, told a G20 videoconference on Thursday, according to a statement on the central ... ( read original story ...)
China’s c.bank unveils changes to laws for commercial banks
China's central bank issued on Friday a draft of revisions to laws for commercial banks, improving the mechanisms of risk disposal and market exit for lenders, it said, and set a Nov. 16 deadline for ... ( read original story ...)
China and Australia commodities trade tensions
Australia's ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban China's Huawei [HWT.UL] from its 5G network, and worsened after Canberra called for an ... ( read original story ...)
Ping An says ESG Adoption in China Presents Opportunities for Technology Companies
Ping An Digital Economic Research Center (PADERC), a macroeconomic research arm of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (“Ping An” or “The Group”, HKEx: 2318; SSE: 601318), says the ... ( read original story ...)