U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior Democratic congressional leader have reprimanded China for bullying behaviour toward India during a military standoff on their disputed border. ( read original story ...)
Moody’s cuts India’s rating to the lowest investment grade
The coronavirus has infected more than 6.27 million people around the world as of Monday, killing at least 375,656 people. ( read original story ...)
India launches $6.7 billion plan to boost electronics manufacturing
India launched a $6.65 billion plan on Tuesday to boost electronics manufacturing, saying it would start by offering five global smartphone makers incentives to establish or expand domestic production ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. lawmakers say Uighur bill supports China’s Muslims
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday said legislation targeting Chinese officials over treatment of the country's Uighur Muslim minority sent a "clear message" of support from Washington, seeking to prod the ... ( read original story ...)
Welcome to China’s new interventionist foreign policy
Xi Jinping has jettisoned his predecessor Hu Jintao’s prescription that China hide its strength, bide its time and never take the lead. ( read original story ...)
Head of U.S. Senate finance panel sees China keeping trade deal commitments
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said on Tuesday he is not worried that China will fail to keep its commitments under the Phase 1 U.S.-China trade deal in the long term, despite ... ( read original story ...)
China’s BYD Gets Extension on $1 Billion California Mask Deal
BYD, a Chinese electric-car maker turned mask producer, said it had secured a second reprieve on a troubled $1 billion deal to sell N95 masks to the state of California after missing a Sunday deadline ... ( read original story ...)
‘It is much worse’: veterans of Hong Kong’s 2003 protests fear new law
Huge demonstrations 17 years ago managed to block Beijing’s bill, but now China threatens a fresh clampdown ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong seen emerging as IPO hub for fintechs, as Chinese firms shun US markets amid rising tension
Hong Kong is fast becoming the go-to fundraising hub for Chinese fintech companies, as the city benefits from the US market's waning appeal for Chinese issuers amid an ongoing spat between Washington ... ( read original story ...)
Bahrain Islamic Bank Takes the Lead as the First Bank in Bahrain to Obtain the Iso Certificate for Business Continuity Management System
Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) recently obtained the ISO 22301:2019 certification for Business Continuity Management System (BCMS), becoming the first institution in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the second in ... ( read original story ...)