Drama around the future of one of China’s biggest bad-debt managers is highlighting the urgent need for the country to simplify oversight of its financial system.
Dominic Raab’s claim of 95% aid cut to China doesn’t add up, watchdog says
A watchdog has cast doubt on the government’s claim to be cutting aid to China by 95 per cent, pointing out that only a fraction of the budget is being reduced.Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, …
China addresses ‘foreign infiltration’ with surveillance of domestic entities
China is strengthening regulations that the government says could prevent foreign espionage, with new rules targeting domestic companies and organizations.
China set to report first population decline in five decades
China is set to report its first population decline since the famine that accompanied the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong’s disastrous economic policy in the late 1950s that caused the deaths of tens …
China-ASEAN Business Center unveiled in South China’s Guangxi
The Business Center was officially opened in Nanning Area of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone on Saturday, which aims to provide one-stop services for economic cooperation. The center will surely …
1st LD-Writethru: China to improve county business systems, streamline IPR-related administration
China will strengthen the building of county-level business systems and introduce new measures to streamline administration in the field of intellectual property rights (IPR), a State Council …
Bangladesh may have to wait at least two weeks for COVID vaccine from Russia, China
After approving Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Bangladesh is set to authorise another shot developed by China, but it may take at least two weeks for the first doses to arrive.
China Attempts to Exploit India’s Criticism of Sluggish U.S. Aid for Its Coronavirus Crisis
Beijing sees an opportunity to improve its own dismal relationship with New Delhi after concerns the Biden administration acted too late to help India’s worsening coronavirus crisis.
China Backs Russia After Putin Warns West They’ll Regret Crossing ‘Red Line’
China criticized Biden’s sanctioning of Russian diplomats and called Russia a “comprehensive strategic partner,” in a sign of a growing relationship between the two countries.
China’s map of Senkaku Islands draws protest from Tokyo
Japan has opposed a Chinese decision to release a land survey of the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, after Beijing’s ministry of natural resources reaffirmed Chinese claims. Tokyo’s Chief …