The U.S. Treasury Department has branded Vietnam and Switzerland as currency manipulators while putting China and nine other countries on a watch list in an annual report designed to halt countries …
Macau hopes for 14mln mainland, HK visits in 2021: govt
Macau could receive “14 million” tourist arrivals from mainland China and Hong Kong in 2021, estimates the Macau government. That was the figure the local authorities used in their already-released …
Hong Kong protests: 10 who fled by boat to Taiwan charged with illegal crossing
Group has not been put on trial yet but China’s court system has a conviction rate of about 99% …
US adds India, Thailand and Taiwan to currency manipulation watchlist
The US on Wednesday added India along with Taiwan and Thailand to the “monitoring list” of currency manipulating countries that includes major trading partners like China and six others. It also …
China’s lunar sampler lands in Mongolia with Moon dust onboard
China’s landmark lunar sampling mission has drawn to a close, with the Chang’e-5 lander touching down in Mongolia with the first rocks and dust collected from the Moon in decades. Described as one of …
China’s Chang’e 5 successfully enters Earth’s surface, lands in Mongolia with moon rocks in tow
An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples. While scientists …
U.S. blacklists Chinese, UAE-based companies over sale of Iranian petrochemicals
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on companies based in China and the United Arab Emirates, accusing them of supporting the sale of Iranian petrochemicals as Washington increases …
Australia-China trade dispute could be a ‘lose-lose’ situation, says professor
China could also really hurt its own economy and environmental sustainability by imposing trade tariffs on Australia, says Tim Harcourt of the University of New South Wales.
U.S. trade czar Lighthizer’s advice for Biden on China: ‘Hold their feet to the fire’
“I think in some parts they (China) have done a reasonably good job, in other parts they haven’t,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told Reuters.
China’s Luckin Coffee to pay $180 million fine in fraud case
The U.S. market watchdog says China’s Luckin Coffee has agreed to pay a $180 million penalty to settle accounting fraud charges …