The coronavirus didn’t create China’s or the United States’ reputational weaknesses, but does appear to have exacerbated them.
China reportedly orders halt to imports of Australian coal
Industry news sources report that China has told several state-owned steelmakers and power plants to stop imports with immediate effect …
The Great Wall (Street) of China
They will only open wider and wider.” Barely had Air Force One whisked Mr Trump from Beijing than, sure enough, China’s finance ministry announced sweeping reforms to remove ownership limits on …
China gains hoist Asian stocks to two-year peak
Chinese stocks led Asian markets higher on Monday as investors bet on a steady recovery for the world’s no. 2 economy, though caution about the fate of U.S. stimulus kept the dollar firm and a central …
Taiwanese man held in China ‘confesses’ on TV to filming troops on Hong Kong border
Lee Meng-chu is accused of filming Chinese troops gathering at the border with Hong Kong during protests in 2019 …
China won’t follow West by easing monetary policy, says central bank chief
Yi Gang says People’s Bank of China will look to consumer price and exchange rate stability to help get economy back on track after Covid-19 pandemic.
‘I focus on earning money and then leaving Hong Kong’
Hong Kong has long been known as Asia’s premier financial hub, functioning as China’s window to the wider world while enjoying a kind of freedom unheard of on the mainland. But the protests and a new …
How Australia-China relations have hit ‘lowest ebb in decades’
China relationship is unravelling at a pace that could not have been contemplated just six months ago,” academic James Laurenceson wrote recently. Take the escalation in recent weeks alone. Chinese …
The Times view on China’s return to the United Nations: Hostile Makeover
This week countries will gather at the United Nations headquarters to elect next year’s representatives to the organisation’s top human rights body. The UN Human Rights Council’s utility has long been …
OPINION – Homeward Bound: Reverse Migration Of Talents To Macau
Zweig, Kang and Wang’s study of ‘reverse migration’ to mainland China’s scientific and academic institutions argued that …