Asian shares and Wall Street futures stepped back on Thursday as resurgent concerns about the long-term impact of the coronavirus outbreak offset some of this week’s earlier enthusiasm about economies …
China signals plan to take full control of Hong Kong, realigning city’s status
The announcement that Beijing wants to “improve” governance of the financial hub comes as it increasingly encroaches on the territory’s relative freedoms.
China kicks off key political event delayed by pandemic
China has begun its most important political event of the year after a two-month delay because of the coronavirus crisis.
Malaysia’s Petronas to sell LNG to Chinese firm’s tank facility
Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd [PETR.UL] has signed a deal to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to an ISO tank-filling facility owned by China’s Tiger Clean Energy in the eastern state of Sarawak, …
Ease burden of ‘unfair, predatory’ lending on Pakistan: US to China
The United States on Wednesday asked China to take steps to ease the burden its ‘predatory and unfair’ lending is causing to Pakistan during the coronavirus crisis. Alice G Wells, US State …
Australia’s iron ore exports hit by rule change as China escalates war of words
Trade dispute takes a new turn amid worsening tensions after call for coronavirus inquiry …
Coronavirus Update: Trump Blames ‘Incompetence Of China’ For ‘Mass Worldwide Killing’
The United Nations has voted for an independent investigation into the origin and international health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why China and India shouldn’t let coronavirus justify walking back climate action
As India and China scramble to get their economies back on track and ease soaring unemployment during Covid-19, experts fear climate will slip from the agenda — an outcome which could have …
China warns of countermeasures after Pompeo congratulates Tsai
China on Wednesday expressed “strong indignation” over U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s congratulatory remarks to Taiwan’s president on the start of her second term in office, threatening to take …
China says U.S.’s Pompeo ‘blackmailing’ Hong Kong government
China said on Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “blackmailing” the Hong Kong government with the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and that Washington’s recent actions amount to …