China has approached a number of countries to discuss the possibility of easing border controls to allow some business travel to resume, part of broader efforts to restart economic activity stalled by …
Hundreds of Coronavirus Patients in China Wrongly Listed As ‘Cured’ As New Stats Show Drop in People Who Have Recovered
The latest figures follow a revised death toll in Wuhan, which increased the city’s death count by around 50 percent.
Australia joins US in seeking probe of China amid questions over coronavirus origin
Australia on Sunday called for an “independent international” investigation into China’s management of the coronavirus outbreak and the origin of the pandemic, joining the U.S. in scrutinizing China’s …
US urges China to lift restrictions on rights lawyer
The United States called Monday on China to lift restrictions on the movements of prominent lawyer Wang Quanzhang and urged the release of other detained rights advocates. The State Department called …
MGM expected to hold on to Macau business
Bernstein Research thinks MGM China (OTCPK:MCHVF, OTCPK:MCHVY) has funds to operate for up to fifteen months even under the worst pandemic scenarios.The firm notes MGM China had HK$3.0B in cash on ha …
Macau govt to request IVS expanded to more cities: CE
Macau’s Chief Executive, Ho Iat Seng (pictured), says the city’s government will ask China’s central government to increase the number of cities covered by the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS), once the …
Mongolia, close to China, far away from Covid-19
Mongolia, a land that borders China, surprisingly didn’t see even a single COVID-19 fatality since the outbreak of the deadly disease. With barely 31 confirmed cases so far, there are no reports of …
Thousands of Myanmar Migrant Workers Return from China into Quarantine
MANDALAY—Nearly 4,000 Myanmar migrant workers who were working in China have flooded into border checkpoints in Kachin State since last Thursday, where they were transferred to government facilities …
Turkey’s Coronavirus Crisis Grows as Infections Exceed China’s
Turkey has now recorded the highest number of cases outside of the United States and Europe. Can it juggle the crisis and a crumbling economy?
Asian shares fall back on weak oil prices, Japan trade data
Shares are mostly lower in Asia as oil prices fell back and Japan’s trade data for March was weaker than expected …