A Chinese man who buried hundreds of thousands of dollars five years ago is learning the hard way there may be better ways to store his life savings, according to local reports.
Dollar up, Asian stocks slip as U.S. pins blame for virus on China
The dollar inched higher, stock markets struggled for traction and oil dropped on Monday as a U.S.-China spat over the origin of the coronavirus put the brakes on optimism about an economic re-start …
Op-Ed: China pioneers a national digital currency. Can the U.S. catch up?
While China introduces the ‘digital yuan’ in pilot program, U.S. struggles with old technology that prevents many people from getting coronavirus funds.
Hong Kong dragged deeper into recession by Covid-19 pandemic – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as investors worry about new trade war between Washington and Beijing …
Huawei donates hi-tech equipment to Sri Lanka to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Chinese tech giant Huawei on Monday donated hi-tech equipment to the Sri Lankan government as part of its efforts to support Sri Lanka’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a statement from Huawei …
Over 46,000 arrested in Sri Lanka for violating curfew
Sri Lankan Police said Monday that over 46,000 people had been arrested from across the country for violating a curfew in several districts which has been in place since March 20. In a statement, the …
Asia Today: Sri Lanka reimposes curfew; 12 cases in China
BANGKOK (AP) — Sri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew after a surge in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, most of them navy sailors who were hunting those …
Rep. Abigail Spanberger: ‘We are ceding ground to China’
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), a former CIA case officer and one of a bevy of national security-savvy freshmen Democrats, took to the House floor last Tuesday as part of a bipartisan group from the …
China’s Xian H-20 stealth bomber completes nuclear triad, could make debut this year
China’s newest supersonic stealth bomber — which doubles the country’s strike range and completes its nuclear triad–could be ready for rollout later this year but Beijing has purportedly been …
Coronavirus Survivors Want Answers, and China Is Silencing Them
In Wuhan, where the pandemic started, the police have threatened and interrogated grieving relatives. Lawyers have been warned not to help them sue.