Archive for March 28th, 2020
China’s imported cases rise as foreigners banned and flights cut
China reported more than 50 imported cases of the coronavirus on Friday, hours after announcing a ban on foreigners entering the country. In recent weeks China’s tally [...] » More
Foreigners face suspicion in China as coronavirus worsens overseas
Francesca Torlai has always got on well with her neighbours when walking her Pekingese mix-breed, Waffles, through the back streets of Beijing, but recently the Italian has [...] » More
Lessons from China as coronavirus-hit football faces difficult return
With nagging concerns about coronavirus sweeping through teams and players scattered across the world, unable or hesitant to return, China is finding that restarting football [...] » More
Chinese hacker activity surges amid coronavirus outbreak: US cybersecurity firm
Hacker group believed to have connections with Beijing behind the cyberespionage campaign US cybersecurity firm FireEye issued an alert Wednesday (March 25) over a spike in [...] » More
Morgan Stanley receives approval for majority stake in China venture: sources
Morgan Stanley has received regulatory approval to take a majority stake in its China securities joint venture, people with knowledge of the matter said, as Beijing opens up [...] » More
Coronavirus: China-US tit-for-tat claims cast shadow over G20 crisis talks
Chinese and Americans are persisting with finger-pointing over the coronavirus crisis despite a senior Chinese diplomat stressing the need for the two countries to cooperate [...] » More
Mainland developers including Poly Property, China Resources accelerate sales to shore up cash flow to minimise impact of Covid-19
Some of China’s biggest developers are set to accelerate sales and shorten their construction cycles to shore up cash flow in response to the economic fallout from the [...] » More
‘Printing money’: booming mask producers in China meet global demand
As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese city has gone global, thousands of factories in China have nimbly turned to a new and very profitable market [...] » More
China Temporarily Closes Its Borders To Foreign Nationals
Updated at 3:45 p.m. China will close its borders to foreigners starting on Saturday, March 28, in a dramatic step to try to stop the coronavirus coming in from abroad. The [...] » More
Xi tells Trump China and US must ‘unite to fight virus’
China and the United States should “unite to fight” the deadly coronavirus pandemic, President Xi Jinping said in a call with Donald Trump on Friday, as he called [...] » More
‘China’s Palantir’ MiningLamp raises $300 million in funding round co-led by Temasek, Tencent
Beijing-based big data and artificial intelligence (AI) company MiningLamp Technology, which has been called “China’s Palantir” for its similarities to the [...] » More
US increases support for Taiwan in recognition battle with China
US President Donald Trump has signed into law an act that requires increased US support for Taiwan internationally, prompting a denunciation by China, which said it would [...] » More
China’s factories reopen, only to fire workers as virus shreds global trade
Shi Xiaomin, who used to export suits and blazers by the thousands to South Korea, the Netherlands and the United States, was luckier than many other Chinese factory owners. [...] » More
China is closing in on launching its national digital currency despite the coronavirus pandemic.
China is working on the launch of its national digital currency, and it will be available in the market sooner than expected. Despite the delay, the People’s Bank of [...] » More
Spanish capital ditches ‘unreliable’ Chinese coronavirus test kits
Spain’s capital has stopped using a rapid Covid-19 test kit made by a Chinese company after research suggested it was not accurate enough. Doubts over the kits’ [...] » More
