AdvertisementContinue reading the main story Foreign businesses worry that tough quarantines and restrictions could persist into next year as Beijing struggles with variants and questions about its vaccines. Newly built laboratories for nucleic acid testing in Guangzhou, China, on Thursday. The city tested almost its entire population of 18.7 million between Sunday and Tuesday.Credit…cnsphoto, via…
HONG KONG, HONG KONG – NOVEMBER 9: As a visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin … [+] with US Dollar on November 9, 2017 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin, have seen unprecedented growth in 2017. (Photo by studioEAST/Getty Images) Getty ImagesWhen paper money was first invented in China’s imperial history, in…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin participates in a news briefing at the Pentagon May 6, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia.Alex Wong | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday directed the Pentagon to place China and its military buildup at the center of American defense policy.The classified Pentagon-wide directive comes on the heels…
Last UpdatedJune 10, 2021, 9:25 a.m. ET June 10, 2021, 9:25 a.m. ETAhead of meetings with Group of 7, NATO and European Union leaders, and Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, President Biden will announce plans to supply 500 million vaccine doses to other countries.Follow our coverage of Mr. Biden’s trip.Here’s what you need to know:…
The unifying theme behind Joe Biden’s European tour this week is a country which will not be at any of the meetings and may not even be mentioned in the final communiques: China.Before setting out on his first foreign trip as president, Biden has made clear that the competition between the world’s democracies and its…
China’s cryptocurrency crackdown, which crashed markets last month, intensified Wednesday with another province ordering all crypto-mining operations to shut down just hours after popular Internet companies started censoring searches for three of the nation’s largest crypto exchanges, but bitcoin prices are skyrocketing after El Salvador’s historic adoption measure—in hopes that other countries will follow suit.…
By: June 1 A Chinese Ilyushin Il-76 taxies into position at the Royal Australia Air Force Base Pearce in Western Australia. (Courtesy of the Australian Defence Department) MELBOURNE, Australia — China has sent more than a dozen military transport aircraft to the vicinity of disputed shoals in the South China Sea administered by Malaysia,…
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it has approved the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use for adults over 18, making it the second Chinese-developed shot given the green light.Why it matters: The approval will allow Sinovac to join COVAX and distribute its vaccines to developing countries. The global vaccine distribution initiative currently faces “major…
A woman carries a girl as they visit a peony garden in Heze, in east China’s Shandong province, on April 8. In 2020, the country saw only 12 million births, the lowest number in at least six decades. Photo: Xinhua
RIMINI, Italy — The Canadian women’s volleyball team picked up its first Volleyball Nations League win Tuesday, beating China 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 25-17, 15-25, 15-12). Kiera Van Ryk of Surrey, B.C.RIMINI, Italy — The Canadian women’s volleyball team picked up its first Volleyball Nations League win Tuesday, beating China 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 25-17, 15-25, 15-12).Kiera…
