China fights new COVID-19 spike with more selective approach

China is tackling a COVID-19 spike with selective lockdowns and other measures that appear to slightly ease its draconian “zero tolerance” strategy. In Hong Kong,

Hong Kong leader says no fixed time frame for mass testing

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said yesterday that reducing the skyrocketing number of deaths in the latest coronavirus surge is the city’s priority, putting a plan

UN rights chief to visit Xinjiang as groups press for report

The U.N. human rights chief said this week that her office and China’s government have reached an agreement for her to visit in May the western

Xi warns against sanctions’ global impact

Chinese state sources said President Xi Jinping has criticized sanctions imposed on Russia over its war against Ukraine as “harmful to all sides,” in a video

Russian banks mull China UnionPay as Visa, MasterCard exit

Leading Russian banks are looking into using a Chinese payment rival after Visa and Mastercard suspended operations, while all the big global accounting firms said they

IMF report recognizes SAR’s strong economic recovery

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reinforced its assessment of Hong Kong’s economic and financial positions, recognizing that Hong Kong’s financial sector has continued expanding robustly

Latest updates: China’s Xi criticizes sanctions on Russia

BEIJING — China says President Xi Jinping has criticized sanctions imposed on Russia over its war against Ukraine as "harmful to all sides," in a video summit with French President

Wang lashes Washington over Quad, North Korea

China's top diplomat yesterday accused Washington of trying to create an Asian version of the U.S.-European NATO military alliance and said it is up to the

China’s trade up in Jan-Feb, before Russia invaded Ukraine

JOE McDONALD  China's exports rose by double digits in January and February before Russia’s attack on Ukraine roiled the global economy. Exports grew

China seeing new surge in cases despite ‘zero tolerance’

China is seeing a new surge in COVID-19 cases across the vast country, despite its draconian “zero tolerance” approach to dealing with outbreaks. The mainland yesterday reported

China calls Russia its chief ‘strategic partner’ despite war

The Chinese Foreign Minister today (Monday) called Russia Beijing's "most important strategic partner" amid China's continued refusal to condemn the invasion of Ukraine. Wang Yi said ties with Moscow constituted "one

Gov’t cuts economic growth goal as it tries to reverse slump

China on Saturday cut its annual economic growth target to its lowest level in decades as Beijing struggles to reverse a slump at a time when

New US ambassador arrives in Beijing amid tense relations

New U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns has arrived to take up his post in Beijing amid heightened tensions between China and the United States over Taiwan, trade,

China to raise defense spending by 7.1% to USD229 billion

China this weekend announced a 7.1% increase in defense spending in 2022 to USD229 billion, continuing years of robust spending on its increasingly powerful military that is challenging

China’s slowing economy in spotlight as legislature meets

China's ruling Communist Party is temporarily turning away from its longer-term ambitions to focus on pulling the economy out of a slump as the country

Beijing denies asking Russia not to invade until post-Olympics

China yesterday denounced a report that it asked Russia to delay invading Ukraine until after the Beijing Winter Olympics as “fake news” and a “very despicable”

Explainer A look at Hong Kong’s worst Covid-19 wave, and mainland-aided fight

Hong Kong has reported a rapid increase in COVID-19 infections since the fifth wave of the epidemic began.  During the week from Feb. 23 to

China will remain ballast for world economy

At a time when the challenges posed by the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and increasing geopolitical tensions such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict are producing headwinds for a global

Hong Kong reports record 55k cases; movements may be restricted

Hong Kong's leader today (Wednesday) said people's movements may be restricted during mandatory testing this month of the entire population for the coronavirus, as health officials reported a record 55,353

Beijing dismisses US former officials visit to Taiwan as ‘futile’

A delegation of former U.S. defense officials arrived in Taiwan yesterday in a sign of stepped-up communication between the two sides while China considers it a “futile”

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