An episode of the American animated series The Simpsons, in which the family visits Tiananmen Square in Beijing, was removed from the programming of the online video platform Disney + in Hong Kong. The omission of this episode raises fears that censorship will become the norm in the financial center, as in neighboring mainland China. […]
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China-US oil codependency it is unavoidable
David Fickling By the way that China and USA are working hand in hand to free crude from their strategic reserves of Petroleum and to reduce the tension in the oil market a bit, one might think that the two largest energy consumers in the world found an area in which they can cooperate. In […]
Chinese miners interested in vast Afghan lithium reserves
Chinese companies are showing interest in exploiting the vast untapped mineral resources of Afghanistan as Beijing seeks a role in rebuilding the war-torn nation’s economy. Afghanistan has fields estimated to be worth $ 1 trillion or more, including what could be the largest oil reserves. lithium the world, a vital component of the energy storage […]
Evergrande founder sells 9% of his shares to face debt
Xu Jiayin, founder of the indebted Chinese real estate giant Evergande, sold for $ 344 million 9% of its shares in the company, in a new attempt to obtain liquidity to meet the obligations of the firm, local media reported today. In this way, Xu disposed of 1.2 billion shares of Evergrande at an average […]
China finds nearly 12 million children it didn’t know existed
Updated on 11/28/2021 03:07 am China underestimated the number of children born between 2000 and 2010 by at least 11.6 million, equivalent to Belgium’s current population, in part due to its strict one-child policy. The most recent statistical yearbook published by the Government places the number of children born during that period at 172.5 million, […]
China collaborates in oil liberation, but independently
China’s ambiguity about its involvement in the US-led coordinated release of oil reserves is aimed at the domestic market to show that Beijing is not following Washington, according to government officials involved in the discussions. The world’s largest oil importer is committed to extracting crude from its stocks alongside the United States, Japan, South Korea, […]
China increases pressure on tech companies with draft regulations on online advertising
Updated on 11/26/2021 11:24 am The Chinese market regulator proposed new rules that would increase oversight of online advertising, including a principle that ads should not affect normal internet use, nor mislead users. The Chinese authorities have tightened regulation this year in a number of sectors, with an emphasis on technology. The search giant Baidu […]
Chinese government demands that Didi, the “Chinese Uber”, get out of the Wall Street stock market
Updated on 11/26/2021 09:55 am The Chinese authorities have asked the giant of the transport vehicles with driver Didi to establish a plan to go public on Wall Street, according to Bloomberg. Didi’s entry into the US stock market in June, known as the “Uber chino”Was overshadowed by an investigation launched a few days later […]
Here’s how GMOs would solve China’s food crisis
by Adam Minter With a population of 20% of the world’s population and less than 10% of its arable land, China has long relied on imports to feed its people. Now, the government increasingly fears that this dependence is leaving the country vulnerable to major agricultural exporters, especially the United States. Given this, could genetically […]
CCL: bicycle imports increased 215% until October alone
The Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL) reported that the importation of bicycles has registered a growth of 215% as of October of this year, compared to the same period last year, after acquiring 673,545 units for a value of US $ 51 million. According to a report from the CCL Foreign Trade Research and Development […]