The anti-COVID health code on Chinese lawyer Xie Yang’s cell phone changed from normal green to dangerous red shortly before he set out on a trip to Shanghai to visit the mother of Zhang Zhan, a now-incarcerated woman who reported from Wuhan of the early stages of the pandemic. The color change prevented Xie from […]
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US, China and others point to OPEC with possible release of oil reserves
The governments of some of the world’s largest economies said they were considering releasing oil from their strategic reserves, following an unusual request from USA for a coordinated measure to cool energy prices and before a meeting of the main producing countries. The government of the president Joe Biden has asked large oil buyers such […]
US discusses joint release of oil reserves with China, points against OPEC +
The governments of some of the world’s largest economies are studying the release of oil from their strategic reserves, following an unusual request from Washington for a coordinated move to cool energy prices ahead of a meeting of major oil producers. The Joe Biden administration has asked a wide range of countries, including China for […]
IMF: “The Chinese economy continues to recover, but inertia slows down”
Updated on 11/19/2021 11:32 am The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that, although the Chinese economy continues to recover after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the “inertia is slowing down”. After a round of virtual consultations with the Chinese authorities, the first deputy managing director of the institution, Geoffrey Okamoto, attributed this slowdown to […]
Where is tennis player Peng Shuai? The case threatens the interests of the WTA in China
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), which runs the women’s world tennis circuit, endangers one of its major markets by pressuring China for the disappearance of tennis player Peng Shuai after denouncing that she had been raped by a high-ranking communist leader in the country. Before the pandemic, the WTA held 10 tournaments in China each […]
Indecopi imposes anti-dumping duties on imports of taffeta fabrics from China
The Commission on Dumping, Subsidies and the Elimination of Non-Tariff Trade Barriers (CDB) of the Indecopi ordered to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of plain fabrics made exclusively from polyester and cotton staple fibers originating in the People’s Republic of China. Through resolution Nº 273-2021/CDB-INDECOPI published in El Peruano, it was determined the existence […]
Chinese government agency defines plan to release oil reserves
Updated on 11/18/2021 10:24 am China’s state reserves agency reported that it is working on the release of oil stocks, although it declined to comment on a request by the United States to the world’s main consuming nations to use their stored inventories to reduce barrel prices. in the international market. China’s National Food and […]
Incipient fatigue and frustration with China’s COVID-zero strategy
After almost two years of a pandemic that China has fought with some of the most forceful measures in the world, some signs of unease are beginning to emerge in the Asian giant against this strategy of zero tolerance to COVID-19. While many nations – also in the cautious Asian region – are trying to […]
The Economist: The Inevitable Cost of China’s ‘Zero COVID’ Strategy
The trade war between the United States and China, paradoxically, brought some citizens of both countries closer together. Ben Kostrzewa, a business attorney for Hogan Lovells, moved from Washington, DC to Hong Kong to help his corporate clients deal with tariffs, penalties, and export controls. I used to travel two or three times a month […]
Joe Biden clarifies that he does not encourage the independence of Taiwan after his meeting with Xi Jinping
Updated 11/16/2021 11:32 pm The president of the United States, Joe Biden, clarified this Tuesday that his government does not encourage the independence of Taiwan, after a slip in which he expressed an opinion contrary to the official position of the White House. Speaking to the press during a visit to New Hampshire, Biden first […]