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Travel bubble fever
Business, Published on 23/11/2020
» Global communities will mark the first anniversary of the coronavirus next month after China identified the virus for the first time as a “pneumonia of unknown cause” when it was discovered in Wuhan, central Hubei province on Dec 30, 2019.
Make America green again
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 09/11/2020
» With Joe Biden seemingly on course to become the 46th leader of the world's second largest carbon emitter, one of his priority tasks will be to lead his country to rejoin the global pact to fight climate change.
China says will maintain ban on outbound tours due to virus risk
Published on 22/10/2020
» SHANGHAI: China will continue to suspend outbound group tours and ban travel agencies from allowing inbound tours due to the risk of a resurgence in coronavirus cases this winter, authorities said.
China's super rich get $1.5 trillion richer during pandemic
Business, Published on 21/10/2020
» BEIJING: China's super wealthy have earned a record $1.5 trillion in 2020, more than the past five years combined, as e-commerce and gaming boomed during pandemic lockdowns.
Covid-19 Blunts Unilever's Edge in Emerging Markets
Business, Published on 30/09/2020
» Covid-19's spread in India has disrupted one of Unilever PLC's most important markets, propelling the consumer-goods giant to change how it makes, prices and distributes its products there.
Thailand to slowly restart tourism with flight from China
Reuters, Published on 29/09/2020
» Thailand will receive its first foreign vacationers when a flight from China arrives next week, marking the gradual restart of a vital tourism sector battered by coronavirus travel curbs, a senior official said on Tuesday.
China's Theme Parks Boom as Tourists Have Nowhere to Go
Business, Published on 31/08/2020
» With foreign vacations off limits, China is in the middle of a theme-park boom as domestic tourists seek amusements in their own backyards.
China launches anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine
AFP, Published on 18/08/2020
» BEIJING: China on Tuesday ramped up tensions with Australia after it launched a probe into wine imports from the country, the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter row between the trade partners.
China's domestic spending sluggish as economy recovers from virus
AFP, Published on 14/08/2020
» BEIJING: China's retail sales dropped in July, official data showed Friday, indicating that sluggish consumer spending could hold up the country's recovery from the coronavirus outbreak.
China's economy bounces back from pandemic contraction
AFP, Published on 16/07/2020
» BEIJING: China's economy returned to growth in the second quarter, rebounding more strongly than expected from a historic contraction caused by the coronavirus outbreak, official data showed Thursday.