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China muzzles reporting on Alibaba
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/01/2021
» China has ordered its domestic media to restrict their reporting on an antitrust investigation into Alibaba Group Holding Ltd as speculation over the future of one of the country’s largest corporations intensified, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Can China control the weather?
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 11/01/2021
» After successfully tackling its coronavirus outbreak, China is now setting its sights on taming the weather.
China to keep buying rubber
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/01/2018
» China has pledged to buy more rubber and rice from Thailand this year, while Thailand wants China to speed up inspecting production of Thai-made red edible bird's nests and rice.
Yingluck chase switches to China
Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2018
» The police team responsible for tracking fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s whereabouts will on Monday seek cooperation from the Chinese authorities in locating Yingluck after she appeared in an online photo along with her fugitive brother Thaksin at a market said to be in Beijing.
Will China weaponise social media?
Asia focus, Kent Harrington, Published on 12/02/2018
» Ever since the 2016 US presidential election, with its revelations about Russian meddling, European officials have been on the lookout for similar attacks. But Europeans aren’t the only ones paying attention. So, too, are China’s leaders, who are considering what they might learn from the Kremlin’s successes.
China takes over Anbang Insurance
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» BEIJING: China took over Anbang Insurance Group for a year on Friday and said its former chairman faces prosecution for "economic crimes" as the government stepped up its battle against corruption and excessive corporate debt.
Adjusting to the new China
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 12/03/2018
» The National People's Congress of China opened its annual legislative gathering last Monday with Prime Minister Li Keqiang announcing a conservative 2018 economic growth target of around 6.5%, and the biggest rise in military spending in three years. The budget for the People's Liberation Army is rising 8.1% to 1.1 trillion yuan or US$175 billion.
China touts 'Polar Silk Road'
Reuters, Published on 17/03/2018
» SHANGHAI: China has begun building its first polar expedition cruise ship, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, as the country looks to shipping lanes opened up by global warming to extend President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road initiative to the Arctic.
China widens Xi's corruption crackdown
AFP, Published on 18/03/2018
» BEIJING - Millions of Chinese public sector workers will be exposed to the harsh policing tactics of the Communist Party as President Xi Jinping brings his corruption crackdown to China's sprawling bureaucracy.
Airbnb refuse China buyout offer
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/05/2018
» BEIJING: Airbnb Inc's founders were moments away from merging their China business with local competitor Tujia in January 2017. Executives and investors spent hours hashing out a deal. Preliminary term sheets were drawn up. Then in the final hour of negotiations, Airbnb pulled out.