Advertisement Not so long ago, the foundation for a global climate accord at Paris was laid by the landmark 2014 agreement between the world’s two largest emitters – China and the United States – jointly pledging reductions of domestic greenhouse gases. Soon after, the U.S. abdicated leadership on climate by […]

Advertisement With two new COVID-19 vaccines having just been given the green light to roll out in China, four distinct brands are now available to the Chinese population, and all four are made in China. One might think that China’s choice to use, for the moment at least, only domestically-produced […]

Advertisement Taiwan introduced new heads of national defense and China policy this week, setting into motion a ministerial reshuffle that’s likely designed to align the island’s geopolitical strategy with the objectives of U.S. President Joe Biden. Chiu Tai-san was sworn in on February 23 as the new head of the […]

Advertisement Chinese President Xi Jinping has been capitalizing on his relationship with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is known for his significantly pro-Beijing stance, to press its claims in the South China Sea and win economic benefits in favor of China’s interests. China is the Philippines’ largest trading partner, export […]

Advertisement Harrowing reports of the treatment of Uyghurs held in China’s internment camps in Xinjiang continue to surface. As more information has emerged over the past several years, states, particularly in the West, have publicly condemned Beijing’s actions, with some kickstarting a panoply of initiatives intended to hold Chinese authorities […]

Suning, China’s biggest bricks and mortar retail group and the owner of Italian football club Inter Milan, plans to sell a $1.5bn stake in one of its subsidiaries in a bid to fortify its finances. Shares in Suning.com were temporarily suspended in Shenzhen on Thursday as Suning said that Zhang […]

Suning, China’s biggest bricks and mortar retail group and the owner of Italian football club Inter Milan, plans to sell an up to $2.5bn stake in one of its subsidiaries in a bid to fortify its finances. Shares in Suning.com were temporarily suspended in Shenzhen on Thursday as Suning said […]

Xi Jinping has claimed personal responsibility for eradicating poverty in China in an attempt to assert his position as one of the country’s epoch-defining leaders. The Chinese president on Thursday handed out medals and certificates in a ceremony broadcast live from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing that […]

Advertisement The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for the economic livelihood of workers around the world. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund both estimated that in 2020, global GDP contracted by more than 4 percent, and the International Labor Organization tallied that an additional 33 million people wound […]

Chinese overseas energy finance collapsed to its lowest level since 2008 last year, with its struggling Belt and Road ambitions in the sector relying more heavily on projects in African countries. More than half of China’s $4.6bn in overseas energy lending went to projects in Africa in 2020, data from […]