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Chinese firms are world’s biggest earners, new data reveals

FOR THE FIRST TIME. Chinese enterprises made more money than firms in the US or elsewhere on the planet, it was revealed yesterday. And an obscure Chinese firm you’ve never heard of called State Grid came in well ahead of Apple Inc. The data is in the 2022 Fortune Global 500 chart, released yesterday. It…

August 4, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Beijing air ‘cleaner than London’: scientists astonished

China managed to reduce air pollution in seven years by as much as the US did in three decades, says new report. The forceful implementation of policies to target factories and transportation has accounted for 75% of the reduction of air pollution – not just in China, but globally. The speed of the reductions in…

August 1, 20220Comments ByAnna Tang

Opinion

Decolonizing Hong Kong on the eve of the second handover

The real issue underlying the Hong Kong discussion today is decolonization. By 1914, almost 85% of the world was colonized by Western powers, including this part of China. Over the decades, the West withdrew from most colonies, but not from Hong Kong, which it liked to use as a tool against mainland China. American…

July 27, 20220Comments ByDaniel Vukovich

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In China, drunks can use app to summon a sober friend

UH-OH. YOU’VE HAD too many drinks. You’re too intoxicated to drive home. But you can’t take a taxi because you don’t want to abandon your car in the bar's car park. What do you do? Reach for your phone. A new category of app called Dai Jia (代駕) - literally "designated driver"- lets you summon…

July 19, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

Features

Why is no one factchecking these statements on militarization?

Major figures are making provocative public statements which appear to be demonstrably wrong, increasing the possibility of conflict in Asia. But who is pointing this out and setting the record straight? Sadly, the media isn't, laments Richard Cullen. THE RECENT ASIAN Security Summit in Singapore convened by the International Institute for Strategic Affairs –…

July 1, 20220Comments ByRichard Cullen

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One country wins top 31 spots in global science survey

RESEARCHERS WHO gathered data on the fastest-rising science schools in the world found that the top 31 all came from just one country: China. “Out of the top 50 fastest-rising institutions, just 10 were from other countries or regions,” said the researchers at Nature, the world’s top academic science journal. The new study was…

June 22, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Europeans follow China’s lead in staying neutral over Russia: study

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS people around the world, including Europeans, are following China’s lead in staying neutral over the war in Eastern Europe, a new study shows. While 45 British firms have left Russia, only ten French and two Italian companies have followed suit, Yale researchers said. No Spanish firms have left. The west’s call for withdrawal…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Unbelievably, US trade act targets China poverty rescue program

Farmers from Qapqal Xibe in Xinjiang have bumper crops after poverty alleviation programs enabled them to develop thriving orchards. (Photo by Hua Yanming/People’s Daily Online) Heads up: new trade legislation will cause widespread business problems from next week Xinjiang Act applies across China and will hit third countries too Law cynically takes aim at China’s…

June 14, 20220Comments ByPhill Hynes

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China eases sex change rules, but stays wary

DOCTORS IN CHINA are taking steps to establish a middle ground in the “trans” debate that has divided western nations. New rules make it easier and faster to change sex in China. But people who are entirely male in a physical sense will continue to not have access to women’s safe spaces or sports competitions.…

June 13, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Clever pay-out scheme has China oldsters getting vaxxed

MEDICAL SCIENTISTS ACROSS China have launched a creative win-win-win scheme which is finally getting older generation hold-outs to take the Covid vaccine. Health officials are buying insurance for oldsters, who get up to 500,000 rmb from insurance companies if the vaccine harms them. Traditionally, elderly people in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other places…

June 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese firms are world’s biggest earners, new data reveals

Beijing air ‘cleaner than London’: scientists astonished

Decolonizing Hong Kong on the eve of the second handover

In China, drunks can use app to summon a sober friend

Why is no one factchecking these statements on militarization?

One country wins top 31 spots in global science survey

Europeans follow China’s lead in staying neutral over Russia: study

Unbelievably, US trade act targets China poverty rescue program

China eases sex change rules, but stays wary

Clever pay-out scheme has China oldsters getting vaxxed

Record-breaking number of deals clinched at China import expo

Mainland China, HK, now helping other nations make clean energy transition

Yes, China is preparing to take humans back to the moon