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China tells banks, state firms to report exposure to Jack Ma's Ant

It was unclear what triggered the new scrutiny or whether it will lead to any actions or conclusions by regulators

China sanctions Raytheon Technologies, Lockheed Martin over Taiwan deal

China said it will impose new sanctions on Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin due to their arms sales to Taiwan

China's answer to rising sea levels, food insecurity: 'seawater rice'

Chinese scientists have developed salt-tolerant strains of rice and planned to feed 80 mn people

Beijing's Winter Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment

The end of the Olympic line for the world's most renowned snowboarder. All inside an anti-Covid "closed loop" enforced by China's authoritarian government

Beijing's 2022 winter Olympics closes safe amid tense geopolitics

'The success in insulating the event from the virus and keeping disruption to sports events to a minimum also reflected the effectiveness and flexibility of China's overall zero-Covid policies'

UN rights chief can visit Xinjiang but won't allow probe, says Chinese FM

This comes as rights groups and the US have accused China of committing genocide against ethnic Uyghurs.

Catch-22 for firms: Winning in China risks losing elsewhere, and vice versa

Notably, in June, the United States will enact a sweeping law that will expand restrictions on Xinjiang

Syria's economic revival from China's BRI may lead it into debt trap

Syria is seeking funds from China out of desperation so as to reverse the continuous and sharp decline in its economy since 2011, the year civil war intensified.

India's relations with China going through 'difficult phase': Jaishankar

Jaishankar said that the state of the border will determine the state of the relationship

Punjab polls 2022: Jalandhar's Football Chowk waits to score a goal again

Jalandhar is well-known for manufacturing sports equipment

China flavour in Punjab MSMEs' poll season bucket list

Many believe that political parties are keen to bring big corporates and new industries, with not much thought for existing enterprises

Chinese anti-corruption agency investigates former manager of China Unicorn

Thousands of Chinese officials and executives of state-owned companies have been ensnared in a long-running crackdown on embezzlement, taking bribes and other misbehavior

Taiwan to draft laws to save semiconductor industry from Chinese espionage

The official said Taiwan will set up special courts to facilitate any trials related to trade secret leaks and other cases of economic espionage, said Lauly and Cheng.

Russia, China water down leaders' text on geopolitical tensions at G20 meet

As the meeting concluded, US and European stocks fell on worries that a Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent

China's new crackdown shows $1.5 trillion tech rout not over yet

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks mainland's biggest tech companies, tumbled the most in three weeks

In a first, France joins China to build $1.7 billion global infra projects

France has become the first country to join China to jointly build seven infrastructure projects worth over $1.7 billion in Africa, South East Asia and Eastern Europe

Bigger than Wuhan, Hong Kong outbreak defies China's 'Covid Zero' playbook

Daily cases in the city have surged to more than 6,000 from a little over 100 in less than a month

China wipes $26 billion off Meituan's value with new fee policy

Online food delivery platforms were also told to give preferential fees to restaurants in regions hit by the pandemic

Jakarta: Russia, China tone down G20 text on geopolitical tensions

Russia and China watered down a communique being drafted by heads of the G20 on Friday, to remove a reference to "current" geopolitical tensions clouding the global economic outlook, said sources.

China Jan auto sales post first monthly rise after eight months of falls

Sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in January reached 431,000, for an annual increase of 135.8%, according to the data