China’s Social Credit System

DAVOS - Europe mustn’t get embroiled in a standoff between China and the US, and should instead forge its own path in strengthening economic relations, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said. There is a “slight gap” between how Europe and the US deal with China, he told Bloomberg Television’s…

The intensity of the outbreak has taken her and many others by surprise. “It’s way more severe than I expected, much more severe,” the woman said. “Especially for seniors, whether or not they have had some diseases before, the virus could end their lives.” The hospital here is so busy,…

Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is kicking off her 10-day trip to Africa with a promise that America is committed to the continent through good times and bad. Why it matters: The Biden administration is trying to counter China’s entrenched influence and infrastructure in the region by…

By Liu Haoyu and Wang Lingshuo BEIJING, Jan. 19 -- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) released the Blue Book of China Aerospace Science and Technology Activities 2022 in Beijing on January 18, 2023. In 2022, China has made a major breakthrough in space launch activities. China completed 64…

By the time of the official opening in 1971, the Beijing Metro had been operating for about a year and a half, but only on a special basis, ferrying dignitaries and officials along a 21-kilometer, 16-stop route running from the Beijing train station in the center of town to Gucheng…

In 2023, it will be more of the same. According to Zhāng Yǒngwěi 张永伟, vice chairperson of the electric vehicle (EV) industry organization China EV100, the production expansions of local battery and EV companies over the last two years will come into play this year, and China will become the…

US President Joe Biden brought his concerns over the threat of China's semiconductor industry to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte during a White House meeting Tuesday. Semiconductor supply chains, export rules for chipmaking equipment, and Dutch plans to provide Ukraine with another Patriot missile defense system were among the topics…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met Wednesday with her Chinese counterpart and pledged an effort to manage differences and prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict as the two nations try to thaw relations. Yellen's first face-to-face meeting with Vice Premier Liu He was…

The annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala in China will be broadcast on WeChat Channels, ByteDance’s Douyin and Kuaishou, among which Douyin may serve as one of the event sponsors, GeekPark reported on January 16. The report added that Douyin itself might be involved in some of the broadcast sketches. According…

POKHARA: Nepali hospital staff began the grim task of handing over bodies to grieving families on Tuesday after a plane with 72 people on board crashed, the country’s worst aviation disaster in three decades. The Yeti Airlines flight with 68 passengers and four crew plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed…