China’s Social Credit System

Low-cost carriers are putting their larger aircraft on mid to long-distance routes and hauling cargo after the coronavirus pandemic took a toll on their earnings. Their mainstay used to be cheap regional flights, but China remains mostly locked down while demand for other destinations is recovering slowly. T'way Air will…

Travelers arriving in China will spend less time in quarantine under changes to sweeping anti-virus controls announced Friday to reduce disruptions to the economy and society. The announcement came as an upsurge in COVID-19 cases prompted Beijing to close parks and impose other restrictions. The country reported 10,729 new cases,…

HONG KONG, Nov 11, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - InvesTech Holdings Limited ("InvesTech Holdings"; together with its subsidiaries, "the Group"; stock code: 1087.HK), a leading integrated smart-IT solutions provider in China, is pleased to announce that Wafer Systems Limited ("Wafer Systems"), a subsidiary of the Group that owns the flagship…

Sessions on "Spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC" held by Tsuen Wan, Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin, Yuen Long and Sha Tin District Offices (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      The report delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China…

Some top stars who used to stream exclusively on Douyin joined Taobao Live Ahead of this year’s Singles Day. Credit: Designed by TechNode/Ward Zhou; Photos from Taobao In the run-up to this year’s Singles Day shopping festival, a number of high-profile livestream stars moved freely between different major platforms like…

Major Chinese phone vendor Vivo introduced its OriginOS 3 on Tuesday in China. The major update brings features for a smoother user experience, such as allocating more hardware resources to the app running in the foreground and offering extra virtual RAM volume. Vivo claims that the system can keep 34…

Opinion polls suggest Pakatan Harapan is ahead again this time. Its prime ministerial candidate Anwar Ibrahim could finally, at the age 75, fulfil his ambition to lead the country, though it’s likely he will have to look outside his party to form a government. Dr Mahathir is on the outer.…

Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly attends a news conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Washington on Sept. 30, 2022.Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press Ottawa’s long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy will call out China as an increasingly disruptive global power, in a reversal of the government’s previous policy of avoiding confrontation with…

Today, a diverse variety of metal subgenres is on offer throughout the Middle Kingdom. Depending on your open-mindedness and mood, you could be listening to a blues-inspired metal band one night and a pornogrind band spewing the raunchiest lyrics you’ve ever heard the next. No matter your taste, the burgeoning…

The US is struggling to admit that the economy is in recession. That’s despite a recent warning by the World Bank that the US, China, Eurozone, and other major economies are sharply slowing into recession with disastrous long-term effects on developing economies. Given the controversy generated by its playbook to…