China’s Social Credit System

As the 2023 Spring Festival wound down, China’s first domestically-made large jetliner C919 took its first flight on January 28 from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Nanchang Changbei International Airport in Jiangxi Province. It is expected to start carrying passengers in March this year. This flight was meant to simulate…

On January 27, Counterpoint Research, a global research firm, released its sales report for China’s smartphone market in 2022. The country’s smartphone sales declined 14% year-on-year in the previous year and reached their lowest level in a decade, recording their fifth consecutive year of decline. The report pointed out that…

Lieutenant General Marcos De Sá Affonso Da Costa (1st, R), Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), visits the overseas Chinese peacekeepers on duty on January 21, the Chinese New Year's Eve. (Photo by Zhou Jiaxiang) BEIJING, Jan. 28 --…

A senior Air Force general warned that the U.S. could be at war with China within two years in an unusual memo to troops that predicts a much shorter timeline for a potential conflict than publicly disclosed by the Pentagon. Gen. Mike Minihan, who commands the Air Mobility Command, cited…

The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) is warning consumers not to eat enoki mushrooms produced by Shandong Youhe Biotechnology Co Ltd. in Shandong Province, China, because they have been traced to an outbreak of Listeria infections. Samples collected and tested by MDH in early January were positive for Listeria that…

Streetwear has evolved from a subcultural movement to a mainstream fashion trend. It’s hardly even necessary to label it a global phenomenon. A leader in the space, Supreme might have arrived in China for the first time in November 2022, via Dover Street Market Beijing, but it’s far from being…

Norway fund drops China, India firms over Myanmar as junta accused of war crimes by AFP Staff Writers Oslo (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, has excluded two companies from China and India for selling weapons to Myanmar, the Norwegian central bank said. The fund…

What Happened: After more than two years of COVID-19 restrictions, China has finally reopened its borders — a relief to travel-starved locals and weary nationals waiting to return from abroad. Although the hard work of recovery has just begun, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), a global forum that…

HONG KONG — Critically ill Covid-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among Covid-19 patients in hospitals have dropped 79% from their peak, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. The figures, published on the center’s website,…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that the use of guns by civilians to defend themselves is becoming a “habit.” In an interview on Tuesday with The Associated Press, the pontiff, who has frequently criticized the arms industry, was asked about the large number of guns in civilian hands…