China’s Social Credit System

Author of the article: Reuters Avi Asher-Schapiro, Thomson Reuters Foundation * U.S. environmental groups warn about the climate cost of bitcoin * Lawmakers in New York push for a mining moratorium * Bitcoin proponents say it could drive renewables investment By Avi Asher-Schapiro LOS ANGELES, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)…

Author of the article: Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said on Friday it planned to cooperate with China on space flights, the TASS news agency cited the state corporation as saying. Roscosmos sees the Russian-Chinese partnership as strategic, and the two countries have agreed to create a joint commission to cooperate…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBOAO, China, April 21 (Reuters) - China should launch a pilot "connect" market access programme for carbon with Hong Kong to enable foreign investors to enter the country's fast-growing green finance sector, a leading Chinese expert said on Thursday. China's existing connect schemes…

Irish MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace have long been fierce critics of Nato and what they have frequently characterised as the militaristic imperialism of the United States. They have both featured prominently on Russian and Chinese state-run media in recent months, vocal in their opposition to European Union sanctions…

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 2,494 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases (533 of which were converted from asymptomatic cases, so are not counted as new) and 16,407 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Wednesday, April 20. That makes a total of 18,368 new cases reported, 1,074 less than the 19,442 reported yesterday, and…

China’s National Bureau of Statistics released national industry production data for 2022 Q1 on Monday, saying the country produced 80.7 billion integrated circuits during the period, a decline of 4.2% compared to the same period last year. Chip production has been falling since August last year, but the latest figures…

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 3,084 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases (974 of which were converted from asymptomatic cases, so are not counted as new) and 17,332 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Tuesday, April 19. That makes a total of 19,442 new cases reported, 2,806 less than the 22,248 reported yesterday, and…

Chinese business news is awash in first-quarter data today. GDP growth came in at 4.8%, a drop of 0.8 percentage points month-on-month, and possibly a sign of things to come for the second quarter as the impact of the current lockdown starts to register in the economy. But for the…

TAIPEI: Talks on Taiwan buying the child version of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have stalled as Pfizer does not have the right to sell it and BioNTech and its Chinese partner do not make it, a Taiwan minister said on Monday (Apr 18). The sales rights for the vaccine in Greater…

SHANGHAI : Volkswagen Group China said on Monday its factories in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun, which it runs via a joint venture with China's FAW Group, have gradually resumed prodution as the city eases COVID curbs. It said it was still studying the feasibility of resuming production at…