China’s Social Credit System

SHANGHAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - China's yuan hovered at a three-week high against the dollar on Monday on rising hopes for an improvement in Sino-U.S. relations, while sightly better-than-expected October activity indicators also lent support to the local currency. Traders said the main focus would be a virtual meeting between…

Local community health workers in rural China successfully treated patients with hypertension, enabling more than half to reach normal blood pressures, in a new study involving almost 34,000 patients. In the study, local health workers (known as village doctors), most of whom had minimal formal medical education and were trained…

Bitcoin › Mining Kazakhstan, being the second most popular city for Bitcoin mining, is battling a looming energy crisis as ousted Bitcoin miners seek shelter in the city to access its cheap electric supply. Juhi Mirza · November 12, 2021 at 5:00 pm UTC · 2 min read Following a…

The Weibo hashtag “EDG wins championship” received more than 3 billion reads and 4 million posts, while offline, all around the country, fans shook university dorm buildings or galloped in the streets wearing EDG’s signature black flag — or nothing at all. Others made good on “challenges” they promised to…

By STEVE HOLLAND, Reuters Published November 12, 2021 6:22am WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to hold a virtual summit on Monday, sources said, amid tensions over trade, human rights and military activities. Washington and Beijing have been sparring on issues from the…

Breaking with its usual practices on LGBTQ rights and issues, China launched its first medical clinic to treat transgender children and adolescents. The Chinese state-backed media outlet The Global Times recently reported that the clinic opened at the Children’s Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, saying that it will "serve…

By Michael Marshall, Adam Vaughan, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Rowan Hooper John Kerry, US special presidential envoy for climate, speaking after the US-China pact was announced Alberto Pezzali/AP/Shutterstock Sign up for Today at COP26, our free daily briefing on all the latest news and analysis from the crucial climate summit…

China and the United States on Wednesday vowed to work together to accelerate climate action this decade, separately announcing a surprise pact on global warming, which is already wreaking disasters across the world. The joint declaration came as the crunch COP26 summit in Glasgow entered its pivotal final days, with negotiators wrestling…

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Thursday against a return to Cold War-era tensions in the Asia-Pacific, urging greater cooperation on pandemic recovery and climate change. Amid growing tensions with the United States over Taiwan, partially offset by a surprise deal between Beijing and Washington on climate, Xi said all…

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, April 7, 2017. Carlos Barria | Reuters BEIJING — Ahead of an expected virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country is…