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(Source: Bitcoin News) Recently, many local media reported that the third batch of e-CNY pilot areas in China will be unveiled soon. Tianjin, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and Fuzhou, Fujian Province are expected to be selected. According to industry insiders interviewed by local media outlet Securities Daily, as the previous pilot…

(Source: CALB) Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio China Aviation Lithium Battery Technology (CALB) plans to file for an initial public offering in Hong Kong as early as this week, which may raise as much as $1.5 billion, and is expected to become the largest IPO in Hong Kong so…

As most businesses across the globe have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to different degrees, e-commerce stands out as one of the few industries that has not only survived, but significantly thrived during the past two years. In Southeast Asia, particularly, e-commerce is one of the most important forces…

(Source: Moneycontrol) Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio On Tuesday, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) released its data for the domestic automobile market in February. There were 1.246 million passenger cars sold through retail channels, showing an increase of 4.2% year-on-year. Throughout February, there were 5 enterprises with wholesale…

Stephen S Roach is a faculty member at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia. He is the author of Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China (Yale University Press, 2014) and the forthcoming Accidental Conflict. With war raging in Ukraine, China’s annual “Two Sessions” convey an image…

by Andrew Jones — March 7, 2022 Liftoff of a Long March 2C rocket from Xichang on March 5, 2022, carrying seven satellites. Credit: Ourspace/CNSA Verification of satellites' data and networking capabilities could lead to role in Chinese megaconstellation project. HELSINKI — China  launched a set of commercial satellites Saturday…

Just ahead of the invasion it declared there were “no limits” to its friendship with Russia and the two countries signed long-term deals to deliver Russian energy and grains to China. While critical of the sanctions the West has imposed on Russia, China’s banks, including its stated-owned banks, have been…

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BEIJING — The Winter Paralympics opened Friday in Beijing with the Russian athletes sent home, the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China and an impassioned call for peace. Andrew Parsons, the president of the International Paralympic Committee, declared his horror at the fighting in Ukraine and…