China’s Social Credit System

JOHANNESBURG - The latest figures show that nearly 1.5 million people have contracted COVID-19 in South Africa, and over 47,000 people have passed away because of the virus. Cases have continued to drop compared to over 20,000 daily, earlier this year. READ: US, WHO push China for data from early…

Samsung has been releasing two versions of most of its premium smartphones in recent years - one with a Qualcomm chipset and another one with its own Exynos chips. In the Galaxy S21 family, the chipsets in question are the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (US&China) and Samsung's own Exynos 2100, available…

In an interesting new development in the increasingly-complicated and geopolitical/economic situation between India and China, ByteDance is reportedly now looking to sell-off its Indian TikTok assets to local rival and unicorn Glance. The report comes from Bloomberg and concerns recently-initiated high-level and still secret talks. We'll try our best to…

Home News Science & Astronomy China has released epic video footage from the country's Tianwen-1 spacecraft as it made a close approach to Mars after reaching the Red Planet this week. Tianwen-1 arrived at Mars on Wednesday (Feb. 10) and fired its engines to allow it to enter orbit around…

Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane on Friday highlighted the perils of China's mega connectivity plans like the belt and road initiative (BRI), and said the project aims to "create regional dependencies".  Speaking at Assam Rifles-United Services institution joint annual seminar, he said, "The regional security environment is characterised by…

published : 12 Feb 2021 at 10:45 BBC World News was pulled from the air in China after regulators there decided it had 'seriously' violated broadcast guidelines. BEIJING: China's broadcasting regulator has banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines over a hard-hitting report on Beijing's treatment of the…

Koreans are familiar with the proverb, "when whales fight, it breaks the back of the shrimp." In the geopolitics of Asia, this phrase is often used to describe Korean concerns about strategic competition between the U.S. and China. With the former as their most important security patron and with the…

Business FILE PHOTO: A Tencent sign is seen at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 20, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo) 11 Feb 2021 11:20AM(Updated: 11 Feb 2021 12:33PM) REUTERS: An executive at Tencent Holdings has been held by Chinese authorities as part of a…

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese logistics giant S.F. Holding Co has offered to buy a 51.8 percent stake in Hong Kong-listed Kerry Logistics Networks Ltd, it said in an exchange filing on Tuesday. The offer, at HK$18.8 ($2.43) per share and valuing the total transaction at HK$17.6 billion, will be…

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will force regional grid firms to buy at least 40% of power from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030 in order to meet the country’s climate targets, according to a new government document seen by Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Power lines and wind turbines are pictured at a…