Protectionism

HONG KONG, Sept 1, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - The sixth Belt and Road Summit, jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), opened today. The two-day event is being held online this year under the theme…

Shield Works Precision Manufacturing is a fully British-owned OEM Manufacturing and IP Protective Assembly Facility based in China that "reinvents traditional China-based product supply" will be attending the Subcon Show in Birmingham UK. With fingerprint-access-only zones, 24/7 live video stream, and ISO standard practices, Shield Works aims to help foreign…

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin delivering his speech at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Informal Leaders’ Retreat chaired by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, in Kuala Lumpur, July 16, 2021. — Bernama pic KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — Malaysia is calling for closer cooperation from the Asia-Pacific…

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A former class president of a high school – briefly attended by Bill Cosby – spoke out after the disgraced actor donned a Central High School class of 1997 t-shirt during a press conference Wednesday.  "Mr. Cosby made a statement by selecting that shirt, namely that he maintains a general…

After decades of exhausting climate change denial, we’re now in the new era of disingenuous corporate environmentalism, all while companies work furiously to delay the demise of the fossil fuel industry. The “net-zero” plans these companies offer are consistently weak and ineffective, but far too often they successfully divert scrutiny…

HONG KONG, May 6, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - A global research on board governance during the Covid-19 crisis indicated that two-thirds of company directors reported an increase of time commitment by 50 percent or more. The Hong Kong Institute of Directors ("HKIoD") shares the 2020-2021 Survey Report of the…

India is on its way to expand its “vaccine basket.” But is it too little too late? The central government announced a change in its policy yesterday (April 13), under which Covid-19 vaccines that have received emergency approval elsewhere in the world would be fast tracked in India. Approvals by…

Explainer: China’s new ‘dual circulation’ development paradigm A man works at a workshop of Hefei plant of Changan Automobile in High-tech Industry Development Zone in Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu) BEIJING, March 28 — To sustain growth, China is pushing a “dual circulation” development paradigm,…

For months, the Chinese government has released reports of imported food with COVID-19. This is its attempt to alter the COVID origin story. Author of the article: Sylvain Charlebois Publishing date: Feb 04, 2021  •  23 hours ago  •  3 minute read This photo taken on Jan. 27, 2021 shows an…