A New World Order for the Coronavirus Era Is Emerging
In July 1945, at the close of World War II, the leaders of the U.S., Great Britain and the Soviet Union gathered at a Prussian royal palace in Potsdam outside Continue Reading
Fuel Glut Forces Chinese Refiners To Cut Oil Processing Rates
Higher oil prices and a fuel glut in Asia are depressing refining margins, likely forcing China’s independent refiners to scale down crude oil processing rates in the third quarter, traders Continue Reading
China Vows Retaliation After U.S. Sanctions Politburo Member
China pledged to retaliate after the U.S. sanctioned a top member of China’s ruling Communist Party and three other officials over human rights abuses in the far western region of Continue Reading
Can India Really Shut Down Oil Supply To China?
Threats to oil shipping routes are nothing new to the oil market. It has endured Iran seizing tankers in the Strait of Hormuz , and it has endured Iran’s repeated Continue Reading
Coronavirus records in Florida, Texas and California erode hopes of economic revival
Record-breaking coronavirus cases and deaths in several U.S. states are dimming hopes of economic recovery, with cellphone data showing shoppers are staying away from stores in areas where cases are Continue Reading
China Set To Fall Short On U.S. Energy Purchases
Even before the coronavirus pandemic upended all forecasts for global trade and energy demand, analysts had doubted that China would be able to fulfill its pledge in the phase-one trade Continue Reading
U.S. Hits 3 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases
After the coronavirus was first reported in the U.S. in January, the first million reported cases developed over roughly three months, as testing centered around those who had fallen ill Continue Reading
Russia Eyes Another Massive Gas Pipeline To China
The Chinese and Russian leadership have over the years intensified political and economic collaboration. Troubling relations with the West in general and the U.S. in particular are increasingly driving Beijing Continue Reading
Russia reports more than 6,500 new coronavirus cases
Russia on Thursday reported 6,509 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its official nationwide tally to 707,301, the fourth largest caseload in the world. The national coronavirus taskforce said Continue Reading
World’s Biggest Oil Importer Is Running Out Of Storage
When the bottom fell out of international crude oil markets earlier this year, global oil storage was at a premium. In the United States, finding sufficient crude oil storage became Continue Reading
China to impose visa restrictions on U.S. citizens over Tibet
China said on Wednesday it will impose visa restrictions on U.S. citizens who have engaged in what it called egregious behavior over Tibet, in apparent retaliation against U.S restrictions on Continue Reading
China Car Sales Fall in June, Showing Rebound Is on Shaky Ground
Car sales in China retreated in June following a rare increase the previous month, signaling the world’s biggest auto market is facing a bumpy recovery from a two-year slump worsened Continue Reading
Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale
Ever since the coronavirus emerged in Europe, Sweden has captured international attention by conducting an unorthodox, open-air experiment. It has allowed the world to examine what happens in a pandemic Continue Reading
China Inks Military Deal With Iran Under Secretive 25-Year Plan
Last August, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Zarif, paid a visit to his China counterpart, Wang Li, to present a roadmap on a comprehensive 25-year China-Iran strategic partnership that built upon Continue Reading
China’s June Crude Oil Imports Hit Record High
China’s crude oil imports in June hit a record high, according to a market analysis by OilX Research, in a sign that China’s thirst for crude oil is not being Continue Reading
China Could Invade Taiwan’s ‘Oil Island’
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) seemed to be considering, by July 2020, whether to risk early military conflict as a means of moving its declining strategic fortunes back from Continue Reading
Coronavirus slams Poland’s already-troubled coal industry
The coronavirus has ripped through Poland’s coal mines, where men descend deep underground in tightly packed elevators and work shoulder-to-shoulder to extract the source of 75% of the nation’s electrical Continue Reading
239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been Continue Reading
China Coal Group Halts Demand Index Used as Economic Indicator
A Chinese coal industry group halted publication of a daily consumption index that was widely used as a real-time indicator of the nation’s economic health. Accurate and timely data is key to Continue Reading
Global Stocks Jump, Led By Surge in Chinese Markets
Global stock markets and U.S. futures rallied on hopes for a strong recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and a signal from Chinese state media suggesting investors should support a local Continue Reading
Bubonic Plague Is Diagnosed in China
A herdsman in Inner Mongolia was confirmed to be infected with bubonic plague, Chinese health officials said, a reminder of how even as the world battles a pandemic caused by Continue Reading
China bubonic plague: Inner Mongolia takes precautions after case
A bubonic plague smear, prepared from a lymph removed from an adenopathic lymph node of a plague patient Authorities in China have stepped up precautions after a city in the Continue Reading
5 Signs That Record Oil Imports From China Won’t Last
The recent turnaround in oil market sentiment was to a large extent due to China showing signs of demand recovering back to normalcy. May 2020 witnessed the highest-ever level of Continue Reading
China Is Unlikely to Meet Purchase Targets for U.S. Energy
Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has cast doubt on whether China can meet its targets to buy U.S. goods under this year’s trade deal—with energy emerging as the biggest Continue Reading
Rush to reopen led to spikes in cases that threaten to overwhelm hospitals in some states, officials say
The Independence Day weekend concluded with dire predictions about the surge of coronavirus cases around the country and with national and local officials saying a rush to reopen fueled the spread Continue Reading
CHINA DATA: Congestion prevents independent refineries from discharging US crude in Jun
Multiple cargoes carrying US crude oil arrived in Chinese waters in June as independent refiners resumed North American oil purchases in recent trading cycles, but the ongoing port congestion has Continue Reading
Beijing Residents Rush to Leave City After Restrictions Eased
People in Beijing rushed to buy train and plane tickets out of the Chinese capital after the local government began easing travel restrictions for the first time since an outbreak Continue Reading
China’s Economy Regains Strength After Strict Coronavirus Measures
Economic activity is gathering momentum in China, a raft of survey data showed this week, the latest sign that Beijing’s uncompromising approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic is starting to Continue Reading
The Swine Flu Virus in China That Has People Worried:
The most prevalent strain of influenza spreading among pigs in China has sparked concern among scientists, who say it has certain properties that give it pandemic potential. Chief among them: The virus Continue Reading
China’s Era of Mega-Dams Is Ending as Solar and Wind Power Rise
It’s the beginning of the end for the era of mega-dam building in China. China Three Gorges Corp. on Monday turned on the first set of generators at the massive Wudongde hydropower Continue Reading
China’s June crude imports at independent refineries dip amid congestion
Chinese independent refineries’ June crude imports edged down 0.5% to 4.4 million b/d, or 18 million mt, in June from the record high of 4.42 million b/d in May as Continue Reading
China’s June crude imports at independent refineries dip amid congestion
Chinese independent refineries’ June crude imports edged down 0.5% to 4.4 million b/d, or 18 million mt, in June from the record high of 4.42 million b/d in May as Continue Reading
China Vehicle Sales Rise for Third Month as Pandemic Eases – Bloomberg
Vehicle sales advanced for a third straight month in China, signaling that an economic rebound is gathering pace as the coronavirus pandemic gradually abates in the country. Sales of passenger cars Continue Reading
Recovery Could Take 4 Years If Virus Contained, Fed’s Daly Says – Bloomberg
The U.S. economy can escape another decade-long slog back to health if strong public measures or a vaccine curb virus surges, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly Continue Reading
China seen not fulfilling Phase 1 deal despite potential, large Q4 US soybean imports: Platts Analytics
China is expected to buy large volumes of US soybeans in the fourth quarter, but is projected to fall short of Phase 1 trade deal targets, S&P Global Platts head Continue Reading
China’s manufacturing, steel markets strengthen on domestic sales
Chinese manufacturing activity strengthened in June but the leading indices provided further evidence that the country’s steel market recovery will be largely domestically-driven. The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index, published by Continue Reading
Study finds automatic monitors significantly improve the quality of pollution data reported in China
A new study finds that automated pollution monitors in China led to more accurate readings and that citizens used this information to protect themselves better against the harms of air Continue Reading
Fauci warns spread of COVID-19 ‘could get very bad’, says no guarantee of vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States government’s top infectious diseases expert on Tuesday warned that daily COVID-19 cases could more than double if Americans fail to take countermeasures and cautioned Continue Reading
As virus roars back, so do signs of a new round of layoffs
The reopening of Tucson’s historic Hotel Congress lasted less than a month. General manager Todd Hanley on June 4 ended a two-month coronavirus lockdown and reopened the 39-room hotel at Continue Reading
The coronavirus is mutating
When the first coronavirus cases in Chicago appeared in January, they bore the same genetic signatures as a germ that emerged in China weeks before. But as Egon Ozer, an infectious-disease specialist Continue Reading
Coronavirus: Worst could be yet to come, WHO warns
The worst could be still to come in the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, six months on from when the outbreak began. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Continue Reading
Chinese Oil Major Strikes It Big In South China Sea
The listed arm of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) said on Monday that it had made a significant discovery of oil and natural gas in the eastern part of Continue Reading
China study warns of possible new ‘pandemic virus’ from pigs
A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential “pandemic virus”, a study Continue Reading
China factory activity improves in June but exports weak
China’s manufacturing activity improved in June after anti-virus controls were eased to revive the economy but export demand was weak, a survey released Tuesday showed. A monthly purchasing managers’ index Continue Reading
China’s Economic Recovery Picks Up Further Momentum
China’s economic recovery picked up steam in June as exports and services benefited from government support policies and the reopening of some overseas markets, official data showed. The world’s second-largest economy Continue Reading
Second COVID Wave In China Could Upend Crude Recovery
As the world’s largest net importer of crude oil and other liquids since September 2013, any significant variation in Chinese demand for oil resonates quickly and profoundly in global oil Continue Reading
Coronavirus: UK economy hit worse than first thought
There was a sharp fall in consumer spending at the end of March, the ONS said The UK economy shrank more than first thought between January and March, contracting 2.2% Continue Reading
The U.S.-China Feud Gets Nasty
The U.S. and China are moving beyond bellicose trade threats to exchanging regulatory punches that threaten a wide range of industries including technology, energy and air travel. The two countries Continue Reading
Coronavirus rekindles global trade disputes
At the start of the year, U.S.-China tensions were easing after their Phase I trade deal, while Washington, Brussels and Tokyo agreed on new global trading rules to curb subsidies. Continue Reading
China Message to U.S.: Crossing ‘Red Lines’ Could Put Trade Deal at Risk
Under pressure from China, Hong Kong has been chipping away at the territory’s free speech, which is a key pillar of the city’s identity. WSJ visits the set of “Headliner,” Continue Reading