China’s Days as World’s Factory Are Over, IPhone Maker Says
A key supplier to Apple Inc. and a dozen other tech giants plans to split its supply chain between the Chinese market and the U.S., declaring that China’s time as factory Continue Reading
In China, fears of financial Iron Curtain as U.S. tensions rise
A sharp escalation in tensions with the United States has stoked fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in it being shut out of the global Continue Reading
China launches ‘Clean Plate’ campaign against food waste
Chinese President Xi stressed the need to maintain a sense of ‘crisis’ around food China has stepped up measures to reduce food waste, after President Xi Jinping called the amount Continue Reading
How COVID Relief Saved Texas Shale Jobs
Four months ago, Congress approved the ambitious and unprecedented Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as part of the $2 trillion pandemic rescue package, and now we’re starting to see the benefits Continue Reading
New U.S. Coronavirus Cases Tick Up Again as Back-to-School Worries Intensify
The U.S. reported nearly 56,000 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily tally in four days, as communities around the country face decisions on whether to reopen schools in the fall. Continue Reading
The True Coronavirus Toll in the U.S. Has Already Surpassed 200,000
Nationwide, 200,000 more people have died than usual since March. This number is about 60,000 higher than the number of deaths that have been directly linked to the coronavirus. As the pandemic has moved Continue Reading
Coronavirus: Russia calls international concern over vaccine ‘groundless’
Russia’s health minister (l) has rejected widespread scepticism over the vaccine programme Russia has dismissed mounting international concern over the safety of its locally developed Covid-19 vaccine as “absolutely groundless”. Continue Reading
Nearly 6% of people in England may have had COVID-19, researchers say
Nearly 6% of people in England were likely infected with COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic, researchers studying the prevalence of infections said on Thursday, millions more people than Continue Reading
How Venezuela lost three oil supertankers to its Chinese partner
A shipping joint venture between Venezuela and China has fallen apart in the wake of U.S. sanctions, resulting in the South American nation losing three supertankers at a time when Continue Reading
Few U.S. firms see Trump’s Phase 1 China trade deal as worth tariff costs, survey shows
Few U.S. companies doing business in China view President Donald Trump’s Phase 1 trade deal as being worth the cost of tariffs incurred over a two-year trade war, a new Continue Reading