Analysts are growing increasingly bullish on the electric vehicle (EV) market globally and in the world’s largest automotive market, China, amid an increased push from governments to cut emissions and Continue Reading
Top U.S. and Chinese officials are set to hold talks next week in the first high-level in-person meeting between the two powers since President Biden took office, after months of Continue Reading
The seven-day average for new daily coronavirus cases in the United States fell below 58,000 this week for the first time since mid-October, after weeks in which a steady decline in Continue Reading
Good morning. Why has Covid’s toll been surprisingly low across much of Africa and Asia? It’s one of the biggest mysteries about Covid-19: Why has the death toll been relatively Continue Reading
China’s economic planners are used to setting ambitious targets, and its latest five-year plan running to 2025 is no exception. Here are some of the most impressive numbers outlined by the Continue Reading
Three ships carrying ethanol were heading to China from the U.S. Gulf Coast, three trade sources told Reuters on Monday, in a sign that exports of the fuel were sharply Continue Reading
Every half decade as spring is creeping into the capital, Beijing releases a new five-year plan to signal key economic policy goals. This year, the outline of the plan contains a Continue Reading
A highly infectious Covid-19 variant is circulating widely in Florida, prompting concern that a resurgence of the virus is possible in the state and beyond, even as cases and hospitalizations Continue Reading
Hungarians on Monday awoke to a new round of strict lockdown measures aimed at slowing a record-breaking wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths that are among the worst in the Continue Reading
Iran has quietly moved record amounts of crude oil to top client China in recent months, while India’s state refiners have added Iranian oil to their annual import plans on Continue Reading
Slowing global warming comes down to cutting emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. There are different ways to get there, but a country’s policies flow from that top-level target. China, the Continue Reading
After Chinese leader Xi Jinping ordered rural poverty eliminated by 2020, bureaucrats in the southwestern city of Mianyang got busy—with paperwork. Instructed to devote 70% of their time to the campaign, Continue Reading
China’s crude imports gained 5.8% on the year to 11.13 million b/d in January-February 2021, rebounding from the 27-month low of 9.1 million b/d recorded in December, General Administration of Continue Reading
China’s natural gas imports, including piped gas and LNG, jumped 17.4% on the year over January-February, up from a growth of 2.8% a year earlier, driven by higher-than-expected domestic consumption Continue Reading
Japan’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign is moving at a glacial pace, hampered by a lack of supply and a shortage of specialty syringes that underscore the enormous challenge it faces in Continue Reading
Evolutionary biologist Jesse Bloom knew it was only a matter of time: The coronavirus would turn into an even more formidable foe, able to dodge the disease-fighting antibodies that protect people Continue Reading
Russian intelligence agencies have mounted a campaign to undermine confidence in Pfizer Inc.’s and other Western vaccines, using online publications that in recent months have questioned the vaccines’ development and safety, U.S. officials Continue Reading
Newly reported Covid-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. both rose from a day earlier, as public-health officials and experts warn that a recent drop in infections is showing signs of flattening. “We Continue Reading
China’s first road map to achieving net zero emissions by 2060 may be too slow to stop the world’s biggest polluter from hastening global warming. Thousands of Chinese delegates applauded when Continue Reading
China’s first road map to achieving net zero emissions by 2060 may be too slow to stop the world’s biggest polluter from hastening global warming. Thousands of Chinese delegates applauded when Continue Reading
Chinese leaders said they would target gross domestic product growth of 6% or more this year, a relatively modest goal that nonetheless signals continued optimism after a year in which Continue Reading
Zhang Alan’s goal was to have a baby before the age of 30. Single and with no plans to get married, she turned to the Internet for help. “Today we Continue Reading
Robust oil demand in Asia has supported the bullish sentiment on the oil market in recent weeks, but the higher oil prices may cool off crude purchases from the world’s Continue Reading
On a freezing December morning, hundreds of oil traders, industry researchers and government officials battled bumper-to-bumper congestion as they headed to a hotel north of Beijing’s Forbidden City for an Continue Reading
After shortchanging renewable energy developers for years to the point where it owes billions of dollars in unpaid subsidies, the Chinese government is now proposing that those companies may have to Continue Reading
Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic. Murray Continue Reading
A coronavirus resurgence across Europe has ended a six-week decline in new cases on the continent, the World Health Organization said Thursday, reflecting a broader global trend that has seen infections on Continue Reading
The US can compartmentalize its geopolitical tensions with China to work with the country on ambitious climate plans aimed at limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, Special Presidential Continue Reading
President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May — two months earlier than anticipated — Continue Reading
Indian officials are investigating whether cyberattacks from China could have been behind a blackout in Mumbai last year. State officials in Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, said Monday that Continue Reading
A Biden administration plan to work with allies to confront China is being put to the test as the U.S. tries to rally countries with sometimes different interests to pursue Continue Reading
The pandemic has opened a new era for vaccines developed with gene-based technologies, techniques that have long stumped scientists and pharmaceutical companies, suggesting the possibility of future protection against a range of Continue Reading
Some local communities in Beijing have started giving COVID-19 vaccine doses to people older than 60, even as the city’s disease-control authorities publicly advises this age group against inoculation. In Continue Reading
China’s use of coal in its energy mix continued to decline in 2020, but more aggressive measures may be needed to reduce emissions in order to meet Beijing’s climate goals. Continue Reading
China’s manufacturing recovery weakened for a third month in February as exports and new orders declined, according to two surveys released Monday. A monthly purchasing managers’ index issued by a Continue Reading
China may have blunted the pandemic’s impact on its economy, but a shortfall in babies is clouding its growth horizon. In the short term, the Chinese economy looks comparatively strong —helped Continue Reading
Steve Chuang’s Hong Kong-based electronics manufacturing company has enjoyed steady demand from the US and Europe over the past year. But, like many Asian exporters, he is struggling to get Continue Reading
Early last summer, Chinese and Indian troops clashed in a surprise border battle in the remote Galwan Valley, bashing each other to death with rocks and clubs. Four months later and Continue Reading
China’s crude throughput in March is expected to ease from seven-month highs seen in February, as refiners embark on a much-delayed maintenance spree after postponing them last year in the Continue Reading
China’s economic recovery slowed in February as factories shut during the Lunar New Year holidays and virus restrictions dampened what’s usually a busy travel season. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ Continue Reading
China’s factory activity expanded in February at a slower pace than a month earlier, hitting the lowest level since last May and missing market expectations after brief COVID-19-related disruptions earlier Continue Reading
A steady decline in new coronavirus cases in the United States appears to have stalled in recent days, public health officials said, warning that new, more transmissible variants could be Continue Reading
Germany announced Sunday that travelers from France’s northeastern Moselle region will face additional restrictions because of the high rate of variant coronavirus cases there. Germany’s disease control agency, the Robert Continue Reading
China’s crude oil reserves have reached a level equal to 100 days of imports, Bloomberg has reported , citing unnamed sources in the know, which is near the country’s storage Continue Reading
To see the gulf between China’s ambitious carbon-neutral goals and the desire of its companies to maintain breakneck growth, look at Shandong’s oil refineries. The coastal province, a hub for private Continue Reading
As pharmaceutical companies raced to develop Covid-19 vaccines, crossing the finishing line in record time, the world’s three biggest vaccine makers were also-rans. GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Sanofi are now left Continue Reading
U.S. regulators on Friday said they would work quickly to authorize Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use after a panel of outside advisers backed the one-shot immunization. The Continue Reading
Vaccines from AstraZeneca, Russia’s Gamaleya Institute and Johnson & Johnson fight the coronavirus with another virus, leaving scientists concerned the shots may lose potency if annual inoculations become necessary to Continue Reading
To great fanfare, Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday declared his country’s “complete victory” over extreme poverty. In an hour-long speech delivered from the Great Hall of the People in Continue Reading
Pfizer Inc. PFE 0.21% and BioNTech SE BNTX -1.61% have begun a study testing in people whether the companies’ Covid-19 shot can provide protection against emerging strains of the coronavirus. The companies said Thursday they have started the small Continue Reading
