Category: East Asia

China’s oil product exports fell 28% month on month to 4.64 million mt in July — a five-month low — as oil companies cut exports due to quota shortages. China Continue Reading

China’s oil demand is expected to be 1 million barrels per day (bpd) lower in the next two months than previously expected due to the rising number of COVID cases Continue Reading

China’s outsize energy needs and its reliance on overseas suppliers have underpinned its foreign policy for decades. Now those needs are changing. The planet’s largest oil and coal importer wants to become Continue Reading

That the oil-producing world is highly reliant on China’s appetite is a fact we are reminded of from time to time. Last year, Chinese buyers dragged oil prices out of Continue Reading

China’s crude imports fell 19.6% year on year to 9.75 million b/d in July, General Administration of Customs preliminary data released Aug. 7 showed. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes Continue Reading

China’s biggest oil refiner is scaling back operations as Beijing’s aggressive response to the delta virus variant saps demand for road and aviation fuel, according to an analyst. State-owned China Continue Reading

China’s newest oil refiners are thriving by aligning themselves with President Xi Jinping’s vision, expanding even as their older rivals and several other private businesses have been reined in by Continue Reading

China’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the virus first emerged in Wuhan is adding to concerns about the quality of its domestically developed vaccines amid a dearth of data on the Continue Reading

Southeast Asian countries that had widely rolled out Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines are turning away from the shots in favor of Western alternatives as they scramble to contain deadly outbreaks caused by Continue Reading

China is requiring its top power companies and local authorities to update the government monthly on the progress they are making with building and installing renewable energy capacity as Beijing Continue Reading

China’s crude oil imports rebounded in July from a six-month low as state-backed refiners ramped up output after returning from maintenance, though independent refineries slowed restocking amid probes by Beijing Continue Reading

Chinese export and import growth slowed in July as flooding and extreme weather at home disrupted factory and port operations and constrained consumption, while the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus loomed Continue Reading

In recent months, China has blown up what would have been the world’s largest initial public offering, launched probes into some of its biggest technology companies, and wiped out more than $1 trillion in Continue Reading

China’s fuel demand is on track to hit record highs this year on a rebound in car sales and booming domestic air travel, even as a resurgence of COVID cases Continue Reading

 China’s coal inventories have dropped to near historic lows since August due to peak summer electricity demand and transportation bottlenecks exacerbated by last month’s severe floods and typhoon, state media Continue Reading

One of the biggest drivers of the surge in metals prices this year, the world’s top commodity consumer China, is showing signs of a slowdown in demand, which could drag Continue Reading

China imposed new restrictions on travel in a bid to slow a delta-driven outbreak that’s grown to more than 500 cases scattered across half the country, as the government stuck Continue Reading

From an office in Shenzhen’s sprawling electronics district, an engineering team is prototyping a bioreactor that will one day produce “cultivated meat”, discussing component sizes in a video call with Continue Reading

The delta variant is challenging China’s costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were confident they could keep the coronavirus out of the country need a Continue Reading

Bloomberg News A health worker takes a swab sample for Covid-19 at a voluntary nucleic acid test clinic in Beijing, on Aug. 2. Photographer: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images China’s broadest Covid-19 Continue Reading

he city where Covid-19 was first detected reported new infections for the first time in more than a year, prompting authorities there to launch mass testing, as China fights to Continue Reading

A fast-spreading outbreak of the Delta coronavirus variant in China has caused rare infections among the country’s vaccinated individuals, spurring authorities in Beijing to impose sudden travel restrictions. China’s National Continue Reading

China reports 71 new local cases for Aug 3, most since Jan 30 Number of local cases up for five consecutive days since July 30 So far, 17 provinces, regions, Continue Reading

A slew of measures by Chinese authorities to tame soaring raw material costs has had only a fleeting effect, leaving the world’s largest manufacturing base facing the harsh reality of Continue Reading

 China’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic a year and a half ago escalated Wednesday with dozens of more cases around the country, the sealing-off of one Continue Reading

Highlights Analysts cut jet fuel demand forecast by 70,000-200,000 b/d China’s September jet fuel exports to rise Jet fuel prices remain pressured in Asia China’s jet fuel demand during the Continue Reading

Domestic flights canceled, lockdowns renewed to curb spread Nation’s top energy producer sees fuel consumption falling 5% Delta Cases Rise in Mainland China China is renewing restrictions and canceling flights Continue Reading

Faced with a rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak, China is implementing a wave of travel restrictions and quarantine orders, the scale of which has not been seen since the country’s initial explosion Continue Reading

China has launched full-capacity production at its first independently developed deepwater oil project, which is located in the eastern section of the South China Sea, China National Offshore Oil Corporation Continue Reading