Category: East Asia

Beijing will extend its winter heating season by a week until March 22 as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus epidemic, an official from the municipal government said on Continue Reading

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, on Tuesday, the first time he has done so since the epidemic began and a sign that Beijing Continue Reading

Falling prices for industrial wholesale goods combined with consumer food inflation at a decade high present Chinese policy makers with a worsening dilemma as the coronavirus continues to freeze economic Continue Reading

Cheaper LNG contracts, after this week’s oil meltdown, are unlikely to accelerate China’s LNG demand recovery, as the world’s second largest importer continues to struggle with the coronavirus disruption and Continue Reading

Some multinationals are increasingly fleeing China, having seen the coronavirus outbreak as validation of exit strategies made during the US trade war While some bemoan the lack of alternatives, others Continue Reading

Mainland China, outside Hubei province, reported no new locally transmitted cases for the second straight day, as a senior Communist Party official warned against reducing vigilance against the disease and Continue Reading

Automakers across the world face the possibility of extended supply chain disruptions as factories in China stutter back to life after closures due to the coronavirus outbreak. The car industry Continue Reading

A Chinese company says it has developed the country’s first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask, as most are these days because of Continue Reading