Is This The End Of China’s Oil Buying Spree?
China’s record-breaking crude oil imports supported oil prices through the late spring and summer when oil demand recovery in the rest of the world had just started and then wobbled Continue Reading
Local Officials in China Hid Coronavirus Dangers From Beijing, U.S. Agencies Find
Trump administration officials have tried taking a political sledgehammer to China over the coronavirus pandemic, asserting that the Chinese Communist Party covered up the initial outbreak and allowed the virus Continue Reading
Flooding Again Pounds China’s Three Gorges Dam
The worst flooding in six decades in China is displacing millions and straining the Three Gorges Dam. WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng explains how the natural disaster is hampering the country’s efforts Continue Reading
Mystery Grows Over Virus Spread Via Contaminated Food Packaging
Evidence shows that food is an unlikely route of transmitting the coronavirus across borders, but contaminated items continue to grab the spotlight, deepening the uncertainty over whether the $220 billion Continue Reading
Trade War Becomes Key Driver For Oil As Elections Near
Although the focus of oil markets in recent months has been on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the latest Saudi Arabia-instigated oil price war, still bubbling away Continue Reading
China’s Xi Jinping Tightens Grip on Domestic Security Forces in First Broad Purge
A senior ally of Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for a Mao-style purge of China’s domestic-security apparatus last month, saying it was time to “turn the blade inwards and scrape Continue Reading
China Ramps Up US Oil Purchases
China has ramped up purchases of American crude in the lead-up to a highly-anticipated review of the trade deal between the two economic powerhouses. (Bloomberg) — China, the world’s biggest Continue Reading
China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten heritage site
Floods on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze river forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and threatened a 1,200-year-old world heritage site. Staff, police and volunteers Continue Reading
Pandemic now driven by 20s, 30s, 40s group, many asymptomatic: WHO
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of which were Continue Reading
China’s CDC, Built to Stop Pandemics Like Covid, Stumbled When It Mattered Most
Before going to bed, George Gao, the head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, typically completes his 10,000 steps for the day and then checks the news Continue Reading