AIIB loans $250m for Beijing coal-to-gas conversion The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced on Monday a $250 million loan for a natural gas project in Beijing, the bank's first such investment in China, to help cut coal use and improve air quality in the capital area.
AIIB loans $250m for Beijing coal-to-gas conversion The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced on Monday a $250 million loan for a natural gas project in Beijing, the bank's first such investment in China, to help cut coal use and improve air quality in the capital area.
AIIB loans $250m for Beijing coal-to-gas conversion The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced on Monday a $250 million loan for a natural gas project in Beijing, the bank's first such investment in China, to help cut coal use and improve air quality in the capital area.
Asia's tallest wooden pagoda destroyed The 16-story structure was said to be the tallest wooden pagoda in Asia. No casualties were reported in the incident. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
Asia's tallest wooden pagoda destroyed The 16-story structure was said to be the tallest wooden pagoda in Asia. No casualties were reported in the incident. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
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Above, Lion Dance during New Year's Eve celebration, Feb 18, 2015, in Chinatown, Philadelphia.
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Hong Kong government defends judicial independence after foreign judge quits top court over national security law The Hong Kong government has defended the city’s judicial independence after doubts were raised by the resignation of a foreign judge from the top court over the national security law.The impartiality of the courts and the common law system were the bedrock of the city’s success as a financial hub and would be protected, a spokesman said in a strongly worded statement issued on Saturday night.The remarks came a day after it emerged Australian judge James Spigelman had stepped down as a non…
Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:36:18 +0800 Indonesia begins to embrace China’s yuan as trade and belt and road projects fuel uptake The use of China’s yuan in Indonesia has been gaining momentum in recent years on the back of infrastructure projects linked to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative and the growing number of Indonesian companies doing business with those in China.Over the past decade, China has emerged as Indonesia’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching US$79.4 billion in 2019 – a tenfold increase on the figure in 2000, according to data provided to The Jakarta Post by Xiao Qian, the Chinese…
Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:10 +0800 Chinese feminists and legal scholars pay tribute to ‘inspirational’ US Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Chinese legal scholars and feminists joined the tributes pouring in for the US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday.Ginsburg died the previous night from cancer aged 87, prompting widespread mourning in the United States and abroad.Chinese social media users paid their respects to her by sharing stories from her life and highlighting her fight for gender equality and a fairer society.Some shared images of candles and described how she had inspired them to study law or become…
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 23:30:04 +0800 UN set to become latest forum for US-China rivalry and Donald Trump and Xi Jinping prepare to address General Assembly The worsening tension between the United Nations’ two big funder nations, China and the US, and the Covid-19 pandemic have been hanging over the international organisation’s 75th founding anniversary this year.As Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are both expected to speak at the UN General Assembly sessions next week, Beijing’s increasing involvement in multilateral institutions at a time when Washington is retreating will be in sharp focus.China’s foreign ministry released a position paper last…
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 22:00:15 +0800 ‘Heat ray’ weapons to zap BLM protesters – whatever next? Seriously, what’s going on in the US? Are our American brothers and sisters doing OK? Because it sounds like H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four combined out there.Remember that infamous episode back in June when law enforcement officers were accused of using tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper balls, smoke grenades, flash bangs and batons to force peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters out of Lafayette Square park in Washington DC?The controversial crackdown…
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 21:28:01 +0800 Russia’s Alexei Navalny reveals slow road to recovery after being poisoned with Novichok Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday opened up on his slow road to recovery a month after he was poisoned, saying he could now walk with a “tremble”, although he still struggled with basic mobility and until recently, could not even speak.The 44-year-old Kremlin critic posted a photo of himself walking down a flight of stairs on Instagram and described how earlier symptoms had included the inability to form words.“Now I am a guy whose legs tremble when he takes the stairs,” he…
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 21:26:54 +0800 Hong Kong fugitives held in mainland China ‘selected lawyers’ from list supplied by authorities across the border, city’s security chief reveals Twelve local young fugitives detained in mainland China after being arrested while trying to flee to Taiwan have “selected lawyers” from a list approved by authorities across the border, Hong Kong’s security chief revealed on Saturday.Families for the 12, who are being held at a detention centre in Shenzhen’s Yantian district, had previously appointed their own counsel, and in a statement accused Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu of trying to force the Chinese-approved lawyers on them.Lee…
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 21:01:27 +0800 Trump says he’ll pick Supreme Court successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘without delay’ A fierce political battle shaped up over the future of the US Supreme Court on Saturday, with President Donald Trump saying he would quickly name a successor to liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a move that would tip the court further to the right.“We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices,” Trump said on…
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 20:59:50 +0800 Coronavirus: China at risk of a winter spike in infections, experts say China could face a new wave of coronavirus infections as winter approaches, according to the country’s experts.Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the country had already experienced four waves of infections and a fifth was possible.The initial outbreak in Wuhan was the first wave, which was brought under control in early March, Wu said. The second was a regional outbreak created by imported cases in cities in northeastern China…
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 20:30:13 +0800 Should Hong Kong’s railway scene be opened up to competition to keep the MTR Corp on its toes? The MTR Corporation’s aborted launch of a new signalling system has renewed calls for the Hong Kong government to shake up the city’s problematic rail transport scene.Critics slammed the eleventh-hour decision to hold back the signalling system for the East Rail line last Saturday, after the company discovered a software glitch during testing.They said it highlighted once again the company’s unresolved governance issues, including a poor corporate culture and a lack of transparency, despite an…
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 01:30:02 GMT ‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Personal When downloads of the Chinese-owned messaging service are barred in the U.S. starting at midnight on Sunday, the feud between the countries will hit home for millions of people.
Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:25:27 GMT China, Seeking a Friend in Europe, Finds Rising Anger and Frustration Beijing’s hopes of using Europe as a counterweight to the United States have faltered as country after country confronts China over trade, Hong Kong, human rights and other issues.
Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:36:58 GMT China’s Communists to Private Business: You Heed Us, We’ll Help You Party leaders have pledged to increase their influence over entrepreneurs even as they promise greater aid, reflecting Xi Jinping’s greatest — and sometimes conflicting — challenges.
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Below, lion dance during Lunar New Year celebrations on Feb 20, 2015, at the International House of Philadelphia.
