US president lashes out at Russia and China over failure to attend COP26
President Joe Biden has lashed out at both his Chinese and Russian counterparts Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin for their failure to turn up to the COP26 climate summit.
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October 23, 2021 China passes law to cut homework pressure on students
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has passed an education law that seeks to cut the “twin pressures” of homework and off-site tutoring in core subjects, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
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WORLD
October 15, 2021 Taiwan war fears: China warned troops to return in body bags ‘Horrific casualties!’
Xi Jinping may choose to escalate the conflict with Taiwan in order to shore up China’s communist regime amid internal instability, Sky News Australia host Catherine McGregor has warned. Ms McGregor believes the Chinese regime would suffer “horrific casualties” in any military invasion of the Western-allied island. She added that the Chinese Communist Party would risk […]
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TOURISM
September 30, 2021 China’s Golden Week travel not expected to return to pre-COVID levels this year
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Golden Week holiday this year is unlikely to see domestic travel rebound to pre-COVID levels, industry estimates show, hurt by uncertainty over pandemic curbs and consumer fears about the health of the economy.
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GREEKS ABROAD
September 26, 2021 China set to be banned from investing in UK’s nuclear power stations
Chinese investment in Britainâs next generation of nuclear power stations is set to be banned on security grounds, leaving a multi-billion pound funding hole in the plans.
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ECONOMY
September 25, 2021 British taxpayers saddled with energy price hike as China reaps ‘exorbitant’ profits
Chinese and Hong Kong firms with interests in UK-based utility companies have been hovering up profits off UK taxpayers amid “exorbitant” energy fees. The Henry Jackson Society’s Sam Armstrong has warned that profits made of the UK’s energy grid are getting back to China. He added that in the end, the ownership model of Britain’s energy sector means […]
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WORLD
September 18, 2021 China applies to join international trade bloc spurned by Trump
China has officially applied to join an Asia-Pacific free trade group which was originally aimed at countering Beijingâs regional influence.
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WORLD
September 17, 2021 China warns EU of ‘severe consequences’ unless Germany stops war on businesses
The European Union and Germany were accused by China of adopting measures that would be discriminatory against Chinese companies. Wang Weidong, commercial counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Germany, issued a stern warning to the bloc saying China will not “sit idle” at the condescending attitude the EU has towards his country.
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GREEKS ABROAD
September 14, 2021 China property giant Evergrande admits debt crisis as protesters besiege HQ
Property giant China Evergrande Group has said that it cannot sell properties and other assets fast enough to service its massive $300bn debts, and that its cashflow was under âtremendous pressureâ.
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WORLD
September 13, 2021 Why China is developing a game-changing thorium-fuelled nuclear reactor
China is poised to test a thorium-powered nuclear reactor in September, the worldâs first since 1969. The theory is that this new molten-salt technology will be âsaferâ and âgreenerâ than regular uranium reactors, and so could help Beijing meet its climate goals. Yet is the country’s investment in this also geostrategic?
