BALTIMORE – To borrow from the 1960’s rock band The Standells, I want to tell you a story about what Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found down by the…
U.K. oil corporation BP announced that it would immediately sell its nearly 20% stake in Russian state-owned energy firm Rosneft amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis. BP purchased the 19.75% stake…
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING -China is willing to work with the United States on a G7-led global infrastructure plan and welcomes Washington to join its Belt and Road Initiative,…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON – China so far does not appear to be helping Russia evade Western financial sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, but doing so would…
TAIPEI -A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which China described as “provocative”. The U.S. Navy’s…
WASHINGTON – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told senior European officials on Friday that China respects countries’ sovereignty, including Ukraine’s, but that Russia’s concerns about NATO’s eastward expansion should be…
DOJ Kills The China Initiative, Kowtowing To A Chinese-American Group With Documented CCP Ties Philip Lenczycki on February 24, 2022 Attorney General Jeff Sessions launched the China Initiative in 2018…
WASHINGTON – The trade relationship between the United States and China is “extremely difficult and getting more difficult,” U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Friday. Tai said she has…
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI – The sweeping restrictions imposed on Russia to block its access to global exports of goods from chips to computers and electronics are likely to accelerate…
BEIJING – China’s banking and insurance regulator has issued guidelines urging banks and insurers to support the development of affordable rental housing, as Beijing vows to keep the property market…
SHANGHAI – China will from March 1 expand a pilot scheme developing wealth management products aimed at retail investors looking to boost their retirement savings to more cities including Beijing…
BEIJING – China’s central bank made the biggest weekly cash injection in more than two years this week to maintain stable liquidity conditions towards the month-end. The People’s Bank of…
BEIJING -China’s housing minister pledged on Thursday to keep the real estate market stable this year and ensure genuine demand for homes is met, after a series of regulations aimed…
By David Lawder and Jason Lange WASHINGTON – The United States is poised to unleash a wider array of sanctions against Russia if Moscow escalates the conflict in Ukraine, denying…
BEIJING – China will from March 1 expand nationwide a pilot scheme developing commercial pension products for the country’s aging population, its banking and insurance regulator said on Monday. Other…
Philip Lenczycki on February 18, 2022 LGBT groups and Warner Bros. are silent after scenes containing sexually explicit material and LGBT content were censored in the Chinese streaming version of…
China is using a coordinated network of inauthentic social media accounts to shape public opinion surrounding the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to an investigation by The New York Times and…
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS -The European Union launched a legal challenge against China at the World Trade Organization on Friday, arguing that Chinese courts were preventing European companies from protecting…
HONG KONG – China resolutely opposed a new assessment report released by the U.S. Trade Representative’s office, calling it “based on trade protectionism” and ignoring China’s contribution to the multilateral…
VILNIUS – Continental will continue investing in a factory in Lithuania, an executive was quoted saying, despite a diplomatic dispute between Beijing and the Baltic state that has threatened to…
HONG KONG – China does not agree with the U.S. government’s decision to include some e-commerce sites in its “notorious markets” list, calling the action “irresponsible,” the Chinese ministry of…
SHANGHAI – China’s banks face rising default risks as a result of higher climate-related costs in carbon-intensive sectors like thermal power, steel and cement, Liu Guiping, vice governor of the…
SHANGHAI – China Orient Asset Management said on Friday it was approved to issue up to 10 billion yuan bonds in China’s interbank bond market to resolve risks in the…
BERLIN – German sportswear company Adidas said on Thursday it would grow in its key market of China in 2022 even after it was hit by renewed pandemic restrictions and…
BEIJING – Coffee chains such as Luckin Coffee and Tim Hortons have increased the prices of their beverages in China, with U.S. giant Starbucks blaming “multiple factors” such as higher…