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China says it resumes issuing ordinary visas for Japanese citizens
China has resumed the issuance of ordinary visas for Japanese citizens travelling to the country, the Chinese embassy in Japan said on Sunday, in a move that could ease a diplomatic row.
China, Japan Latest Visa News: January 29, 2023
China will resume issuing visas to Japanese nationals from Sunday, ending some of the retaliatory measures it took against Covid-related curbs on Chinese travelers.
China’s film industry shoots for post-Covid recovery
Falling investment and censorship damp revival hopes after ticket sales fell behind US in 2022
Lockdowns prompt Chinese studying overseas to think twice about returning home
Studying abroad has always been seen as a stepping stone to emigration and the pandemic has made graduates more eager to explore that option.
Marine Corps officially opens Guam base, with an eye toward China
Camp Blaz will ultimately be home to about 5,000 Marines.
Holiday trips within China surge after COVID curbs lifted
Lunar New Year holiday trips inside China surged 74% from last year after authorities scrapped COVID-19 travel curbs, state media reported on Saturday, though the number of journeys was still only half of pre-pandemic levels.
India expects more clashes with Chinese troops in Himalayas
A security assessment by Indian police in the Himalayan region of Ladakh says there could be more clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along their contested frontier there as Beijing ramps up military infrastructure in the region.
Fidelity Slashes Ant Group Valuation, Posing A Bummer For Alibaba
Fidelity Investments again slashed Alibaba Group Holding Limited's (NYSE: BABA) fintech affiliate Ant Group Co's valuation more than two years after China blocked the fintech giant's initial public offering plans. Fidelity pared its estimate for Ant by about 9% to about $63.8 billion as of the end of November from the end of May, Bloomberg reports. Ant was worth $235 billion just before China suspended Ant's IPO in November 2020. China quashed Ant's $34 billion-plus IPO in 2020 at the last momen
France extends mandatory COVID tests for Chinese travellers until Feb 15
France has extended mandatory COVID tests for travellers from China until Feb. 15, a government decree published on Saturday showed.
CATL prepares to expand production at German plant · TechNode
CATL has sent clients its first sample battery cells produced by its new German plant, its first production facility in Europe
Alibaba denies building headquarters in Singapore · TechNode
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has refuted reports that it is considering moving its global headquarters out of Hangzhou
Alibaba Denies Setting Up Global HQ in Singapore - Pandaily
Alibaba denied a rumor that it is planning to build global headquarters in Singapore, adding that the firm had participated in the construction of a joint facility in 2019 to provide office space for various Southeast Asian business units under Lazada and other subsidiaries.
WazirX Says Binance Lied About Ownership as Dispute About India’s Largest Exchange Escalates
The back-and-forth about the ownership of WazirX could have a devastating effect on the Indian exchange and its users.
EU joins US in ‘depriving China of the most advanced chips’, official says
‘You will always find Europe by your side when it comes to ensuring our common security in technology,’ Thierry Breton, EU internal-market commissioner, says.
A Lunar New Year celebration turns tragic for couple that loved dancing.
Jeff Liu was shot and watched his wife collapse before he was taken to the hospital. He would not see her alive again.
China’s Oil and Gas Use Fell in 2022 for First Time in Decades
Pandemic lockdowns curbed Chinese energy demand, but the International Energy Agency expects a rebound this year.
Chefs and Bartenders Are Injecting New Life Into Taiwan’s Oldest City
Grilled beef tongue and black-sesame espresso martinis await in Tainan.
Peru's Violent Protests Imperil 30% of No. 2 Copper Supplier's Output
An upsurge in the violent protests wracking Peru is crimping copper output in the world’s No. 2 supplier, with about 30% of its production at risk at a time of low global stocks and high prices.
China, U.S. spar at WTO meeting over disputes
China and the United States exchanged sharp criticism at a World Trade Organization meeting on Friday, with Beijing calling Washington a "unilateral bully" and the U.S. accusing its rival of illegal retaliatory measures.
Are China-Russia ties a serious threat to American interests?
Jamil Anderlini of the Financial Times says (paywall) that “the West ignores the alliance forming between Moscow and Beijing at its peril.” He likens the Western…
Anniversaries: The Olympics and the Cultural Revolution
Today is the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games, which officially began at 8:08 p.m. on the eighth day of the eighth month of…
Blood pressure drug recalls — an update on Valsartan
In our Access members newsletter (paywall) yesterday, we covered the recalls of the blood pressure medicine Valsartan because of a carcinogen found in an ingredient produced by…
