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Chinese media criticise Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, tout local shots
Chinese state media outlets have run a series of articles criticising Western COVID-19 vaccines in the past week, including Pfizer's, while touting China-made vaccines as safer and more accessible.
Hedge fund Elliott pulls out of Hong Kong - FT
Activist hedge fund Elliott Management is shutting down its Hong Kong office following a period of civil unrest and political tension that started in 2019 in the region , the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing a memo. (https://on.ft.com/3o4WkfC)
Blackstone's Schwarzman: New U.S. admin going to take a 'softer tone' towards China
Blackstone Group Inc Chairman Stephen Schwarzman said on Tuesday that the new U.S. administration was going to take a "softer tone" towards China, and that he expected lower tensions between the two countries.
China's Geely teams up with Tencent on smart car tech
China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, which owns Volvo Cars and holds 9.7% of Daimler, said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Tencent Holdings Ltd to develop smart vehicle cockpit and autonomous driving.
China's Kuaishou Hong Kong IPO could value firm at about $60bln -sources
Chinese online short video company Kuaishou will open the books for its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) next Monday to raise at least $5 billion in a deal that could value the company at about $60 billion, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Brazil's Bolsonaro to allow China's Huawei in 5G auctions: newspaper
Brazil's government will not seek to bar Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from 5G network auctions slated for June this year, newspaper Estado de S. Paulo reported on Saturday, citing government and industry sources.
In Hong Kong, a New Party Calls for Stability (and Raises Suspicions)
Democracy advocates have called the Bauhinia Party a “Trojan horse” for the Chinese government. But Beijing’s local allies are wary of it, too.
Protesters Who Fled Hong Kong Arrive in U.S., Seeking Asylum
The five men fled by boat to Taiwan in July, soon after China imposed Hong Kong’s harsh national security law. This week, they landed in New York.
BlackRock sells $200 million China Telecom stake after U.S. ban
BlackRock has sold almost all its stake in China Telecom, a company subject to a new ban on U.S. investment, a stock market filing on Friday showed.
Opinion | No, the Chaos in America Is Not a Gift to China and Russia
Autocrats around the world won’t gain from the United States’ pain.
Analysis: Investors resigned to Trump's China ban, with Biden seen changing little
Financial executives are settling in for the long haul over the Trump administration's investment ban on Chinese securities, expecting the rules to be lasting but hoping to have more clarity after President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
Hong Kong's first website takedown under national security law confirmed
A Hong Kong internet provider said Thursday it had blocked access to a website following a police order, the first confirmed takedown using a new national security law imposed by Beijing last year.
Human Rights Watch slams China's 'appalling year' of violations
China had an "appalling year" for human rights in 2020, a leading advocacy group said on Wednesday, with a crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, repression of Muslim Uighurs and the silencing of people reporting on the coronavirus outbreak.
China in darkest period for human rights since Tiananmen, says rights group
Human Rights Watch lists persecutions in Xinjiang, Mongolia, Tibet and Hong Kong but notes new willingness to condemn Beijing
Hong Kong teenager returned by China appears in city court on protest-related charges
One of the Hong Kong people detained in China last year for illegal border crossing appeared in one of the city's courts on Wednesday to hear charges of arson and possession of offensive weapons related to the anti-government protests of 2019.
Primavera chairman believes Ma 'safe and sound', upbeat on Ant
The chairman of private equity firm Primavera Group, which counts China's Ant Group among its portfolio companies, believes the financial technology giant's founder Jack Ma is "safe and sound", and said that he remains optimistic about the company.
China Signals Action to Block Critics From Hong Kong Elections
Chinese state media urged action to keep Hong Kong elections from becoming a “tool for anti-China and trouble-making forces,” raising the prospects for more measures to curb dissent in the Asian financial hub.
HSBC Grooms Top Bankers for Make-or-Break Push Into China
As HSBC Holdings Plc pins its future on China, Europe’s largest bank is grooming a set of well-connected bankers to navigate its fraught relationship with Beijing in the long run.
Smartphone shipments in China fell 20.4% in 2020: government data
Domestic smartphone shipments in China in 2020 fell 20.4% from the previous year, government data released on Monday showed,
China says opposes countries meddling in China's domestic affairs
China said on Monday it strongly condemned and firmly opposed meddling in its domestic affairs by the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia, after they condemned the arrest of activists in Hong Kong.