Table of Contents (Quick Navigation) The Communist Party of China (CCP) has ordered domestic media to restrict reporting on an antitrust investigation into Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The gag order comes as speculation over the future of one of the country’s largest corporations intensified, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. A directive … [Read more...] about Xi Jinping Issues Gag Order to China’s News Media Over Alibaba
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China’s Xi Jinping hits out at ‘acts of suppression, confrontation’
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech was streamed online at an all-virtual Davos forum. | PHOTO: EPA-EFE via The Straits Times/Asia News Network BEIJING – China’s President Xi Jinping has warned the United States and its allies against hegemony and bullying, as friction continues to overshadow relations between the two great global powers. Mr Xi criticized “acts of … [Read more...] about China’s Xi Jinping hits out at ‘acts of suppression, confrontation’
A month before 2022 Winter Games, Beijing enacts Covid-19 ‘closed loop’
BEIJING - With a month to go before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics organisers have begun a "closed loop" operation to prevent a Covid-19 outbreak among Games participants from leaking into China's general public. The 2022 Games, which open on Feb 4, are set to take place as the world grapples with the highly transmissable Omicron variant, although China, which has a … [Read more...] about A month before 2022 Winter Games, Beijing enacts Covid-19 ‘closed loop’
US-China relations to settle into ‘mutually tolerable friction’ zone in 2022: Forum
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The world is in for a decade-long geopolitical contest that could prove more intense and dangerous than the Cold War, an eminent political scientist said on the topic of US-China relations at a forum on Thursday (Dec 6). With China closing in on the US' power in Asia, this will cause the two major powers to compete in the … [Read more...] about US-China relations to settle into ‘mutually tolerable friction’ zone in 2022: Forum
Spritzer’s founder on how he went from earning 100 ringgit a month to owning Malaysia’s largest mineral water firm
Entrepreneur Lim Kok Cheong, 76, the son of impoverished rubber tappers who rose to establish Malaysia’s largest mineral water company, Spritzer, is now setting his sights on China, where he hopes to grow his business. Spritzer, which is listed on the Malaysian stock market, has had a wholly-owned trading company in Guangzhou since 2016 – and its business licence runs until … [Read more...] about Spritzer’s founder on how he went from earning 100 ringgit a month to owning Malaysia’s largest mineral water firm