Tag: China

Cryptocurrency market in chaos after China crackdown

By Salim Yunusa Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are plunging as anxiety spreads through the market — this time, after China took more steps to crack...

BBC reporter leaves China, says ‘too risky to carry on’

A senior BBC correspondent said on Wednesday he had left China, after facing legal threats and pressure from authorities over his reporting on Xinjiang...

China overtakes US as biggest EU trading partner

By Ismail Auwal The European Union (EU) statistics agency Eurosat on Monday said that, China overtook the United States to become the EU’s biggest trading...

China-U.S. confrontation a disaster for both countries, Xi tells Biden

Confrontation between China and the United States would be a disaster and the two sides should re-establish the means to avoid misjudgments, Chinese President...

Alibaba founder Jack Ma resurfaces after 3-month hiatus from public appearance

By Ismail Auwal The founder of Alibaba Group Jack Ma on Wednesday virtually spoke to a group of teachers making his first public appearance since...

Jack Ma’s disappearing act fuels speculation about billionaire’s whereabouts

Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s absence from public view in the past two months, including missing the final episode of a TV show on which...

Court jails activist for “insulting” China’s national flag

By Ismail Auwal A Chinese court has sentenced a 19-year-old pro-democracy activist to four months in prison for insulting China’s national flag. Tony Chung was convicted...

China’s COVID-19 vaccine provides 79.3% protection

By Ismail Auwal The COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese based firm in Beijing was found to have a protection rate of 79.3% against the...

How not to cure Nigeria

  “Nigeria Is sick—but it’s fantastically stupid to suggest burning it down and start afresh,” A. S. Gashinbaki writes. “Insofar as violence have any effect...

A walking 5-story building in Shanghai moving to its new location.

Shanghai residents passing through the city's eastern Huangpu district in October might have stumbled upon an unusual sight: a "walking" building. An 85-year-old primary school...

China launches the “world’s first 6G satellite” into space

By Ismail Auwal China launched “the world’s first 6G test satellite” into the orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northern Shanxi Province...

Saudi Arabia’s offer to join UN Human Rights Council rejected

Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday but China and Russia were elected...

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