Companies, investors and global policymakers are trying to divine when the Chinese government will drop its strict restrictions. It comes down to one man: the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping.
Category: China
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China’s Great ‘Zero-Covid’ Guessing Game
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Kenya Discloses Part of Secret Railway Contract With China
The New York Times – Business:The public disclosure of a 2014 loan agreement for a cross-country train fulfilled a campaign vow by President William Ruto and revealed China’s tough terms.
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Apple Built Its Empire With China. Now Its Foundation Is Showing Cracks.
The New York Times – Business:Lawmakers’ objections to an obscure Chinese semiconductor company and tough Covid-19 restrictions are hurting Apple’s ability to make new iPhones in China.
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WTA Chief Talks Money, China and Why Tennis Needs More Female Coaches
The New York Times – Sports:Even without China’s “zero-Covid” policy, Steve Simon said that unresolved concerns about Peng Shuai would keep women’s tennis away from Shenzhen and a lucrative 10-year-deal to stage the Finals.
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China’s Business Elite Sees the Country That Let Them Thrive Slipping Away
The New York Times – Business:The business class, which shunned politics, is now questioning if there is still a place for them in a system dominated by one ruler, Xi Jinping.
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China Lucks Out Again as Out-of-Control Rocket Booster Falls in the Pacific
The New York Times – Travel:For the fourth time, the country’s space program used a 23-ton launcher that made an uncontrolled re-entry back to Earth, prompting nervous sky-watching and airspace closures in Europe.
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Germany’s Leader Seeks Accord With China on Covid Vaccines
The New York Times – Business:Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Beijing that China and the European Union were working toward approval of each other’s pandemic vaccines.
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In Bid to Show It Is Open, Hong Kong Bends Covid Rules … for Some
The New York Times – Business:Three splashy events this week were meant to prove that the former British colony was still “Asia’s World City.” But pandemic exemptions were only doled out to those who could afford them.
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China Is Burning More Coal, a Growing Climate Challenge
The New York Times – Business:The country’s emissions of greenhouse gases rose last year at the fastest pace in a decade. Beijing is looking for alternatives.
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Chinese Stocks Fluctuate After a Bruising Week
The New York Times – Business:The volatility appeared to reflect how investors have been rattled by the Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s tightening grip on power.
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Why People Are Flocking to a Symbol of Taiwan’s Authoritarian Past
The New York Times – Business:At a museum dedicated to Taiwan’s not-so-distant authoritarian past, Taiwanese see China’s present, and a dark vision of one possible future under autocratic rule.
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Tesla Cuts Prices in China in Sign of Slowing Demand
The New York Times – Business:Shares of the company slumped as investors worried about increasing competition.