Liu-wen Fang’s tears flowed when she saw the first images of Kyiv under attack and on fire as Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The 26-year-old had supplemented her degree in business with an exchange year in the Ukrainian capital in 2018 where she studied the Russian and… Read Full Article Here Source link
The current splash on the FT’s homepage is quite rightly on a fascinating new paper on “China as an international lender of last resort”, which details Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative debt problems. The paper — written by Sebastian Horn of the World Bank; Brad Parks, a… Read Full Article Here FT
Chinese factory owners and exporters are launching a charm offensive to woo back buyers as they face sluggish global demand that has stymied their recovery from three years of isolation under Beijing’s zero-Covid policy. Local Chinese governments have organised delegations of exporters… Read Full Article Here FT
The first group of Chinese officials visiting Taiwan in three years hid from the public eye at the weekend, illustrating how pandemic border closures and rising military tensions have exacerbated the breakdown in communication with Beijing. After being greeted by protesters upon arrival in Taipei on Saturday, the six-member delegation from Shanghai’s municipal government failed […]
International funding for Chinese start-ups dried up last year, pushing many fledgling technology companies to raise capital and list at home instead of on Wall Street. Dollar investments in the country’s new companies fell by nearly three-quarters last year, declining to 19 per cent of the total capital put into start-ups from 39 per cent […]
Western leaders have reacted with scepticism to an announcement by China’s top diplomat that Beijing will put forward a peace proposal to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. Wang Yi told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that China “was not directly concerned in the conflict, but was not standing idly by” and […]
British police are vulnerable to spying by Beijing due to their dependence on Chinese-made technology, according to the UK surveillance commissioner. A new survey from the Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner found that police forces in England and Wales were “shot through” with CCTV drones, and body cameras from China. The findings, released […]
The UK’s defence against Chinese spy balloons might not be as “watertight” as Rishi Sunak said they were, according to a former national security adviser. Former British Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch said there were “gaps” in technology used by the armed forces, adding the country lacked all the necessary “kit and equipment” on […]
It’s been more than three years, but Yan Ting “Tina” Li says she still remembers meeting Po Yuk “Peggy” Chan at a Thanksgiving party. The 45-year-old mother of four says Chan struck her as compassionate and pious, and took an instant liking to her. “I thought she was a very helpful and honest person,” Li […]
Chinese astrology dictates that peoples’ personality traits, compatibility and luck are determined by their zodiac sign. Which five animals are most likely to be rich? Pig (1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031) According to Chinese astrology, Pig is “the most blessed sign in Chinese zodiac”, so is most likely to acquire a lot of […]