Latest China Headlines
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EU Businesses Concerned About ‘Lack of Clarity’ in China’s Data Laws
Sep 19 2023 // European Union businesses are concerned about China’s data laws, including their “lack of clarity” and the “long processes” that companies have to undergo, European Commission Vice President...
Chinese Police Detain Staff of Evergrande Unit as Property Crisis Enters New Phase
Sep 18 2023 // Authorities detained some staff of the money management business of China Evergrande Group, a sign that the saga around the defaulted developer at the heart of the nation’s property crisis has entered a new phase...
Ex-Chairman of Top China Insurer Given Suspended Death Sentence
Sep 13 2023 // China sentenced the former head of the nation’s largest life insurer to death with a two-year reprieve, as President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption in the financial industry continues. Wang Bin,...
China Relaxes Rules for Insurers to Invest in Stock Markets
Sep 12 2023 // China’s financial regulator on Sunday reduced the risk weighting it attaches to insurance companies’ holdings of blue-chip shares and tech stocks, encouraging them to invest more in the country’s lagging...
Microsoft Says Compromise of Engineer’s Account Led to Chinese Hack of US Officials
Sep 7 2023 // The recently disclosed Chinese hack of senior officials at the U.S. State and Commerce departments stemmed from the compromise of a Microsoft engineer’s corporate account, Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on...
China’s Huawei Files Lawsuit in Portugal Over Ban on Supplying 5G Equipment
Sep 5 2023 // Chinese technology giant Huawei has filed a lawsuit with a Lisbon court against a resolution by Portugal’s cybersecurity council CSSC that effectively bars operators from using its equipment in high-speed 5G mobile...
China’s Regulator Meets With Foreign Investors to Alleviate Concerns: Sources
Aug 25 2023 // China’s securities regulator met with representatives from top Western asset managers on Friday to reassure them about the country’s economic prospects, as its post-COVID recovery falters, two people with...
China Allows Allianz to Launch Onshore Fund Management Company
Aug 24 2023 // China’s securities regulator on Thursday granted approval to Allianz Global Investors (Allianz GI) to set up an onshore fund management company as Beijing vowed to step up efforts to attract foreign companies amid...
China Fines US Firm Mintz $1.5M for ‘Unapproved’ Work, After Raiding its Beijing Office
Aug 23 2023 // China fined U.S. firm Mintz Group about $1.5 million for doing “unapproved statistical work,” said a Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics notice, after a raid of its Beijing office sparked worries about...
Judge Won’t Block Florida Law Banning Chinese Ownership of Property
Aug 18 2023 // (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Florida on Thursday declined to block the state’s law barring citizens of China and other “countries of concern” from owning homes or land in the state. U.S. District...
China’s Hidden Financial Dangers Erupt With Shadow Bank Crisis
Aug 18 2023 // Only a week ago, Zhongzhi Enterprise Group Co. attracted little notice within China and was almost unheard of everywhere else. Now, the secretive shadow banking giant has become the latest symbol of financial fragility in...
US Congressman Says Chinese Spies Hacked His Emails
Aug 16 2023 // Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon said late on Monday the FBI had warned him that his emails were hacked by Chinese spies, with both personal and campaign messages compromised. Bacon was told that the Chinese...
What Are China’s ‘Sponge Cities’ and Why Aren’t They Stopping Urban Floods?
Aug 15 2023 // China has been hit by devastating floods in recent weeks, inundating cities and causing deaths and infrastructural damage, as well as raising questions about the effectiveness of its 2015 “sponge city”...
Japan Cannot Confirm Security Leak After Report Says China Hacked Defense Networks
Aug 8 2023 // Japan cannot confirm if any security information has been leaked, the top government spokesperson said on Tuesday when asked about a Washington Post report on Chinese hacking into its defense cyber networks. Chinese...
Rain Pelts Beijing, Northern China, Causing Floods and Claiming at Least 11 Lives
Aug 1 2023 // Relentless rain stretched into a fourth day in Beijing and nearby cities on Tuesday as a weakening typhoon brought non-stop precipitation and widespread flooding to northern China, so far claiming 11 lives. Rivers have...
Update: Typhoon Doksuri Roars Into China, Destroying Power Lines, Closing Factories
Jul 28 2023 // Typhoon Doksuri swept into southern China on Friday, unleashing heavy rain and violent gusts of wind that whipped power lines and sparked fires, uprooted trees, and ripped off part of a stadium roof. The typhoon is the...
Update: China Girds for Typoon Doksuri as Death Toll Rises in Philippines
Jul 27 2023 // China canceled dozens of flights and trains in preparation for Typhoon Doksuri, which has shuttered much of southern and eastern Taiwan after bringing torrential rain and strong winds to the Philippines. At least 11 people...
Super Typhoon Doksuri Hits Philippines, Heads to China, Taiwan
Jul 25 2023 // Philippine authorities on Tuesday evacuated hundreds of people in coastal communities as super typhoon Doksuri intensified in strength, pummeling the north with strong winds and heavy rains before it heads toward Taiwan...
OSHA Fines Boston’s Dumpling Maker Chinese Spaghetti Factory $190K
Jul 25 2023 // When federal workplace safety inspectors returned to a Boston food plant in March 2023, they said they discovered the plant’s operator — Chinese Spaghetti Factory Inc. — still had not installed required safety...
China Poses ‘Alarming’ Threat to US Power Grid, Lawmakers Told
Jul 19 2023 // China represents an increasing threat to the US power grid, lawmakers were told Tuesday during a hearing in which they were warned a cyberattack from the nation could plunge military and other sensitive sites into...
