In today’s news, China’s dancing grannies: ‘stun gun’ claims to solve square dancing dilemma by sabotaging the music. A month ago, the same source reported China considers legal changes to curb noise pollution from the country’s notorious dancing grann…
China orders coalmines to raise production to address power crunch
Record high prices and shortages of electricity have crippled industrial outputChinese officials have ordered more than 70 mines in Inner Mongolia to increase coal production by almost 100m tonnes, with the country battling its worst power crunch and c…
China’s noisy ‘dancing grannies’ silenced by device that disables speakers
Many people are too scared to confront the groups of middle-aged and older women who take over public parks and sports grounds to exercise along to music Across China’s public parks and squares, in the early hours of the morning or late in the afternoo…
Global startups raise $158B in Q3, an all-time record
We’re beginning to see why it feels so busy out there. It is!
Hong Kong plans megacourt to deal with protest arrests backlog
City’s leader announces initiative as thousands still await trial, and also reveals project for new metropolisHong Kong will build a new megacourt to address a shortage of space as it works through a backlog of the thousands arrested during the 2019 ma…
‘Instead I am the criminal’: China’s MeToo figure speaks out after case fails
Even if her appeal against sexual harassment verdict is unsuccessful, Xianzi is proud that more women now feel they can share their experiences Sitting inside a Beijing courthouse late at night last month, Zhou Xiaoxuan and her lawyers came to a quick …
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to hold virtual meeting this year – White House
Biden administration announces plan after meeting between US national security adviser and China’s top diplomat The US president, Joe Biden, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are planning to meet by video link before the end of the year, a senio…
中国で仮想通貨が「全面禁止」になった理由と、矛盾もはらむ政府の思惑
中国人民銀行（中央銀行）が仮想通貨（暗号資産）の決済や取引情報の提供といった関連サーヴィスを全面的に禁止すると発表した。仮想通貨を「投機」とみなして実体経済を重視する方針を打ち出した格好だが、ブロックチェーンの活用という政府の戦略との矛盾もはらんでいる。
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China PCR Purchases Spiked In Months Before First Known Covid Cases, Firm Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: The Chinese province that was the initial epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak made significant purchases of equipment used to test for infectious diseases months before Beijing notified international a…
China could mount full scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025, island’s defence minister says
Comments come as Biden and Xi agree to stick to Taiwan agreements amid rising tension in the Indo-PacificChina will be capable of mounting a full scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025, the island’s defence minister Chiu Kuo-cheng has said, describing curren…