Tag: Shanghai
Stocks open higher on Wall Street, on track for weekly gain
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Friday, keeping the market on track for a weekly gain following a big drop at the beginning...
German who ran think tank arrested for spying for China
BERLIN — A German man who ran a think tank has been arrested on suspicion of being an informant for Chinese intelligence for years,...
China prepares for Communist Party centenary in secret
BEIJING — Chinese authorities have closed Beijing's central Tiananmen Square to the public, eight days ahead of a major celebration being planned to mark...
Pioneering investor dubbed ‘China’s First Shareholder’ dies
BEIJING — A former factory worker known as “China’s First Shareholder” after he amassed a fortune trading in the country’s infant financial markets starting...
Hungary: Plan to build Chinese university branch protested
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Several thousand people rallied in Hungary's capital Saturday against plans by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to host a Chinese university in...
China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu, a possible first
BEIJING — A man in eastern China has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu,...
Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China’s Xinjiang
AKSU, China — A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking...
Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter
BRUSSELS — China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media....
Bob Dylan artwork to go on display in the U.S. this year
The largest collection of Bob Dylan’s artwork ever seen will go on display later this year in the U.S.
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Russia, facing lags, turns to China to produce Sputnik shots
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Russia is turning to multiple Chinese firms to manufacture the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in an effort to speed up production...