Tag: China

China's search engine giant Baidu beat quarterly revenue estimates on Tuesday (Aug 30), underpinned by demand for its cloud and artificial intelligence-powered offerings. US-listed shares of the company rose 3.2 ...

BEIJING: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest commercial lender by assets, said soured lending to the real estate sector in the first half of this year ...

SHANGHAI: China's central bank issued draft rules on Tuesday (Aug 30) to regulate related transactions of financial holding companies. Such transactions must conform to rational commercial principles, be backed by ...

SYDNEY: The Solomon Islands government has told the United States that it will place a moratorium on navy vessels entering its ports, the US embassy in Canberra said on Tuesday ...

Earlier, the United States embassy in Canberra, the Australian capital, had said the Solomon Islands had notified it of a moratorium on navy vessels entering its ports. "On Aug 29, ...

The world's biggest electronics market in Huaqiangbei has also been closed - despite just 35 daily cases being reported in the city of over 18 million. "The notice to close ...

HONG KONG: Two phones owned by jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be searched on national security grounds and are not protected by journalistic privilege, a senior judge ruled ...

WASHINGTON: The Joe Biden administration plans to ask the United States Congress to approve an estimated US$1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, ...

KIDS UNDER PRESSURE The COVID-19 curbs have sometimes forced young people into extreme situations. During Shanghai's two-month lockdown this year, for instance, some 15 to 18-year-olds had to isolate by ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI: China on Monday (Aug 29) dismissed complaints from Taiwan about repeated harassment by Chinese drones very close to Taiwanese-controlled islands as not anything "to make a fuss about", prompting ...