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Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:42:35 +0800National security role for Macau liaison office chief
The top mainland official in Macau has been named a national security affairs adviser to the Macau SAR government.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the central government has decided that the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Macau...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:02:30 +0800Boeing 737 MAX cleared to fly in China again
Chinese authorities have approved the Boeing 737 MAX to resume service after making a series of safety adjustments, removing a major uncertainty surrounding the American aviation giant's comeback after a lengthy slump.
A directive from the Civil Avi...
Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:14:17 +0800Troubles mount for Macau junket giant
Shares of Macau junket operator, Suncity Group, have been suspended again as the fallout from the arrest of its CEO Alvin Chau continues.
Chau was detained in Macau on Sunday, following a crackdown by mainland authorities on cross-border gambling.
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Wed, 01 Dec 2021 02:58:15 +0800Beijing confident Winter Games will go ahead
China on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held successfully as scheduled, but said the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 will pose challenges to prevention and control measures.
Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Liji...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:28:00 +0800China's manufacturing base returns to growth
Factory activity in China is expanding again. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector came in at 50.1 this month, up from 49.2 in October, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) quoted by the Xinhua n...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:44:04 +0800Founder of Macau's top junket operator to resign
Shares of Macau junket operator, Suncity Group, lost nearly half their value in resumed trade on Tuesday after its CEO, Alvin Chau, was arrested on Sunday along with 10 other people. The company said he intends to resign.
Chau, the founder of Suncit...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:14:10 +0800China to send more Covid vaccines to Africa: Xi
President Xi Jinping on Monday said China would offer another 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines to African countries and would encourage Chinese companies to invest no less than US$10 billion in Africa over the next three years.
The pledge of ad...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:03:22 +0800Mainland reports 21 new local Covid-19 cases
Mainland authorities have reported 21 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases.
According to the National Health Commission, 20 of them were from Inner Mongolia and one was from Yunnan.
There were also 20 new imported cases reported from six regions....
Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:51:48 +0800Macau police arrest 11 people in gambling probe
Macau officials said on Sunday that police have arrested 11 people in connection with a money laundering and illegal gambling case.
They said those detained include a 47-year-old businessman, surnamed Chau, but stopped short of revealing if the susp...
Sun, 28 Nov 2021 13:43:54 +0800China strengthens lending for private enterprises
China has increased lending support for the private sector, with new loans to private enterprises reaching five trillion yuan (US$782 billion) in the first 10 months of 2021, according to a Xinhua report citing the nation’s top banking and insuranc...
Sun, 28 Nov 2021 13:02:30 +0800Port throughput grows 7.8 percent in first ten months
Cargo and container throughput at China's ports registered stable growth in the first ten months of the year, data from the Ministry of Transport showed.
From January to October, cargo throughput at the nation's ports totalled 12.87 billion tonnes, ...
Sun, 28 Nov 2021 01:34:46 +0800Macau mogul questioned over alleged gambling crime
Macau police have taken away businessman Alvin Chau for investigation, after a mainland court issued an arrest warrant for him over suspected cross-border illegal gambling activities.
The Macau government said in a statement that officers had taken...
Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:18:16 +0800Stop going down the wrong path, China tells US
Beijing has urged Washington to "follow the spirit" of last week's virtual summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden, and meet it halfway instead of going further down "the wrong path."
The comment from a spokesman at Chi...
Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:24:58 +0800China against US inviting Taiwan to virtual summit
China has denounced a move by the United States to invite Taiwan to a summit on democracy next month.
In Beijing, a spokeswoman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhu Fenglian, said China is firmly against any official contact between Ta...
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:03:11 +0800Four killed in Jiangxi building collapse
Four people have been killed after part of a staff dormitory building collapsed in Jiangxi province.
A section of the six-storey building in Ganjiang New District gave way on Monday evening, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The block housed people who...
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:18:53 +0800China, Asean join hands against interference: Xi
President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) at a summit on Monday that Beijing would not "bully" its smaller regional neighbours amid rising tension over the South China Sea.
"China was, is, and...
Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:03:15 +0800China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania
China has decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with Lithuania to the level of charge d'affaires, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said on Sunday.
The move comes after Lithuania allowed Taiwan authorities to open an office in Vilnius using the na...
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:38:52 +0800China slams US over Olympics boycott threat
The Foreign Ministry on Friday accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit after US President Joe Biden said he was considering a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights abuses.
"Politicising sports is again...
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:20:38 +0800China condemns opening of Taiwan office in Lithuania
China has condemned the opening of a Taiwan office in Lithuania as an "extremely egregious act," saying any move seeking Taiwan independence was doomed to fail.
"There is but one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory...
Thu, 18 Nov 2021 16:51:30 +0800China, Philippines in South China Sea confrontation
The Philippines on Thursday accused Chinese Coast Guard vessels of firing water cannon at boats delivering supplies to Filipino marines in the South China Sea, and ordered Beijing to "back off".
In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian sai...