BEIJING: Activity in China’s services sector in January expanded at the slowest pace in five months, as a surge in local COVID-19 cases and containment measures hit new business and consumer sentiment while employment fell, a private survey showed on Monday. The Caixin/Markit services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to […]
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Eileen Gu and the Chimerican Dream
If you would like to receive China Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu wins gold for China and draws criticism from the United States, the omicron variant spreads in vulnerable Hong Kong , and new polling […]
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UK Pondering Extension Of Visa Scheme For Young Hong Kongers Seeking Refuge
The British government on Thursday indicated that it was considering an extension to its visa lifeboat scheme to help the Hongkongers aged between 18 and 24 to migrate to the UK with ease. The scheme that was launched a year ago by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson allowed only […]
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Winter Olympics: Athletes Complain Of Mistreatment, Poor Living Conditions By Chinese Govt
Despite a glamourous opening of Beijing’s Winter Olympics, China is currently hit with a litany of complaints, effectively gutting promises of “streamlined, safe and most splendid” Games in just two days into the events. Lack of closed-loop and unavailability of hot food has sparked anguish and frustration among participants. To […]
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Putin Blames U.S. for Ukraine Crisis
If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here . Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of inciting the Ukraine crisis , gunfire in Guinea-Bissau sparks coup fears, and the FBI recommends burner phones […]
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Top 10 Headlines: Lata Mangeshkar Accorded State Funeral, Peng Shuai Breaks Silence & More
Lata Mangeshkar Accorded Full State Honour; Cremated At Mumbai’s Shivaji Park Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar on Sunday was accorded a state funeral in the evening at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. ‘India’s Nightingale’ Mangeshkar, who was 92 years old, passed away 28 days after hospitalisation due to multiple organ failure while […]
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In Dharmshala, ‘Students For Free Tibet’ Activists Stage Protest Against Beijing Olympics
Activists of Students for Free Tibet (SFT) staged a protest in Dharmshala on Thursday against the Beijing Winter Olympics Games being held in China. During the protest, activists staged a drama to protest and convey their message to the people. During the protest, the SFT activists held placards and raised […]