Asia China The tech-hub city of Shenzhen, the Silicon Valley of China, has overtaken New York, USA, for number of resident billionaires according to the Hurun Global Rich List
Asia China Hong Kong's leader Mrs. Lam defended her policy of temporarily banning inbound flights that could bring in coronavirus cases, as airline industry figures warned the city had fallen "off the map" as an aviation hub
Asia China The country's most extensive shutdown in two years will enter its ‘phase-2 stage’ today; to conduct mass testing and control a local outbreak in Shanghai with a lighter economic impact, East and West river sides are following different closure dates
Asia China Companies engaged in online gaming, livestreaming, audio and video in China should establish a "youth mode" to protect minors, according to draft regulations published by the Cyberspace Administration of China
Asia China General secretary Xi Jinping has stressed unswerving adherence to China's path of human rights development while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
Asia China The country launched a Long March 4C rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Center in China's Gobi Desert to deploy an earth-observation radar satellite yesterday, reports China Aerospace Science & Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor
Asia China The XXIV Winter Olympic Games will close today in Beijing; subject to a strong diplomatic boycott, the event was also highly contested for being environmentally unsustainable, with 100% artificial snow
Asia China The Winter Olympics begin today in Beijing, making it the first city to host both the Summer (2008) and Winter Olympics; all athletes must be vaccinated to participate in what appears to be the most closed-off, tightly controlled, hard-to-navigate Olympic
Asia China A new green and low-carbon development for China's civil aviation has been announced as the country's efforts to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
Asia China Plans to sell tickets to the public for the Olympics are cancelled as the number of Covid-19 cases has reached its highest point since March 2020; although international spectators had long since been ruled out, the option was left open for nationals
Asia China Meticulous plans to prevent an outbreak of Covid-19 at the Olympics by sealing off all participants within a 'closed circuit' for the upcoming Winter Olympics are being tested by the emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variant
Asia China The University of Hong Kong has confirmed that the statue commemorating Beijing's Tiananmen Square repression has been dismantled and removed after 24 years
Asia China The annual swim across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour has resumed after being cancelled for three years in a row, two due to the pandemic and one due to protests