BEIJING: Chinese state-media said Covid testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were “discriminatory”, in the clearest pushback yet against restrictions that are slowing down its re-opening. Having kept its borders all but shut for three years, imposing a strict […]
Day: December 30, 2022
China will scrap quarantine for travellers from 8 January, officials said, marking the last major shift from the country’s zero-Covid policy. Travellers wait with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 27, 2022. After three years of closed borders, […]
CEO Elon Musk’s preoccupation with Twitter after taking over the tech firm in late October and his sell-off of Tesla shares to fund his Twitter purchase has also contributed to the plunge in stock price SINGAPORE: Tesla’s shares are at their lowest level in years, with the company’s shares dropping […]
SINGAPORE : Chinese refining giant Sinopec Corp has appointed Zhong Fuliang, vice president of its trading arm Unipec, as the new managing director of the unit, according to a company representative. Zhong, 54, replaces Chen Gang, who is set to hand over the managing director’s position in January after reaching […]
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (Dec 30) he was expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit early next year in what would be a public show of solidarity from Beijing as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine falters. But an official Chinese readout of a video […]