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China hits out at US over TikTok ban on federal devices
Add a CommentChina has accused the US of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the video app TikTok from government-issued phones. On Monday, the White House gave government agencies 30 days to ensure that employees did not have the Chinese-owned … Read more →
Gov’t postpones meeting with China on debt cancellation to March 2023
Add a CommentFinance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has hinted that a planned high-level government delegation to China has been postponed to late March 2023. This is owing to the upcoming National People’s Congress of China meeting scheduled for early March. However, the Finance … Read more →
Billionaire tech banker in China reported missing
Add a CommentOne of China’s most high-profile billionaire bankers has gone missing, his company has reported. Bao Fan, the chief executive of China Renaissance Holdings, had not been able to be reached in recent days, the firm said in a market update … Read more →
China bets on private sector to boost Covid-hit economy
Add a CommentBeijing has vowed to go all out next year to save its Covid-hit economy by boosting consumption and loosening control over private industry, including the struggling tech and property sectors. The new pledge marks a big shift from leader Xi … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo challenges US, China, India, others to join ICC
Add a CommentPresident Akufo-Addo thinks the time has come for some of the big countries across the world like the USA, China, India, and the rest to sign up for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to give it universal jurisdiction. As it … Read more →
China tops list of foreigners with Ghana card
Add a CommentThe National Identification Authority (NIA) says China is the country with the highest number of foreigners issued with non-citizen national identity cards (Ghana cards). Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, Executive Secretary, NIA, said this at a press briefing in Accra on … Read more →
US bans Tech firms from building factories or investing in China for 10 years
Add a CommentThe US government has banned its tech companies that receive federal funding from building “advanced technology” facilities in China for 10 years, the Biden administration has said. The guidelines were unveiled as part of a $50bn (£43bn) plan aimed at … Read more →
China: Concerns grow as Delta outbreak spreads
Add a CommentA fresh Covid outbreak in China has spread to more locations, raising concerns in local media over the country’s vulnerability to the highly contagious Delta variant. More than 300 cases have been detected within a span of 10 days. Local … Read more →
China interest in Afghanistan could be ‘positive’ – US Blinken
Add a CommentUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said China’s possible involvement in Afghanistan could be “a positive thing”. He said this was if China was looking towards a “peaceful resolution of the conflict” and a “truly representative and inclusive” government. … Read more →
BBC banned in China
Add a CommentIn an apparent tit-for-tat move, BBC World News has been banned from airing in China, according to a statement from China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) on Thursday. The announcement comes one week after Ofcom, the British media regulator, … Read more →
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