A Chinese-Australian artist has called for more support from the Australian government after Chinese officials tried to shut down his latest show in Poland. The artist, who goes by the name Badiucao, is due to launch his latest exhibition at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw on Friday. <gu-island name="TweetBlockComponent" deferuntil="visible" props="{"element":{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement","html":" #Breaking 🇵🇱 @u_jazdowski art center ‘s website is briefly down for unknown reason.The art center is hosting my new exhibition #TellChinasStoryWell on June 16.Yesterday Chinese embassy visited venue again to express complain against the show.…
Day: June 13, 2023
China readies for stimulus as economic recovery founders
With a swath of tax breaks and hints at more loans for small businesses, Chinese state planners this week started to respond to a problem already felt by many consumers and investors: the country’s economic recovery is in trouble. After months of disappointing data, economists and traders expect China’s government on Thursday to cut the headline policy interest rate for the first time in almost a year. Such a step has been heralded by a stream of easing measures to boost financial sector liquidity. Policymakers on Tuesday trimmed an overnight…
China edges towards stimulus as economic recovery founders
With a swath of tax breaks and hints at more loans for small businesses, Chinese state planners this week started to respond to a problem already felt by many consumers and investors: the world’s second-biggest economy is in trouble. After months of disappointing data, economists and traders expect the government on Thursday to cut the headline policy interest rate for the first time in almost a year. Such a step has been heralded by a stream of easing measures to boost financial sector liquidity. Policymakers on Tuesday trimmed an overnight…
Marriages in China drop to record low despite government push
The number of marriages in China last year dropped to 6.83 million, the lowest since records began in 1986. Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed the number of couples tying the knot in 2022 fell by about 800,000 compared with 2021, beating that year’s record low. China’s marriage rate has declined rapidly over the past 10 years, since peaking in 2013 when nearly 13.5 million couples wed, nearly double last year’s count. Policymakers in China are increasingly worried about the stubborn downward trend in marriage – and…
Singapore’s listing ambitions hit by woes of data centre operator
Singapore is thriving as an Asian finance hub. Record amounts of capital are flowing into the city-state from China, south-east Asia, the US and elsewhere. Not only did Singapore gain from the closure of rival Hong Kong during the pandemic but the nation has benefited from a more neutral approach in a world marked by geopolitical polarisation. But it has struggled with its ambitions for a key part of its finance hub strategy — to develop a thriving stock market with a pipeline of new equity listings. Monthly delistings often outnumber…
Apple taps Chinese contract manufacturer Luxshare, six other mainland suppliers in production of Vision Pro mixed-reality headset
Apple chief executive Tim Cook gestures to members of the media next to the new Vision Pro mixed-reality reality headset during the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference, held at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 5, 2023. Photo: Agence France-Presse South China Morning Post
Three weeks of fighting in eastern Myanmar leaves nearly 3 dozen civilians dead
Three weeks of fierce fighting between junta troops and ethnic Karenni forces in eastern Myanmar has killed at least 35 civilians, including three children, a domestic human rights group and local residents said. Karenni militias have been battling the military for decades in their campaign for greater autonomy in Kayah and Shan states, but the conflict has worsened in recent months as the Burmese army targets People’s Defense Force fighters who have taken up arms against the military since the 2021 coup. The two sides have been engaged in armed…
Russia resumed shipments of oil to North Korea in December, UN data shows
Russia has resumed supplying oil to North Korea after a 27-month hiatus due to international sanctions, data from the United Nations showed. Experts told Radio Free Asia that the resumption likely coincided with Pyongyang supplying Moscow with weapons for use in its war against Ukraine. The UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea on June 9 published data on Russian oil shipments to North Korea, which indicated that in December 2022, Moscow supplied 3,225 barrels of refined oil to Pyongyang. In January, the total number of barrels sharply increased…
China ‘anxious and regretful’ over Ukraine war, PLA strategist says
He questioned if the United States was for peace or war, adding that Washington’s current actions would prolong the conflict. “I want to ask if the US really wants peace? If you [the US] actually want to be the ‘black hand’ behind the scene, or are you serious about becoming the friend who brings peace?” he asked. Advertisement He’s remarks are consistent with comments made by Li Hui, China’s special envoy for Eurasian affairs, who said after wrapping up his 12-day tour of Europe last month he had felt it…
Montagnard religious groups say they weren’t involved in attacks on police stations
Religious and civil organizations representing Vietnam’s Montagnard people said they weren’t involved in armed attacks on two police stations that left nine people dead over the weekend. Sunday’s attack took place in Dak Lak province in the remote Central Highlands – a region that’s home to some 30 tribes of indigenous peoples known collectively as Montagnards. Two state newspapers, VnExpress and Cong Thuong, published detailed information about the incident, saying that at dawn on Sunday, around 40 people wearing camouflage vests split into two groups to attack the two police…