China’s “national champions” – state-owned firms in decisive sectors that are among the country’s largest – have been advised to enhance their presence and pour more resources into loosening economic and technological choke points created by curbs levied from Washington.
“As our country’s economy faces major risks and challenges … state-owned enterprises (SOEs) should provide the greatest certainty for our country’s economic development,” per a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a ministerial-level research institution under the State Council, China’s cabinet. Read More...
A 21-month-old child who had been struggling to overcome a rare heart condition and cancer has died in Hong Kong.
Mark Cheung Ho-yan died at 3am on Monday in the arms of his father Dr Cheung Chun-kit at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital after his situation deteriorated. The death was confirmed on Tuesday by a spokesman for the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Alumni Charity Foundation.
The boy had suffered from both aortic narrowing and stage-four neuroblastoma, a common cancer in children. Read More...
The sky is grey and overcast that Wednesday. Early-morning rain has soaked the verdant Tegalalang village. But 10-year-old Pande Putu Aditama has met his friends at the community hall, and they are waiting patiently for their turn to have their bodies painted.
Within 10 minutes, Aditama, “Adit” to his friends, is up. The boy removes his shirt, and from his torso, up his face, and through his hair, he is covered in white pigment. Read More...