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Author Archives: Frank Chen

Posted inChina

Shenzhen prices soar as home policies backfire

by Frank Chen August 20, 2021August 27, 2021

Beijing’s efforts to help more people on to the property ladder has made homes in Shenzhen, China’s least affordable city for houses, in even shorter supply – and more expensive.  The southern tech hub, home to Huawei, Tencent and ZTE with its 2020 GDP ranked among Asia’s top five, had been due to hold this […]

Posted inCovid-19

Beijing touts herbal fix for vaccine doubters

by Frank Chen August 19, 2021August 27, 2021
Posted inTech Wars

Huawei loses, Qualcomm gains in China’s 5G rollout

by Frank Chen August 19, 2021August 27, 2021
Posted inChina

Chinese students rush to return to America

by Frank Chen August 17, 2021August 27, 2021
Posted inChina

China’s zero-Covid policy could be self-defeating

by Frank Chen August 13, 2021August 30, 2021
Posted inCovid-19

China goes on offensive in defense of its vaccines

by Frank Chen August 12, 2021August 30, 2021
Posted inChina

Boeing 737 Max close to relaunching in China

by Frank Chen August 11, 2021August 30, 2021
Posted inChina

China’s economy wobbles as Covid starts to hit production

by Frank Chen August 10, 2021August 30, 2021
Posted inChina

Viral calls for a single air entry point to China

by Frank Chen August 9, 2021September 15, 2021
Three is just one too many. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inChina

China scraps birth penalties as baby crisis looms

by Frank Chen August 6, 2021August 12, 2021
Posted inChina

China set to launch locally made mRNA vaccine

by Frank Chen August 5, 2021August 30, 2021
Posted inChina

China clamps down as Covid surges far and wide

by Frank Chen August 5, 2021August 30, 2021
Posted inHuawei

Huawei’s latest phone not fast enough for 5G

by Frank Chen August 3, 2021August 30, 2021
Posted inChina

Delta puts China on brink of a new Covid crisis

by Frank Chen August 2, 2021August 30, 2021
Posted inChina

Inside China’s mega-farm where the Covid virus grows

by Frank Chen July 30, 2021August 31, 2021
Posted inChina

Nanjing airport: Delta virus’s China transit hub

by Frank Chen July 29, 2021August 31, 2021
Posted inChina

Beijing eyes Tokyo as 2022 Games draw near

by Frank Chen July 28, 2021August 31, 2021
Posted inChina

China’s private tutor ban kills another profit center

by Frank Chen July 27, 2021August 31, 2021
Posted inChina

China’s revised data law a de facto ban on US IPOs

by Frank Chen July 26, 2021September 1, 2021
Posted inChina

China starts to crack on need for mRNA vaccines

by Frank Chen July 23, 2021September 1, 2021
Posted inChina

China has a ‘lying flat’ youth problem

by Frank Chen July 23, 2021August 12, 2021
Posted inChina

Zhengzhou record rains wash out Apple, Nissan

by Frank Chen July 21, 2021September 2, 2021
Posted inUS-China

US blocking more Chinese students from its universities

by Frank Chen July 20, 2021September 2, 2021
Posted inCovid-19

China set to add BioNTech to its vaccine arsenal

by Frank Chen July 15, 2021July 18, 2021
Posted inChina

China making marriage easier, divorce harder

by Frank Chen July 15, 2021August 12, 2021
Posted inCovid-19

Sinovac debate heats up as Delta variant surges

by Frank Chen July 13, 2021September 2, 2021
Posted inChina

China deploys police to arrest a Delta outbreak

by Frank Chen July 12, 2021September 2, 2021
Posted inChina

China’s new space city poised for quick-fire launches

by Frank Chen July 10, 2021July 14, 2021
Posted inSingapore

Chinese flock to new tech boom town Singapore

by Frank Chen July 8, 2021September 1, 2021
Posted inChina

Covid returns to Wuhan as imported cases mount

by Frank Chen July 7, 2021September 1, 2021

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