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Where is Jack Ma, China’s e-commerce pioneer?

January 7, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

By Joe McDonald The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, made his fortune by taking big risks. The former English teacher founded Alibaba Group in 1999, when China had few internet users. Online payments service Alipay launched five years later, before regulators said such businesses would be allowed. Both […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 2 | JANUARY 9 - JANUARY 15

Tying the knot without a face mask in China

January 7, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

Lovebirds in China are embracing a sense of normalcy as the COVID pandemic appears to be under control in the country where it was first detected.

Filed Under: World News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 2 | JANUARY 9 - JANUARY 15

Tick-Tock: The Tokyo Olympics hit the 200-days-to-go mark

January 7, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

By Stephen Wade and Yuri Kageyama The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tick-Tock-Tick. The countdown clock for the postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 200 days to go on Jan. 4. Tick-Tock-Tick. Also on Jan. 4, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he would consider calling a state of emergency as new coronavirus cases surge to record […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 2 | JANUARY 9 - JANUARY 15

China’s Zhong Shanshan becomes Asia’s richest person

January 7, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

Zhong Shanshan rose to become Asia’s richest man with a worth of nearly $77.8 billion on Dec. 31. According to Bloomberg, Zhong, 66, a bottled water and vaccine tycoon, is the 11th richest person on the planet. “It’s one of the fastest accumulations of wealth in history,” said the report as Zhong’s businesses surged from […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 2 | JANUARY 9 - JANUARY 15

NYSE withdraws plans to delist 3 Chinese phone carriers

January 7, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The New York Stock Exchange has withdrawn plans to delist shares of three Chinese state-owned phone carriers. The shares were to be removed under an order from President Donald Trump, a move Beijing had warned might lead to retaliation. The exchange cited “further consultation’’ with regulators […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 2 | JANUARY 9 - JANUARY 15

As virus mutes Dubai nightlife, Filipino bands feel the pain

December 31, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Eric Roman struts onstage in his torn jeans and grasps the microphone.

Filed Under: World News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 1 | JANUARY 2 - JANUARY 8

China sentences journalist for ‘provoking trouble’ with coronavirus reporting

December 31, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court on Dec. 28 sentenced a former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of “picking fights and provoking trouble,” one of her lawyers said. The Pudong New Area People’s Court in the financial hub of Shanghai gave the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 1 | JANUARY 2 - JANUARY 8

Poor countries face long wait for vaccines despite promises

December 24, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

With Americans, Britons, and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 52 | DECEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 31

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail, U.S.’s Pompeo tweets support

December 17, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail on Dec. 12 after being charged the previous day under the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s new national security law. Lai faces a charge of collusion with foreign elements to endanger national security, apparently for tweets he made […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 51 | DECEMBER 19 - DECEMBER 25

Firecrackers and prayers as Indians celebrate Harris’ win

November 12, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By AIJAZ RAHI Associated Press THULASENDRAPURAM, India (AP) — Waking up to the news of Kamala Harris’ election as U.S. vice president, overjoyed people in her Indian grandfather’s hometown set off firecrackers and offered prayers on Nov 8. Groups gathered at street corners in Thulasendrapuram, a tiny village of 350 people, reading newspapers and chatting […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 46 | NOVEMBER 14 - NOVEMBER 20

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