Large Scale Layoffs In Tech Industry China’s tech workers are going through some anxious moments with large-scale layoffs taking place across tech companies. Analysts say layoffs by Alibaba and Tencent could impact up to 20% of their staff. Some loss-making units will be cut entirely, and the companies will downsize areas with high regulatory risks. […]Read More
Shanghai’s Delivery Workers Locked Out Of Homes Shopkeepers and delivery drivers are a lifeline for millions of locked-down Shanghai residents. But to keep food deliveries running, many left their homes for improvised housing in workplaces or vehicles. As infections rose, some have stopped making deliveries as they are marooned outside their locked-down homes. Many are […]Read More
Finance Workers Live In Offices During Lockdown Shortly after the authorities announced a two-phase lockdown in Shanghai to curb the spread of COVID-19, many employees raced to office carrying enough clothing to last a week. They have been asked to work in a so-called closed-loop system, which entails living inside their work premise for a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The irony is stark, the doublespeak deafening. The foreign minister of China that has been called out globally for state-sponsored repression against Uyghurs, a Muslim minority in Xinjiang, attends a conference of the biggest bloc of Muslim majority countries as the chief guest. The invite meant that the Muslim world is happy to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s most populous city and its commercial hub Shanghai is in the middle of a two-stage lockdown as of Monday. The city’s residents have been divided geographically with the Huangpo river in the middle to facilitate mass testing. Given that the spike in Covid cases is less than 5000, the government’s lockdown may […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Snubs come in many forms but a diplomatic snub is unique. It comes steeped in protocol and ceremony and, it bites! Delhi delivered something of that kind last week as China’s foreign minister Wang Yi arrived on a two-day visit that was, at Beijing’s request, not announced. Why is not clear. Equally unclear […]Read More
China Looks To Improve Mental Health In Midst Of Pandemic The Ministry of Education is placing increased emphasis on mental health as a follow through on its pandemic control programme. At a recent video conference on epidemic control and prevention, ministry officials stressed providing timely psychological help for teachers and students. Officials called for monitoring […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “I was very honest in my discussions with the Chinese foreign minister especially in conveying our national sentiments. The frictions and tensions that arise from China’s deployments in 2020 cannot be reconciled with a normal relationship between two neighbours.” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s carefully worded statement at a briefing following the end […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A day after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tip-toed into New Delhi from Kabul, he held talks with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. The visit itself was kept hush-hush till the last moment, with neither India nor China officially confirming it. Maybe, China wanted it that way. That explains why the dignitary wasn’t […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Jayadeva Ranade, China Specialist and President of the Centre for China Analysis & Strategy in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Mr Ranade discusses China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s meetings in Delhi with NSA and Special Representative(SR) on the boundary question, Ajit Doval and Minister of External […]Read More
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