WCR Feed

From the U.S. to Europe, financial markets are caught in a giant 'prisoner's dilemma'

2023-03-20: Wen Jing Zhang Tao Lu Si Yuan (China Construction Bank Financial Market Department, personal view only) The banking crisis, triggered by a run on US banks in Silicon Valley, is still unfolding and has quickly spread to Europe, especially since two events last weekend epitomized this upheaval. Event  

 
JIEMIAN 3 minutes ago 2 minutes read

 
Hong Kong media: Daigou reversed, young people in Hong Kong are obsessed with mainland Internet celebrity food

2023-03-20: The reference news network reported on March 20. According to Hong Kong "Xing Tao Daily" website reported on March 19, time-shift easy, in the past, mainland people love Hong Kong brands, through purchasing to Hong Kong sweeping goods, but with the rise of e-commerce, Hong Kong purchasing scene has become  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Foreign media: report says more than 9,000 Ukrainians escaped conscription abroad through "special means" last year

2023-03-20: According to a report by the Ukrainian Parliament's Provisional Investigative Committee, more than 9,000 Ukrainians will leave the country as volunteers in 2022 to avoid conscription, according to the website of the Russian newspaper on March 19. According to the report, Ukraine is currently in a state  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Korean media: Statistics show that there are more and more "40-year-old brides" in South Korea

2023-03-20: According to statistics released on March 20 by the National Statistics Portal of the Statistics Office of Korea, women aged 40-44 (10,949) outnumbered women aged 20-24 (10,113) in 2022. According to reports, in 2021, the number of women aged 40-44 married (10,412) exceeded the 20-24 age group (9,985)  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
British media: Germany needs to speed up to make up for economic shortcomings

2023-03-20: On March 15, the website of The Economist published an article titled "Germany is finally addressing its long-standing economic weakness." The full text is excerpted below: Germany has been too slow to decarbonize and digitize its economy and address the acute shortage of skilled workers, which affects  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Russian media: Afghan authorities issue cannabis cultivation ban

2023-03-20: According to the website of the Russian newspaper on March 18, the Taliban's supreme leader Ahunzada imposed a ban on cannabis cultivation throughout Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid posted on Twitter the text of the order signed by Akhunzada. The tweet read: "Cannabis cultivation  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Iraq, Iran sign deal to boost border security

2023-03-20: Baghdad, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Iraq and Iran signed a border security agreement on the same day, Reuters reported. Iraqi officials said the move was mainly aimed at tightening Iran's border with Iraq's Kurdish region. Tehran says dissident Kurdish militants in Iraq's Kurdish region pose a threat to Iran's  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Imran Khan charged with terrorism by Pakistani police

2023-03-20: Islamabad, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Police in Pakistan's capital city have charged former Prime Minister Imran Khan, 17 aides and dozens of supporters with terrorism and several other charges, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The day before, followers of the deposed prime minister clashed with security  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Korean media: South Korea's first private rocket launches in Brazil

2023-03-20: According to the Yonhap news agency in Seoul on March 20, the launch vehicle "Han Kwang-TLV" independently developed by South Korean space startup INNOSPACE was launched at 2: 52 p.m. local time on March 19 at the Alcantara Launch Center belonging to the Brazilian Air Force. For its part, the South  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Poll: "Lula is off to a good start"

2023-03-20: Lula's approval rating stands at 41 percent two and a half months after taking office as president of Brazil, higher than that of his predecessor Bolsonaro (34 percent) during the same period, according to a poll conducted by Ipec published on March 19 by Brazilian newspaper El Universal. The poll  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
French media: Colombian president announces resumption of military operations against drug cartels

2023-03-20: Bogota, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended a December 31 ceasefire agreement between him and the Gulf Help, the country's main drug cartel, over attacks on civilians, AFP reported on March 20. Gustavo Petro wrote on Twitter, "I have ordered the security forces to restart  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Russian media: Poland may not be able to hand over MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine

2023-03-20: Poland has been unable to hand over a batch of warplanes it previously obtained from Germany to Ukraine, as promised, because Germany does not allow it to do so, Russian news website Novosibirsk reported on March 20. It was reported that Poland had not consulted the German side in advance about providing  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Wyoming enacts new law banning abortion pills

2023-03-20: Wyoming 17 became the first state in the United States to ban the use of abortion drugs, adding momentum to growing efforts by conservative states and anti-abortion groups to target medicinal abortions, the New York Times reported on March 20. Currently, most methods of terminating a pregnancy in the  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Foreign media: Ecuador's foreign minister criticizes Argentina's "broken promise"

2023-03-20: Tensions between Ecuador and Argentina continue to rise over the flight of a minister under former Ecuadorian President Correa, according to the Spanish newspaper Le Monde on March 19. The political and diplomatic crisis between Ecuador and Argentina has continued to worsen in recent days due to growing  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Henry Kissinger: Major changes are taking place in the strategic landscape of the Middle East

2023-03-20: The reference news network reported on March 20. The Washington Post website published an article on March 16 entitled "How China heralded the beginning of a multipolar Middle East," by David Ignatius, a columnist for the newspaper. The full text is excerpted below: Henry Kissinger must have felt dj

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
British media: The United States learned nothing from the Iraq war

2023-03-20: The Guardian published an article on March 18 entitled "The United States is ready to bomb the Middle East into its own pattern, but in Ukraine, the United States seems equally selfish," by Randip Ramesh, the paper's chief writer. The full text is excerpted below: In the 20 years since the Second Iraq  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
The Japanese Ministry of Defense deployed missiles here, and the islanders opposed it!

2023-03-20: According to Kyodo News Agency on March 18, Japan's Ministry of Defense brought missiles and other ammunition to the newly established Land Self-Defense Force Ishigaki Station in Ishigaki Island (Ishigaki City) in Okinawa Prefecture. As one of the so-called measures to strengthen the defense of the southwestern

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
Japanese media: Japan commemorates the 28th anniversary of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack

2023-03-20: Japan commemorated the 28th anniversary of the Tokyo Metro sarin gas incident on March 20, according to Kyodo News Agency. On March 20, 1995, followers of the cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas on trains on multiple lines of the Tokyo subway, killing 14 people and injuring more than 6,000 others.  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
UK, Japan agree to space defense cooperation

2023-03-20: Britain and Japan agreed on March 17 to cooperate in space, the latest move to deepen defense ties between the two countries, according to a Reuters report on March 20. The two countries are working together on a new type of fighter jet. 17 (UPI) -- Britain said it signed an agreement with Japan to  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 
US media: Hay fever season is getting earlier and longer

2023-03-20: The CNN website recently published an article titled "Your pollen allergy is serious? Here's why," written by Rachel Ramirez. Excerpts are as follows: It's only early March now, but in the southern and eastern United States, pollen in the air has sent tears running down the air. Pollen levels climbed  

 
CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Load More



Trending in China

What China Reads


WCR Feed


From the U.S. to Europe, financial markets are caught in a giant 'prisoner's dilemma'

2023-03-20: Wen Jing Zhang Tao Lu Si Yuan (China Construction Bank Financial Market Department, personal view only) The banking crisis, triggered by a run on US banks in Silicon Valley, is still unfolding and has quickly spread to Europe, especially since two events last weekend epitomized this upheaval. Event  


JIEMIAN 3 minutes ago 2 minutes read

 

Hong Kong media: Daigou reversed, young people in Hong Kong are obsessed with mainland Internet celebrity food

2023-03-20: The reference news network reported on March 20. According to Hong Kong "Xing Tao Daily" website reported on March 19, time-shift easy, in the past, mainland people love Hong Kong brands, through purchasing to Hong Kong sweeping goods, but with the rise of e-commerce, Hong Kong purchasing scene has become  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Foreign media: report says more than 9,000 Ukrainians escaped conscription abroad through "special means" last year

2023-03-20: According to a report by the Ukrainian Parliament's Provisional Investigative Committee, more than 9,000 Ukrainians will leave the country as volunteers in 2022 to avoid conscription, according to the website of the Russian newspaper on March 19. According to the report, Ukraine is currently in a state  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Korean media: Statistics show that there are more and more "40-year-old brides" in South Korea

2023-03-20: According to statistics released on March 20 by the National Statistics Portal of the Statistics Office of Korea, women aged 40-44 (10,949) outnumbered women aged 20-24 (10,113) in 2022. According to reports, in 2021, the number of women aged 40-44 married (10,412) exceeded the 20-24 age group (9,985)  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

British media: Germany needs to speed up to make up for economic shortcomings

2023-03-20: On March 15, the website of The Economist published an article titled "Germany is finally addressing its long-standing economic weakness." The full text is excerpted below: Germany has been too slow to decarbonize and digitize its economy and address the acute shortage of skilled workers, which affects  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Russian media: Afghan authorities issue cannabis cultivation ban

2023-03-20: According to the website of the Russian newspaper on March 18, the Taliban's supreme leader Ahunzada imposed a ban on cannabis cultivation throughout Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid posted on Twitter the text of the order signed by Akhunzada. The tweet read: "Cannabis cultivation  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Iraq, Iran sign deal to boost border security

2023-03-20: Baghdad, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Iraq and Iran signed a border security agreement on the same day, Reuters reported. Iraqi officials said the move was mainly aimed at tightening Iran's border with Iraq's Kurdish region. Tehran says dissident Kurdish militants in Iraq's Kurdish region pose a threat to Iran's  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Imran Khan charged with terrorism by Pakistani police

2023-03-20: Islamabad, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Police in Pakistan's capital city have charged former Prime Minister Imran Khan, 17 aides and dozens of supporters with terrorism and several other charges, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The day before, followers of the deposed prime minister clashed with security  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Korean media: South Korea's first private rocket launches in Brazil

2023-03-20: According to the Yonhap news agency in Seoul on March 20, the launch vehicle "Han Kwang-TLV" independently developed by South Korean space startup INNOSPACE was launched at 2: 52 p.m. local time on March 19 at the Alcantara Launch Center belonging to the Brazilian Air Force. For its part, the South  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Poll: "Lula is off to a good start"

2023-03-20: Lula's approval rating stands at 41 percent two and a half months after taking office as president of Brazil, higher than that of his predecessor Bolsonaro (34 percent) during the same period, according to a poll conducted by Ipec published on March 19 by Brazilian newspaper El Universal. The poll  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

French media: Colombian president announces resumption of military operations against drug cartels

2023-03-20: Bogota, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended a December 31 ceasefire agreement between him and the Gulf Help, the country's main drug cartel, over attacks on civilians, AFP reported on March 20. Gustavo Petro wrote on Twitter, "I have ordered the security forces to restart  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Russian media: Poland may not be able to hand over MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine

2023-03-20: Poland has been unable to hand over a batch of warplanes it previously obtained from Germany to Ukraine, as promised, because Germany does not allow it to do so, Russian news website Novosibirsk reported on March 20. It was reported that Poland had not consulted the German side in advance about providing  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Wyoming enacts new law banning abortion pills

2023-03-20: Wyoming 17 became the first state in the United States to ban the use of abortion drugs, adding momentum to growing efforts by conservative states and anti-abortion groups to target medicinal abortions, the New York Times reported on March 20. Currently, most methods of terminating a pregnancy in the  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Foreign media: Ecuador's foreign minister criticizes Argentina's "broken promise"

2023-03-20: Tensions between Ecuador and Argentina continue to rise over the flight of a minister under former Ecuadorian President Correa, according to the Spanish newspaper Le Monde on March 19. The political and diplomatic crisis between Ecuador and Argentina has continued to worsen in recent days due to growing  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Henry Kissinger: Major changes are taking place in the strategic landscape of the Middle East

2023-03-20: The reference news network reported on March 20. The Washington Post website published an article on March 16 entitled "How China heralded the beginning of a multipolar Middle East," by David Ignatius, a columnist for the newspaper. The full text is excerpted below: Henry Kissinger must have felt dj


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

British media: The United States learned nothing from the Iraq war

2023-03-20: The Guardian published an article on March 18 entitled "The United States is ready to bomb the Middle East into its own pattern, but in Ukraine, the United States seems equally selfish," by Randip Ramesh, the paper's chief writer. The full text is excerpted below: In the 20 years since the Second Iraq  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

The Japanese Ministry of Defense deployed missiles here, and the islanders opposed it!

2023-03-20: According to Kyodo News Agency on March 18, Japan's Ministry of Defense brought missiles and other ammunition to the newly established Land Self-Defense Force Ishigaki Station in Ishigaki Island (Ishigaki City) in Okinawa Prefecture. As one of the so-called measures to strengthen the defense of the southwestern


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Japanese media: Japan commemorates the 28th anniversary of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack

2023-03-20: Japan commemorated the 28th anniversary of the Tokyo Metro sarin gas incident on March 20, according to Kyodo News Agency. On March 20, 1995, followers of the cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas on trains on multiple lines of the Tokyo subway, killing 14 people and injuring more than 6,000 others.  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

UK, Japan agree to space defense cooperation

2023-03-20: Britain and Japan agreed on March 17 to cooperate in space, the latest move to deepen defense ties between the two countries, according to a Reuters report on March 20. The two countries are working together on a new type of fighter jet. 17 (UPI) -- Britain said it signed an agreement with Japan to  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

US media: Hay fever season is getting earlier and longer

2023-03-20: The CNN website recently published an article titled "Your pollen allergy is serious? Here's why," written by Rachel Ramirez. Excerpts are as follows: It's only early March now, but in the southern and eastern United States, pollen in the air has sent tears running down the air. Pollen levels climbed  


CANKAOXIAOXI 4 minutes ago 1 minute read

 

Load More