Category Archives: China
| IMF announces renminbi in Special Drawing Rights starting on October 1
By CHEN WEIHUA
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Friday that its Special Drawing Rights basket of currencies will for the first time include the renminbi (RMB) as of Oct 1, the start of China’s National Day holiday.
| 162 mln personal data items leaked over six years in Beijing
More than 162 million personal information items were leaked in the past six years, with courier companies, educational institutes and online stores the major sources, reported Beijing Youth Daily.
From 2013 to 2016, courts in Beijing handled 67 cases involving illegal sale or supply of personal information. Those cases that happened from 2010 to 2016 were found to involve the sale of a single piece of information at prices of up to 6 yuan (90 cents).
| Navy chiefs set for fresh talks on South China Sea
By Zhang Yunbi
Naval chiefs from China and the United States are set to hold their first face-to-face meeting since the July 12 ruling on the arbitration case brought by the Philippines, which has intensified tensions in the South China Sea.
| RAND Corporation lays out scenarios for US war with China
5 August 2016
A new study by the RAND Corporation titled “War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable” is just the latest think tank paper devoted to assessing a US war against China. The study, commissioned by the US Army, provides further evidence that a war with China is being planned and prepared in the upper echelons of the American military-intelligence apparatus.
China, Russia announce joint drills in South China Sea
China and Russia will hold “routine” naval exercises in the South China Sea in September, China said on Thursday, July 28, adding that the drills were aimed at strengthening their cooperation and were not aimed at any other country, Reuters reports.
