By Catarina Demony and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has barred Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos and Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash and has frozen their UK assets, the government announced on Thursday, in what it said was part of a new crackdown on ‘dirty money’. The measures were the first step in tightening Britain’s anti-corruption…
The US Congress should investigate China’s purchases of Iranian oil in the past five years, a top US advisory panel on China has urged, with Tehran looming as a larger issue in the next Trump presidency. In an annual report covering nearly every aspect of the bilateral relationship, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission…
The Bank of China, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, is reportedly blocking yuan-denominated transfers from countries believed to be exporting to Russia in a setback to Russian importers attempting to bypass U.S. sanctions. Early this year, Russian traders expressed mounting frustrations over Chinese banks delaying and even rejecting cross-border transactions in yuan, wary…
India is keenly observing any move by US President-elect Donald Trump to end the Russia-Ukraine war, with analysts saying a resolution could settle New Delhi’s conundrum of having to balance its relations with Moscow and the West. “If Americans and Russians can get along [after the war is over], it is great news for India,”…
Any country seeking close ties with Hong Kong should refrain from interfering in the city’s judicial proceedings or threatening its legal professionals, the justice minister has said amid rising political pressure after Donald Trump’s US presidential victory. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok also said on Sunday that Hong Kong’s judicial independence remained unaffected by…
Any country seeking close ties with Hong Kong should refrain from interfering in the city’s judicial proceedings or threatening its legal professionals, the justice minister has said amid rising political pressure after Donald Trump’s US presidential victory. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok also said on Sunday that Hong Kong’s judicial independence remained unaffected by…
A Chinese security company and a Russian university have had “extensive interactions” over importing Russian aviation technology, including low-altitude counter-drone technology, according to Chinese state media. A Chinese company specialising in emergency technology and security services – Guangxi Xinhang Shengjie Emergency Industrial Park Management Company – signed a deal on Monday with Russia’s Ufa State…
The US is sanctioning almost 400 individuals and companies in India, China and Turkey as part of a bid to crack down on a sprawling network that has helped keep Russia’s war machine running nearly three years into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The list of targets includes companies in China, a US adversary that…
Hong Kong will continue to lobby Beijing to encourage more mainland Chinese companies to list in the city and improve the flow of people, data and capital within the Greater Bay Area, the finance chief has said. “We continue to lobby the central government for policies that are good for Hong Kong,” Financial Secretary Paul…
Hong Kong will continue to lobby Beijing to encourage more mainland Chinese companies to list in the city and improve the flow of people, data and capital within the Greater Bay Area, the finance chief has said. “We continue to lobby the central government for policies that are good for Hong Kong,” Financial Secretary Paul…